Vinyl wall covering can be called vinyl wall protection; normally it is made by heterogeneous structure, while sometimes with homogeneous structure; but with thinner thickness. It will have all the functions that vinyl sheet have, but lower spec in all aspects cause there is less traffic than flooring on it and the main function is to protect the wall from scratch, dirty, damp and bacterial environment. This is the perfect choice for hospital and school. Especially it can be custom printed with stylish patterns
When we look at the advantages of sheet vinyl wall covering, it is very easy to understand the value of vinyl wall covering installation; but still there are many people who don’t understand this product will always have hesitations that whether they still need to spend cost on it.
In this article we will talk about Pros and Cons of vinyl wall covering, so the people in building construction industry will understand how important it is to install wall covering.
It’s an in-depth article that takes 20 minutes to read.
100% recyclable:
Sustainability is the core competence for all the factories right now, when a product is using less raw and 100% recyclable, it is very likely to be the product trend in the future. reinvented vinyl sheet flooring will be available after recycling our vinyl flooring.
Antibacterial and fungicidal:
There is a special treatment on the surface of the wall covering to make it antibacterial and fungicidal. In addition to providing deeper health protection, it can also avoid early aging of products due to mold erosion and prolong the durability of products. No doubt this is essential for hygienic facility. As we know hospital used lime wall before, but this is far from enough, weaponry against bacteria, mold spores that can lead to infection in surgery. It is very important to keep the environment from dirty and bacteria, this is what we call hospital grade.
Fire resistant:
All vinyl wall covering is fire resistant. No matter it is in hospital or school, the people inside are mostly weak or young and need more protection. With fire resistant wall covering, you will no need to worry that the building will be destroyed by flames, and this will keep all the people out of fire danger as far as possible.
Water proof:
This will make the wall life longer; when the wall is water resistant, meaning that it can handle light moisture without becoming damaged. Mold will still grow on the material if left unchecked for too long but you can added bonus of being able to sweep up any spills or accidents with ease.
Light weight
It is only 1.5kg per square meter, This will help to make the whole building stronger cause this building material is less weight stand on it.
Durable, scratch resistant
Wall covering is more solid in thickness and structure; its surface treatment will make it with longer life expectancy. It can withstand heavy scratch without showing any sign of wear and tear, making it the perfect choice for hospital and school. As we all know the hospital environment with a large number of trolleys and furniture with rollers, which often damage the paint on the wall due to collision. And students in the school will also scratch the wall easily. Both will be easily protected by the wear resistant function of wall covering.
Resilient and comfortable:
The vinyl wall is very comfortable for children, elderly, and pet. This resilient vinyl wall protection will keep people warm in the winter or cool during the summer time. It will not be easily get hurt when somebody knock the wall by accident cause the wall is resilient.
Easy to install with roll
Unlike tile, you will longer time to install. More importantly, there will be much less seam to ensure the installation quality. This can save a lot of money
Easy to clean and maintain
Most of the dirt can be easily removed with a slightly wet clean cloth, this is also cost saving, cleaning & maintaining will be very costly for large buildings, so the cost of everyday usage is important)
Custom print available, luxury patterns, stylish designs ( you cannot print on wood, natural stone, bamboo. When you need patterns on the wall, then vinyl sheet wall is the best one cause it can be printed, and the printing is very beautiful. This is also very important for hospital and school. When we are using a very comfortable color for hospital, and the people inside will feel relax, this is good for their health. And beautiful colors will sure help make the students happy.
Long life expectancy:
The vinyl wall covering is very durable and it can last for 10-25 years depends on the environment, and this will make sure it is long enough for the building to get renew.
This is still new concept for many people
Even though sheet vinyl wall covering has been using for a very long time, but not too many people notice it. As a matter of fact, there are less schools are using it, and only a few hospital using it. It is very easy to understand that for hygienic environment such as hospital will definitely need to install vinyl wall covering, but the building designer fail to put that into construction. We will still need to do better marketing and let the people know the value of vinyl wall covering so the hospital can benefit from it.
Cost:
Normally it is only lime wall and that’s enough. No matter it is for hospital or school. But if we install vinyl wall covering, this is extra protection and it means extra cost. We understand that this is good investment cause the return will be huge, but sometimes the budget team will still cut this cost cause they still didn’t recognize the value of it. Again we will need to do better marketing and spread the concept of vinyl wall protection.
If you need above Pros for your building protect, then you will need to install vinyl wall covering.
Below is some of the vinyl wall covering applications that we believe is essential:
Hospital
School ( kindergarten)
Testing lab which need Antibacterial and fungicidal
Best selling colors for wall covering
This article is written by Longda Flooring (www.longdaflooring.com), a leading vinyl sheet flooring manufacturer from China.
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