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Types of Floor Coverings

Bamboo Flooring •••
Bamboo Flooring •••

Bamboo is a natural surface covering material that has many of the properties of hardwood flooring, even though it is actually produced from a type of grass. It shares many of the positive benefits of a hardwood floor, as well as the drawbacks and vulnerabilities.

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Cement Tiles
Cement Tiles

Underlayments used as concrete flooring is the newest trend in concrete floor coverings. Self-leveling concrete has been a staple for repair and leveling of damaged or worn concrete. Until recently, another solid surface floor covering would be placed on top of the self-leveling material.

Ceramic Tile
Ceramic Tile

Ceramic tile is a tough flooring surface that is as hard to remove as it is to damage after it is in place. It is set into a bed of thin-set that hardens like concrete, and the tile itself shatters like glass during removal. Taking out ceramic tile is dirty process that sends broken chips and...

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Cork Flooring •••
Cork Flooring •••

Cork flooring is environmentally friendly and cork is considered a renewable and sustainable natural resource. These floors can be a little expensive and their installed cost per square foot can be close to a good quality ceramic tile floor.

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Encaustic Tiles
Encaustic Tiles

Encaustic tiles have been around since medieval times but encaustic tile as an art form reached its apex in the mid 1800s when renowned maker, Minton's Ltd, became the supplier of durable decorative finishes for walls and floors in churches, public buildings, and grand palaces.

Hardwood Flooring
Hardwood Flooring

Bamboo flooring is a floor manufactured from the bamboo plant and is a type of hardwood flooring, though technically not a wood. Bamboo is known to be durable and environmentally friendly. It is available in many different patterns, colors, and textures.

Laminate Flooring
Laminate Flooring

Prices: Laminate flooring is inexpensive relative to solid hardwood, engineered wood, and stone floor coverings. In price, laminate is comparable to luxury vinyl flooring and some ceramic or porcelain tiles. Major Pros and Cons: One advantage of laminate flooring is that it is easy to clean and surprisingly scratch-resistant.

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Laminate Flooring •••
Laminate Flooring •••

Prices: Laminate flooring is inexpensive relative to solid hardwood, engineered wood, and stone floor coverings. In price, laminate is comparable to luxury vinyl flooring and some ceramic or porcelain tiles. Major Pros and Cons: One advantage of laminate flooring is that it is easy to clean and surprisingly scratch-resistant.

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Linoleum Flooring
Linoleum Flooring

Linoleum, also called Lino, is a floor covering made from materials such as solidified linseed oil (linoxyn), pine rosin, ground cork dust, wood flour, and mineral fillers such as calcium carbonate, most commonly on a burlap or canvas backing.

Marble Flooring •••
Marble Flooring •••

Flooring is the general term for a permanent covering of a floor, or for the work of installing such a floor covering. Floor covering is a term to generically describe any finish material applied over a floor structure to provide a walking surface.

Mosaics
Mosaics

When in need of flooring that requires waterproofing, ceramic tile is the best alternative. Ceramic tile could be used as floor tiles, indoors, or as countertops. Some types of ceramic tiles with high gloss finish tend to scratch over the time.

Natural Stone Tiles
Natural Stone Tiles

Natural stone has been popular for use on floors for centuries and for very good reason. Stone tile brings the colors and texture of nature to our homes and adds a quality and warmth to a room that’s not possible with any other material.

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Porcelain
Porcelain

Ceramic tile is a tough flooring surface that is as hard to remove as it is to damage after it is in place. It is set into a bed of thin-set that hardens like concrete, and the tile itself shatters like glass during removal.

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Stone Flooring
Stone Flooring

Flooring is the general term for a permanent covering of a floor, or for the work of installing such a floor covering. Floor covering is a term to generically describe any finish material applied over a floor structure to provide a walking surface.

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Tile Flooring
Tile Flooring

floor covering news, flooring installation tips and how-to install flooring videos for wood laminate flooring, hardwood flooring, bamboo flooring, carpet flooring, ceramic tile flooring, vinyl flooring including peel and stick vinyl tiles (aka self-stick vinyl tiles), concrete flooring, cork flooring , types of garage flooring , types of Tile flooring and more.

Vinyl Flooring
Vinyl Flooring

Innovative Diamond 10® Technology makes sheet vinyl flooring more scratch, scuff and stain resistant. It also repels dirt, making clean-up a breeze. Diamond 10® Technology is featured on two of our vinyl sheet floor collections: Duality™ Premium and CushionStep™ Better.

Wood Flooring
Wood Flooring

Wood flooring is any product manufactured from timber that is designed for use as flooring, either structural or aesthetic. Wood is a common choice as a flooring material and can come in various styles, colors, cuts, and species.

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