choosing a bathroom floor
Bathrooms and shower rooms are frequently used, important areas in any home. It is essential that the correct product is chosen to ensure long life, safety and comfort underfoot, as well as an aesthetic appearance that will suit the decor of your home.
Due to the wet and steamy environment a bathroom creates, many of the usual options for flooring, such as carpet, wood and some types of laminte don't cope well and can quickly become permanently damaged.
Regular splashes of water and a damp environment can lead to real wood warping or swelling, the layers that make up laminate flooring can become unattached and 'de-laminate' leading to unrepairable damage. Although soft and warm underfoot, carpet can rot and smell if it gets too damp and can be very diffiult to keep clean in a bathroom setting.
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It is worth spending time finding the right type of flooring to suit your bathroom. The main types of flooring most suitable to meet the demands of most toilets, bathrooms and shower rooms are:
luxury vinyl tiles (LVT)
linoleum
cushion flooring
Visit our showroom to see all wide range of all of these types of flooring.
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luxury vinyl tiles (LVT)
Brands to inlcude: Project Floors, Karndean, Amtico
Luxury vinyl tiles come in a huge array of designs, colours and textures. Technological development has led to flooring manufacturers producing incredibly accurate copies of real wood, stone, slate etc (it is often difficult to differentiate from the real material) as well as a wide range of designs to suit most homes, be it tradtional or contemporary.
Resistant to moisture and humidity, these floors will not swell, warp, crack or break and are very easy to clean. They are suitable for use with underfloor heating systems.
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Linoleum flooring
Brands to inlude: Forbo, Gerflor
Made entirely from natural materials, to inlcude linseed oil, natural resin and cork dust, linoleum is certainly the 'greenest' of flooring choices for your bathoom. Due to its component ingredients, linoleum is naturally anti-bacterial and is also fully biodegradable.
Linoleum comes in sheet and tile form, in several thicknesses to suit your requirements and a vast range of colours.
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cushion flooring
Brands to include: Hall's, Polyflor Secura
Cushion flooring comes in sheet form and is made from vinyl, which has a resiliant layer under the top surface to make it soft underfoot. Maintenance is easy and this flooring can be laid easily in most situations.
There are many different types and styles of cushion flooring available from tradtional tile designs to more contemporary effects to suit the modern home.
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