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Nowadays, your bathroom is one of the most important rooms in the building. The bathroom is the basic necessity of daily life. Whether you live for a long time or consider resale, the bathroom is a comfortable guarantee for living. Therefore, when you are decorating your house, the bathroom will usually be a priority.
When decorating the bathroom, the flooring is the most important point. The main problem of these considerations is water. Yes, all forms of water can cause serious damage to the bathroom, and the bathroom floor often absorbs most of the abnormal water.
Whether due to excessive spraying, overflow, leakage, dripping, or playing, the water will inevitably flow to the bathroom floor, wall, and even ceiling! This is completely inevitable. Your bathroom must be able to withstand the impact of these liquids.
So there are always questions what is the best flooring for bathrooms? The answer is vinyl flooring.
In this article we will talk about 8 factors why vinyl flooring is the best flooring for bathrooms.
It’s an in-depth article that takes 20 minutes to read.
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As we mentioned above, water is the biggest problem in bathrooms, so waterproof is essential for bathroom flooring. It can help protect the flooring from damage.
Vinyl flooring is water proof. Actually both homogeneous vinyl sheet and heterogeneous vinyl sheet are the best flooring in waterproof.
When water is the biggest problem in bathrooms, slip is the biggest problem cause by water. Besides waterproof to protect the flooring from damage, the bathroom flooring will also need to be slip resistant to keep people from falling.
Vinyl flooring is slip resistant. Actually it is even more slip resistant when there is water on the flooring.
We will require to sweep and mop the flooring immediately when there is water, but the steam from hot water, the water on the side of the flooring cannot be dry right away. Day after day, bacteria will come out, and it is not good for human health. So antibacterial function of the flooring is very useful, people can benefit a lot from it.
Vinyl flooring is antibacterial. Actually vinyl sheet flooring is hospital grade in antibacterial and fungical.
Small it is, bathroom is one of the rooms that people often come in and out. So it will be very important that the flooring is durable and can have longer life expectancy. When sometimes objects will fall on the floor inevitable, the scratch resistant function is also needed in bathrooms.
Vinyl flooring is durable and scratch resistant.
When people often stand or walk on the bathroom floorings, resilience and comfort are also import to keep people from tired. Especially when comparing to the hard surface.
Vinyl flooring is resilient and comfortable; it is also warm to walk then porcelain and ceramic tiles.
Flooring Installation is always the factor you need to consider when buying all floorings, no matter it is living room or bathroom. Easy to install will save people lots of money and time.
Vinyl flooring is easy to install, and you can even DIY.
When you need to use bathroom every day, and you often make water or dirt on the floor, you will need to clean it everyday, and maintain the flooring to prolong it is longevity.
Vinyl flooring is easy to clean and maintain, all you need is sweep and mop, then the flooring will be clean and dry.
Cost is one of the most import thing when buying floorings. It is always good to buy something good with lower price.
Vinyl flooring is affordable, the installed price for vinyl flooring included luxury vinyl tile, vinyl plank, and vinyl sheet are very low, and it is lower cost flooring than porcelain and ceramic tiles.
Below there are 2 videos to help you better understanding how to install vinyl flooring in bathrooms.
Porcelain tile
Porcelain tile is the most popular flooring choice before for bathroom. It is waterproof and very durable & scratch resistant make it good for bathroom application.
The downside is it is very heavy and not easy to install, and there are lots of porcelain tiles are not slip resistant, so you will need to be careful and select the high slip resistant porcelain tile for bathroom. And of course it is much expensive than vinyl flooring.
Ceramic tile
Ceramic tile is another choice for bathroom flooring. It is water resistant, durable and scratch resistant. And lower price than porcelain. But still higher price than vinyl flooring.
But there are also downsides. It is water resistant, but not water proof. Waterproof is also very important for bathroom. It is very heavy and not easy to install, and there are lots of porcelain tiles are not slip resistant, so you will need to be careful and select the high slip resistant porcelain tile for bathroom.
Both porcelain and ceramic tile are with hard surface so there are not resilient and that comfortable to stand and walk, and it might be cold to walk in winter.
Carpet
Carpets will absorb moisture in the air, dripping water and overspray water, which may turn into bacteria after a period of time. Bacteria can cause respiratory problems and damage the subfloor. We don’t even talk about bacteria, but most of us know that the bathroom is a place that needs to be clean and dry. You don’t want a bathroom floor that can’t be cleaned thoroughly.
Hardwood and laminate flooring
The hardwood and laminate flooring are not waterproof or even water-resistant; which typically are not great with water. When bathroom is often wet with water, the flooring will become swelling and warping, this will have much short life expectancy for the flooring.
Now we have explain in details what you need to consider when buying bathroom flooring, I think you will also agree with us that vinyl flooring is the best choice. Porcelain and ceramic tiles can be alternatives. Hope this will help you make a good selection on your bathroom flooring.
This article is written by Longda Flooring (www.longdaflooring.com), a leading vinyl sheet flooring manufacturer from China.
Please contact Longda flooring for a free quote on your vinyl flooring needs. We have quick response, efficient communication, quality products, on time delivery, and competitive price.
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