Vinyl Floor Coverings – Review of Armstrong Floor Coverings
Incredibly there are a multitude of vinyl floor coverings with a myriad of styles, colours and patterns that will suit all tastes. One of the most popular vinyl floor products is the vinyl wooden plank flooring that looks and feels great and appears just like real wood! One of the top manufacturers of vinyl plank flooring is Armstrong’s who specialise in wooden vinyl floor coverings.
I am not a promoter of Armstrong flooring products but I really like the information and support they have for their products. If you would like to learn how to install wooden vinyl floorings, as well as preparation of floors and the care and protection of wooden vinyl floors then Armstrong’s must be the best as you can download pdf’s from their web site which gives you the type of information a professional floor layer would have.
The typical style of vinyl floor coverings you would get from Armstrong’s are generally, oak, elm, plank and farmhouse and they come under the titles of wood plank and strip. These are well worth looking at as they are very reasonable priced and look great. Recently, Rhino grip has been added to their vinyl floor coverings and you may well be asking what is Rhino grip.
This is a specially formulated material which properties are secret but it ensures the vinyl surface is completely non slip when wet and offers a toughened resistance to dirt and stains. Interestingly these types of vinyl floor coverings have a Iron Clad 20 year guarantee which suggests this type of flooring is built to last.
If you do not like the appearance of wood and or feel that vinyl looks too unreal then there is the option of having alternative style floorings made of vinyl and these can be slate, tiles, stone or terracotta mad much more. However, no matter what you choose if you decide to go for the real thing such as pine or oak then expect to pay a high price per metre2 and a more complicated installation process which will may require flooring specialists.
An alternative to wood of course is laminate which I have used for my bathroom and home office. This vinyl floor covering was difficult to install and in hindsight I feel I would have been much better off using wooden style vinyl for a cleaner and smarter finish!
Vinyl Floor Coverings
by Kev Turner
