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Resilient flooring from sheet vinyl, tile and plank manufacturing to installation, care, cleaning and problem solving for vinyl, cork, linoleum, vct, vinyl tile, LVT and LVP.
How its made Sheet Vinyl Flooring
How sheet vinyl is made to be a great floor covering performer. How sheet vinyl is made is not as complicated as one might imagine for such an outstanding floor covering product that is both durable and attractive. [Read more…]
Water damaged vinyl flooring is often unexpected. In an area such as a kitchen or bathroom, sheet vinyl flooring and water are generally a good match. A recent claimant on a floor covering inspection told me they understood that they could chalk one more problem off their lists and install sheet vinyl instead of laminate over their newly poured concrete. The result was water damaged vinyl flooring. So was this a manufacturing problem? [Read more…]
Step one in installing peel and stick tile floors starts with a clean, flat and dry surface. You can lay the new tile over the old tile or linoleum but the old surface needs to be secure to the floor and it needs to be thoroughly cleaned and dry and free from any irregularities. If you are installing peel and stick tile on a plywood or osb surface that has been nailed down it is imperative that you secure the nails from working themselves back up and through the tile. This can be accomplished with using a fast drying filler that you can pick up at your local hardware or big box store such as Home Depot or Lowe’s. This is a very time consuming process but must be done if nails have been used. Remove the molding that is running along the walls so that you can install the tile directly up to the wall. [Read more…]
Neglecting your resilient floor maintenance saves time for a very short period, which is followed by a game called Catch-up. The rules of this game require that you to spend long, backbreaking hours on your hands and knees, using strong chemicals as you perform the neglected resilient floor maintenance in an attempt to restore your dastardly looking floor to its original appearance.
Vinyl floor discoloration is a more common occurrence than one might think. Sheet vinyl floor discoloration can develop from above the product surface, below the product surface or within the product itself. With lighter colored material vinyl floor discoloration from both above and below are common. [Read more…]
Wondering about Marmoleum flooring and if it is the same as linoleum flooring? Marmoleum is a trademark of Forbo Flooring Systems and Marmoleum is a brand of linoleum just as Formica is a trademark for a brand of countertops, Pergo a trademark for a brand of laminate floors or Kleenex a trademark for a brand of tissue. Each of these products may be very similar to other products but they have a uniqueness of their own. [Read more…]
Sheet vinyl, linoleum so similar looking to the untrained eye but is sheet vinyl linoleum? You will sometimes hear people refer to their sheet vinyl flooring as linoleum. It is true that these two products are used in much the same way. While they are similar appearing – comparing sheet vinyl and linoleum is like comparing apples and oranges. [Read more…]