Floors

August 12, 2017 18:07

How to choose a floor covering for apartments

Floors

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Parquet

This flooring made from natural wood.Material nice and warm, but at the same time whimsical.
Parquet board

Pros floorboard

Pros: parquet floor gives the opportunity to create artistic styling, which looks impressive and is great for the interior in the historic style.Laid on the floor parquet floor talking about the financial well-being owner of the apartment.On the floor of the parquet want to walk barefoot.It has a long lifespan, but only with proper care.

Cons floorboard

Cons: parquet - this is the material that is afraid of water.Therefore, wet cleaning should be carried out very carefully.If the floor will be filled with water, parquet come unusable.The room is recommended to maintain optimal humidity and temperature (from +18 to +25 degrees).

Laminate

This budget and durable flooring made out of non-natural materials.Laminate with a class not lower than 23, is not afraid of the claws of animals and women's shoes on a hairpin.

laminate Pros

Pros: Easy and fast installation.Buyer offers a wide selection of colors, imitating natural wood flooring, laminate flooring but is several times cheaper.With simple care and affordable laminate flooring is the leader in floor coverings.

Cons laminate

Cons: To reduce the "voicing" of sex is necessary to smooth the surface and make the substrate.If the substrate is made properly and laminate acts much load can break fasteners.
Alternative: flooring, laminate is more natural as it is made of wood, and in comparison with a parquet less whimsical.

Linoleum

It is a product of the chemical industry, made on the basis of polymeric materials.The exception is the linoleum from the following manufacturers: Sommer, Forbo, DLW.They produce natural floor covering.

Pros linoleum

Pros: Simple process of installation.Linoleum is necessary to spread out, to fix one of the possible ways to attach the top and plinth.It has a great variety of color and pattern.Easy to clean.

Cons linoleum

Cons: inferior to the beauty of the wooden floor.Poor withstand heavy loads.After the furniture are dents.
Alternative: use of more expensive and branded the linoleum.

tile and artificial stone

Natural marble floor has a high price and because of this, very few people can afford.A more affordable material, similar to natural stone, is stoneware tiles.
Tile and artificial stone

Pros tiles

Pros: completely fireproof material, besides also waterproof.

tile Cons

Cons: rough surface holds on myself dust and debris, thereby making it difficult to clean and glossy surface is easily damaged.Another disadvantage of this floor is cold surface.
Alternative: create heating via underfloor heating.

Cork

This beautiful coat is made of cork.There are several types of cork floor.The adhesive tube designed for use in the hallway, bathroom and kitchen.
Bung

Pros cork

Pros: walking on the cork floor comes to the spine amortization.Warm, non-slip surface.The material is perfect for a child's room, so how exactly does not cause allergies.Cork provides excellent sound insulation, so is used in recording studios.

Cons cork

Cons: From heavy furniture left traces.As well as the lack of cork coverage is considered its high price.
Alternative: use special pads on furniture legs.To restore the cork sometimes move furniture.

Poured floors

Modern increasingly popular flooring.Most often used on large areas both in homes and in industrial premises.commonly used in polyurethane floors apartment, at work - methylmethacrylic.
Self-leveling floors

Pros leveling floors

Pros: seamless, self-leveling coating with a long service life.Not afraid of water, and provides easy-to-clean.

Cons leveling floors

Cons: very high price of the material and the cost of work on laying.A relatively small selection of colors.Substrate Preparation - quite heavy work.

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