Floor Covering Options & Advantages

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Solid Hardwood Floors

The traditional wood flooring, solid hardwood floors are made of wood through and through. Typically 3/4-inch thick, it provides excellent insulation and adds substantial strength to your home's structure. Solid wood floors come pre-finished and unfinished, in a wide variety of traditional and exotic species.

Why Hardwood?

Whether building a new home, or tackling a remodeling project, you can be confident that genuine hardwood flooring will add significantly to the beauty, quality and value of your home. It's a smart investment that you will be able to enjoy for a lifetime.

Hardwood increases in value and can make it easier to sell your home.

Enables you to express yourself.

Never goes out of style even if you change your décor.

Enduring beauty enhances with age.

Sweep as needed and mop occasionally.

Strong, resilient and can last a lifetime with proper care.

M ade from an abundant, environmentally friendly renewable resource.

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Laminate

Composed of three to five layers of wood glued together using cross-grain lamination, engineered wood flooring is more resistant to expansion and contraction due to temperature changes and moisture. Thinner and more dimensionally stable, engineered wood floors are also more dent-resistant and ideal for high traffic areas. It can be installed over concrete subfloors, and above, below, or on-grade.

Why Laminate?

Laminate flooring provides an upscale appearance with the characteristics of real wood and stone. Its easy care and scratch and moisture resistance, make it the first choice of professional flooring contractors.

Provides the realistic look of wood, tile and stone at a lower cost.

Resistant to scratches, dents, dings, moisture and wear-through.

Works for kitchens and bathrooms.

Sweep as needed and mop occasionally.

Easier to maintain than wood, tile or stone.

Easy to install yourself.

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Tile

Tile continues to grow in popularity as a floor covering, with good reason. Has a natural, handcrafted look that's durable and easy to care for. Works well in areas with high foot traffic, and it's especially suited to entry areas where water and dirt enter the house. Design patterns are limitless when using all of the possible combinations of size, texture and color. You can further expand your creative toolbox with hand painted tiles and colored grouts.

And by combining various geometric layout and numerous trim tiles your design options are practically limitless. Tile Advantages Tile is durable and has become one of the most versatile and environmentally sound building and decorating materials. Tile has become the preferred choice over other more traditional materials for surfacing.

Why Tile?

Ceramic tile is created from all-natural materials, not synthetic and can withstand wear and tear in residential and commercial applications.

Hygienic and therefore less likely to promote the retention of allergens.

Provides a myriad of design, color, shape, texture and size options.

Retard the spread of fire and repel water due to low water absorption rates.

Can create the effect of lower temperatures in the summer through its natural properties and with the advent of radiant heat systems can actually retain interior heat from this technology during the colder winter months.

Easy maintenance is an intrinsic value in using ceramic. No vacuuming, steam cleaning, stripping, refinishing, staining or gouges to repair. Just an occasional mop or sponge can remove any dirt or grime.

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Vinyl

Vinyl flooring is one of the most affordable resilient flooring solutions available. And depending on the wear surface you choose, materials costs can be up to 70% less than other flooring materials. It is easy to install, versatile, low maintenance and high durability make vinyl a popular flooring choice. Vinyl floors offer wear resistance that's perfect for kitchens and bathrooms. Plus their surface resists stains and is easy to keep clean. Armstrong vinyl floors offer exclusive features.

Why Vinyl?

Vinyl sheet flooring combines dramatic, authentic-looking visuals -like slate, limestone, hardwood, sisal and linen -with durability and easy maintenance.

Available in various styles, colors and prices.

Wear-resistant. Works for both kitchens and bathrooms.

Soft Feel -“gives”when walking on it. Plates and glasses are less likely to break when dropped on vinyl flooring.

Sweep as needed, mop occasionally. No waxing or buffing needed.

If you are handy, you should be able to install your vinyl flooring.

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Carpet

Carpet brings luxury, fashion and comfort to mind. It's quiet, insulates well from cold and the color, materials and design style options are numerous.

Why Carpet?

Carpet is more economical to maintain than most smooth flooring.

Provides a more cushioned walking than other flooring materials.

Have certain acoustical values because they absorb sounds and provide a good environment in homes.

The factors that affect a carpet's acoustic value are: Nature of pile: height, cut or looped pile method of installation

Carpets provide energy conservation because of their insulative properties. They provide a warm indoor environment and provide comfort because of their shock-absorbing properties and anti-skid surface.

Your Floor Covering Options & Advantages

The are several floor covering options, but hundreds of colors, designs, patterns and styles to choose from. This should make the intial decision easier.