Vinyl

Many homeowners prefer vinyl flooring wherever moisture is present. With a myriad of styles, colors, patterns, and performance options, you are sure to find a vinyl floor that fits both your lifestyle and your budget.

Today's technology and manufacturing processes can create vinyl flooring that replicates the look and textures of real ceramic tile, stone, and wood grains as well as surfaces that are more tear and stain resistant. Vinyl floors are easy to clean and resist stains better than most other floors. Simply sweep and damp mop from time to time to keep them looking new.

In vinyl flooring construction, the wearlayer is critical to performance. The thickness of the wearlayer varies with each manufacturer's collection, or series and is generally measured in mils. The thickness of a mil is about the same as a page in your telephone book, so a 10 mil wearlayer would be comparable in thickness to about 10 pages in your telephone book.

The more expensive vinyl floors generally will have a thicker wearlayer and a much better finish. Expectations for how long your vinyl floor will look like new are usually based on the wearlayer's performance. Performance characteristics of vinyl flooring can be expressed like this:

• Easy to clean
• Stays looking like-new
• Resists staining from normal household products
• Doesn't show scratches easily
• Resists tearing, gouging, ripping, and indentations

Talk to one of our knowledgable staff members about installing durable vinyl flooring to fit your lifestyle.