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What is Vinyl Flooring?
Vinyl flooring is available in a wide range of designs, textures as well as thicknesses for both residential and commercial uses. It is a soft sheet or tile that attaches to underlayment adhesive. Vinyl is made of a mixture of PVC and plasticizers. Those flooring tiles are non-asbestos with different combinations of elegance, warmth, charm, or richness of natural products like marble and wood. Vinyl is also ideally suited for installation in residential, commercial, and public areas such as offices, restaurants, shopping areas, and schools where only low maintenance and rich-looking flooring solutions are required.
Vinyl Flooring Structure
Vinyl Flooring comes in four layers. The top layer is UV special surface treatment acts as the inhibition of bacteria, dirt resistance, easier to clean and also prevent discoloration. Secondly, protective wear layer. It is to get rid of wear and tear resistance. Thirdly, the printing layer. It is a realistic material texture and in a natural style and guarantees the stability of size as well as act as crush resistance. Lastly, underlayer PVC backing. It is to maintain the size stability of flooring regardless in hot or humid environments and glue on top of the subfloor.
Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Flooring -Rubber Flooring
PVC vinyl has a core that is made up of three separate elements which are included felt, paper, and vinyl foam which are then covered with a protective layer. In the case of textured vinyl planks, an inhibitor is often applied. PVC vinyl flooring is the thinnest vinyl flooring at between 3mm and 5mm which makes it more flexible; however, it is also less forgiving of imperfections in the subfloor. This is a very soft and pliable vinyl due to its construction, so it is much more prone to dents. There are a variety range of colors and designs for you to choose since they are not natural woods.
Types of Vinyl Flooring
1) Glue down type Vinyl & Installation Method
The glue-down installation method involves the use of an adhesive to adhere your dry back luxury vinyl flooring to its base. Using an adhesive creates dimensional stability that ensures the flooring maintains its natural characteristics. It is often seen as the more traditional form of the floor, modern glue down vinyl still has all the upsides that make luxury vinyl easy to maintain, pet-friendly, and good for rooms like kitchens and bathrooms – which is probably why you’re considering it for your home.
Before installing glue-down type vinyl, just make sure the subfloor is clean and smooth. The flatter your subfloor, the better the finish you will achieve. Ideally, your subfloor must have no more than a 3mm deviation under a 2m straightedge when laid across the surface, less than 3mm will give less visible undulations as light reflects from the surface. Apply the glue to the surface of subfloor and wait for it to dry. After this, just stick the vinyl onto the floor.