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Learn all about how updating your floors can make a huge impact on a home renovation project. We will teach you all about different types of floor coverings, which type of floor works best in certain areas or situations.

Hardwood Flooring:

Hardwood flooring traditionally come in 2 different versions.

Solid or Engineered.

Hardwood Flooring are one of the staples within the flooring industry. Because of the natural beauty and durability of solid hardwood floors, they have been around for centuries. Solid wood floors are a timeless investment that can produce a lifetime of beauty and add value to the home. Wood floors come in Maple, Pecan, Beech, Cherry, Oak, Pine, Birch, Walnut, Hickory and more.

Solid hardwood is normally 3/4" thick and is great because you can sand and re finish a few times.

Laminate Flooring:

Laminate flooring!

Laminate flooring has established itself as an innovative and cost-efficient alternative to solid hardwood flooring. Laminate is not only attractive, but available in a wide range of colours and grains. It's also more dent and stain-resistant than solid or engineered hardwood flooring, making it the perfect choice for active households with young children or pets.

Carpet:

Carpets are made for every room including; washrooms, kitchen, drawing room, dining room, hall, and outdoor carpets are also available. But the carpets for different rooms are made on different patterns and according to the room's requirements. Bathroom pieces are certainly different in all respect from the hall carpets. Indoor carpets cannot be used for outdoor places. Wall to wall types are usually for bedrooms and for large halls, you can use different rugs. For kid's room rough types are preferred so that they do not wear out soon.

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Vinyl Flooring:

Vinyl comes in different methods. There is traditional vinyl"Linoleum" that comes in a sheet good, which needs to be rolled out and installed. Then there are the old type of Vinyl Tiles or (V.C.T) Vinyl Composite Tiles. Those typically come in a 12"x12" tile and come in several different colors. Mostly used in commercial applications. These days the most popular type of vinyl flooring is L.V.T (Luxury Vinyl Tiles) which come in planks or tiles. They come in many different looks, some even look like real hardwood and is a better solution than laminate when ever there is moisture concerns. 

Tiles & Stone:

Tiles have been used for thousands of years as a way of decorating floors and walls throughout the home. They not only look gorgeous, they last longer than carpets, wallpaper or vinyl and can significantly add to the value of your home, and so should be viewed as an investment, rather than a cost.

Tiles are made of different materials: ceramic, porcelain and natural stone. Each has different characteristics and it is important to understand them, to help choose the best type of tile for your job.

1. Ceramic

These tiles are considered quite slippery and some amount of abrasives is used to make these Ceramic tiles compatible to be used. Ceramic tiles are one of the most commonly purchased tiles in the world.

2. Porcelain Tiles

Porcelain Tiles are ones which absorb less water below 0.5 percent. These types of Tiles are rated from 0 to 5 in their ability to resist abrasion and are available as both glazed as well as unglazed versions. Porcelain tiles are quite popular across the world. Almost all the countries manufacture porcelain tiles.

3. Linoleum Tiles

Linoleum Tiles are rarely used, unlike Vinyl, Ceramic or Porcelain, due to their boring looks and being one of the oldest materials in the world. However, Linoleum is anti-bacterial to an extent, and hence, is used in places like Hospitals. But these days, designs have crept into Linoleum Tiles as well and so the sales of Linoleum Tiles have been spiraling upwards.

4. Mosaic Tiles

In developing countries, Mosaic became the most famous status symbol before the advent of other tiles. Tiles and Marbles were used only by the rich and mosaic tiles became a boon to the people in developing countries to shake off from their pathetic cement floors.

Mosaic Tiles are cheaper substitutes of other tiles. They incorporate small designs of stones and all the pieces of tiles have almost the same kind of appearance. They are still widely used with adequate grace and charm towards them!

4. Mosaic Tiles

You may use stones depending upon the atmosphere you want to command with also the kind of mood you want to create in your house – to feel relaxed or feel abuzz. Tiles are of different types and we may want to look into all of them before buying. Let us look into various types of tiles that are generally available as we may want to find which one suits us the best!