Vinyl flooring
No other floor category offers the variety
of colors and patterns as vinyl flooring!
The unique manufacturing processes used
today can replicate the look and textures
of real ceramic tile, stone and wood grains.
Plus, the resilient manufacturing process
makes vinyl floors more tear and stain
resistant.
The wearlayer is critical to the performance
of a vinyl floor. The thickness of the
wearlayer varies with each manufacturer’s
collection, or series and is generally
measured using the thickness of a millimeter
(about the same as a page in the telephone
book). A 10-mil wearlayer would be comparable
in thickness to about 10 pages in your
telephone book. Your expectations for
how long your vinyl floor will look like
new will depend on the wearlayer’s performance.
Wearlayer performance characteristics
are:
· Easy to clean
· Stays looking like new
· Resists staining from normal household
products
· Doesn’t show scratches easily
· Resistance to tearing, gouging, ripping
and indentations
The new, high-end vinyl floors have better
technology to help resist showing wear
and staining far better than any of the
middle to low-end vinyl floors made. Urethane
finishes used on today’s residential,
high-end vinyl floors will give you a
richer looking floor, better designs,
better tear-resistance and much better
performance. Floors in California offer
you a bib selection on vinyl flooring.
Linoleum floors
Linoleum has been a mainstay floor covering
for over 100 years because it is one of
the few products made from primarily natural
raw materials, such as linseed oil from
flax, wood powder, limestone, resins and
some colored pigments. The backing is
mostly natural grass. It is a tough yet
visually striking floor covering, highly
resistant to heavy rolling loads and foot
traffic. Because linoleum is a natural
organic product, its performance is enhanced
by time, as exposure to air serves to
harden and increase its durability. Although
linoleum continues to harden over time,
the floor remains quiet and comfortable
under foot. Linoleum is also cost effective
because of the long-lifespan (40 years)
and low maintenance costs. It is extremely
durable, burn-resistant and allergen-free
