Luxury Vinyl Tile (LVT) is all the rage today and for good reason. You can find it just as easily in a $2 million condominium as you can a first time home owner’s living room. Not your mother’s vinyl flooring, LVT offers new technologies that have made it one of the most popular flooring choices in the industry. Now available in long planks which replicates wood planks, and square “tiles” which replicate stone, LVT successfully simulates wood and stone in both look and texture. Traditional sheet vinyl flooring is installed in room- widths and lengths. Because LVT is installed like wood or stone, it enhances the product’s photorealistic look.
What is it made of? There is no difference in the number of layers between traditional and luxury vinyl tile – but the difference is in the thickness of the layers. Starting at the top and going down to the bottom:
- Aluminum Oxide – this topmost aluminum oxide-based layer prevents light scratching and shoe scuffs.
- Clear Film – this layer protects against deeper damage such as rips and tares.
- Design Layer – this is the photo-realistic print of stone or wood.
- Backing Layer – this gives the product its structure and solidity.
Mannington’s Adura line of LVT is especially popular because it is all-made in America. Other special benefits of Adura include:
- Award Winning Design – Adura has won over a dozen awards for style and design and is recognized as a true leader in the LVT movement.
- Scratch Resist – an exclusive coating helps keep floors looking newer longer by improving resistance to everyday household scratches.
- Matching moldings and accessories put the finishing touch on your new LVT floor. Adura offers exact match moldings for quarter round, reducers, t-molding and stair treads.
Easy to clean, easy to maintain and pet friendly, LVT is the perfect flooring for busy families, companies and even commercial spaces with high traffic including restaurants and healthcare facilities. Get the look and feel of wood or stone with the warm, worry free performance of LVT.