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What Kind Of Flooring Do People Choose In London?
In London, flooring chosen is normally of a neutral variety. So with London carpet, customers will generally go for a beige colour product. For London wood, customers select a neutral oak colour. And when selecting London vinyl, a mid-range colour normally goes! London flooring trends are contrary to the rest of the country, where patterned carpets and more 'adventurous' flooring selections are a regularity.
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London interior styles have such an array of choice this year. Selected here are favourites of the popular interior design trends of 2014. aqua-living-room Move over beige Dazzling blue is Pantone’s official colour of the year, and shades of blue are continuing to lead the colours of interior design in 2014. The reigning interior colour appears in rich hues of navy, cobalt, peacock blue and vibrant turquoise. Introduce this colour with impact accents on bed linen, pillows, wall art and if your choice of blue becomes a favourite,...
read moreIs Vinyl Recycled?
Environmental sustainability is a topic that the floor covering industry has avidly embraced. Leading manufacturers in all product categories take valiant efforts to ensure they are harvesting responsibly, certifying products with stringent tests for VOCs and recycling when possible. In vinyl, however, pure virgin raw material is the route many LVT manufacturers take for their products while other manufacturers of vinyl have continued to close the loop with recycled content. According to industry insiders, the key to distinguishing when...
read moreHow To Clean Vinyl Floors
In the first part of this article, we mentioned some tips on how to clean a vinyl flooring. We explained the importance of keeping the dirt out by having a door mat, and how a daily cleaning is much more quick and effective, than a weekly one. Now we continue with even more useful piece of advice on the right ways to maintain vinyl floors. According to professionals from cleaners Bethnal Green, the secret for extending the lifespan of your floor, is to clean it with the the mildest products you can find. Using strong chemical products might...
read moreLuxury Vinyl Tiles Explained
Commonly, Luxury Vinyl Tile (LVT) refers to vinyl flooring that is designed to imitate the appearance of various types of stone or tile. Vinyl Plank Flooring imitates hardwood flooring. As such, they’re manufactured in square tiles or planks and are offered by most flooring manufacturers. For the sake of simplicity, we’ll refer to both styles as Luxury Vinyl Tile. To best address the value LVT offers, note the inherent weaknesses of other flooring choices. For example, while carpet and sheet vinyl flooring are relatively inexpensive,...
read moreDifferent Flooring Widths Explained
Hardwood flooring is available in a wide variety of plank widths, so it is a good idea to think about which size flooring plank will complement the shape, style and size of your room. Solid hardwood flooring can usually be found in widths ranging from 60mm to 300mm. Engineered hardwood flooring can be found with slightly wider planks (between 100mm and 400mm) as it is a more dimensionally stable product. This extensive range of plank sizes means that it should not be difficult to find something that suits your needs. Although wide planks of...
read moreSports Flooring Explained
Sports flooring is the installation, maintenance and the general repairs on the sports flooring of different kinds of surfaces. It is a job that needs the most dedicated professionals to preform it, they should be well trained individuals who can explain to you what it entails and how each of the different flooring systems are with its advantages and disadvantages so that you may be in a position to choose the most appealing floor that meets your needs and your budget for your satisfaction. The sports floors should be well installed in order...
read moreLinoleum Definition
Smooth-surfaced floor covering made from a mixture of oxidized linseed oil, resins, and other substances such as binder, fillers, and pigments, applied to a felt or canvas backing. Linoleum is flexible, warm, and unaffected by ordinary floor temperatures, and it does not readily burn. It is specially hardened to resist indentation and is not susceptible to damage from fats, oils, greases, or organic solvents.
read moreWhat Is The Difference Between Laminate & Vinyl?
There seems to be a lot of confusion between laminate flooring and vinyl flooring. Laminate flooring in Westchester CountyHere in Westchester NY, many customers get these terms mixed up…they say vinyl when they mean laminate or laminate when they mean vinyl. So, part of my job is to help clarify which type of flooring they mean as well as which type of flooring makes the most sense for them. What is laminate flooring? Laminate flooring is a hard surface that usually looks like hardwood (occasionally looks like tile) and is...
read moreWhat Is Linoleum?
Natural linoleum is widely promoted and specified in the green building community. As an all-natural alternative to resilient flooring made from polyvinyl chloride (PVC)—including sheet vinyl and VCT (vinyl composition tile)—linoleum has a lot going for it. Imports of linoleum are on the increase, with the product being used on projects ranging from the recently built Federal Reserve Bank in Minneapolis to the bathroom of our newly renovated EBN offices. But linoleum has some negatives as well, including higher cost than most sheet...
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