Vinyl/LVT Flooring
Buying the right carpet for a room in your home involves more than finding a style in the color you like. You first will need to consider your lifestyle—what you typically do in that room—location, material, construction, and upkeep. Carpet manufacturers have responded to homeowners’ desire for great looks, value, and easy maintenance with many innovations and options in recent years.
And when it comes to a striking, chic appearance, vinyl flooring takes a backseat to no other surface. Featuring realistic hardwood and ceramic visuals, Luxury Vinyl Tile flooring is available in a vast palette of rich colors and finishes to create a one-of-a-kind look for any room. Ideal for heavy traffic residential use, most Luxury Vinyl Tile features a glue-less locking system for a convenient installation over many different subfloor surfaces. Once installed, vinyl flooring is ready for foot traffic immediately and will maintain its tight, water-resistant fit.
In the flooring world, there has always been a Luxury Vinyl Tile in one form or another. Today, the Luxury Vinyl Tile category continues to remain popular, and continues to be the fastest growing market segment with double digit growth last year. Luxury Vinyl Tile, which offers 3D printing technology which adds depth and realism, durability, with a high performance wear layer to a Luxury Vinyl Tile product. The term Luxury Vinyl Tile (LVT), is not recognized as a separate flooring category, but it is a term that is known all over the flooring industry.
Luxury Vinyl Tile offers the option of a less permanent floor than wood or ceramic tile, especially with the growing popularity of floating Luxury Vinyl Tile floors. When a consumer selects a wood or ceramic floor, they should really be in love with it, as it will probably be in the home for a very long time, whereas, Luxury Vinyl Tile offers the option of changing the room design much easier.
Solid Vinyl Floor Tile lies within three categories:
- Class I: Monolithic, which means through color tile with no backing (VCT) Vinyl Composition Tile
- Class II: Surface Decorated, which usually means an “inlaid” type tile with a backing
- Class III: Printed Film Luxury Vinyl Tile, which is a photographic print film with a clear vinyl wear layer and a backing system. Itself divided into two sub-categories:
- Type A – Smooth Surface
- Type B – Embossed Surface
Luxury Vinyl Tile also offers plank and tiles with high end realistic 3D visuals that can be grouted which resembles Ceramic and Stone installations without the use of backer board and thin set. These products can be found with glue down and floating installation options.
Durable, Attractive, Convenient, Affordable; Luxury Vinyl Tile has the combination of attributes that you want, with the performance you deserve.
Selected Vinyl/LVT Flooring Samples
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