Vinyl Flooring Buying Guide

Without a doubt, vinyl flooring is today’s design solution for the stylish and budget minded. Vinyl flooring has evolved from traditional applications in kitchens and laundry rooms to living rooms and office spaces. Today’s modern vinyl has become sophisticated in its manufacture, with wood and stone designs. If you are looking to add a stylish element to your residential or commercial design AND budget constrained, vinyl flooring is your flooring solution. We, at Global Hardware, supply premium quality and budget-friendly vinyl plank flooring that can compete with real wood.

Advantages of Vinyl Flooring…

To help you decide on whether vinyl flooring is the right choice for your next project, we created the following list of advantages.

• budget-friendly
• durable, resistant to dirt and damage
• waterproof
• warp-proof
• low-maintenance
• comfortable, warm and quiet under foot
• excellent mimic for wood, stone or ceramic flooring
• easy to intall
• does not require underlay due to padding (unlike engineered wood)
• optimal for areas within a home or office with high traffic

Vinyl Plank Flooring

Vinyl plank flooring is a novel product that looks and feels like real wood. This type of flooring is waterproof. Thus, it is a good solution for moisture-prone areas that are usually ‘off-limits’ to hardwood, laminate or engineered wood flooring, like bathrooms.

NOW IN STOCK! Vinyl plank flooring is available in the following colours. We also stock skirting to match. CONTACT US with pre-orders, questions or concerns.

Vinyl Flooring Facts

Vinyl flooring is often confused with linoleum flooring. Linoleum is composed of natural products, like linseedoil (from fax plant seeds), pine rosin, wood or cork powder and limestone. The primary ingredient in vinyl flooring is vinyl itself, made from PCV (polyvinyl chloride), also known as ‘plastic’ to the layperson. Flexibility in the product is due to plasticizer additives. Unlike many other flooring types, vinyl flooring is padded. This is advantageous two-fold. During installation, no underlay is required, which further cuts down cost. Secondly, this padding adds comfort, warmth and quiet under foot and reduces the chances of breakage should dishes be dropped on its surface.

Maintaining Your Vinyl Floor

Now that you have your attractive and affordable vinyl flooring installed, here are tips to keep your vinyl flooring looking like new:

• when washing, use a non-rinsing cleaner that leaves no film
• use felt pads on furniture legs to avoid scratching the floor
• avoid placing rubber-backed rugs on the floor — the rubber may leave a stain
• place a heavy-duty doormat at your front door and encourage visitors to wipe their feet
• immediately remove stains with a no-rinse floor cleaner, then wipe the affected area with a damp cloth to remove any residue