subject: When Choosing Flooring For Your Home. Vinyl Flooring Is The Ideal Choice. [print this page] There are numerous flooring products available today so why choose vinyl flooring. Many people know vinyl flooring as resilient flooring as that was what it was first called. Resilient flooring was first produced in 1909 at a time when wood was the only type of flooring used. Vinyl flooring gained popularity during the 1960s and now is probably the most popular choice for covering business floors.
Vinyl flooring is very versatile and is ideal for use in the home. With the modern housewife looking for ways of keeping a floor with low maintenance and ease of cleaning and of course with the cushion effect of vinyl flooring making it comfortable and warm to the touch underfoot. Depending on the level of traffic it will last for many years but generally it has a guarantee for 10 years.
Where vinyl flooring became more popular as a flooring product was the fact that housewives could now choose not only from a range of colours but also from numerous designs. Housewives could now colour coordinate their rooms with the floor matching the decor of the room.
The cushion effect of vinyl flooring was very popular for housewives who stood for long hours in the kitchen and any spills were easily cleaned and did not mark when any spillages occurred. Vinyl flooring also has an anti slip layer so is ideal not only for kitchens and bathrooms where water can be a hazard and can cause staining. Because of its resilience, vinyl flooring is now used in many public areas such as foyers, hospitals, workshops and shopping centres.
With the advancement of technology wide format printing has allowed designers to create any image that their clients require. One of the leading companies in the UK in bespoke printing of vinyl flooring is Printed Space. They can create any scene you require. If you wanted your child to imagine they were walking over the streets of Monaco while a F1 race was going on with the cars racing round the track. Or in your bathroom looking over the barrier reef with all the exotic fish swimming round. It could be flying over the pyramids or grand canyon. The clarity and quality is not affected as you are printing on vinyl flooring rather than paper. Printed Space has developed the technology to maintain the quality of the original image. Printed Space has its own brand of vinyl flooring called Floorink ( Floor and Ink ) which is the worlds first digitally produced vinyl cushion floor.The high resolution printing carried out by Printed Space means they can print pin sharp images on vinyl flooring. Printed Spaces vinyl flooring provides a scratch resistance surface which means your flooring at home is attractive practical and most importantly when you have children, safe. The top layer of the vinyl flooring has a low gloss for easy cleaning and resists dirt and scuff marks.
All round vinyl flooring can fill your flooring requirements. It is a clean and safe surface to walk on. Especially for housewives who want that little bit extra and have people admire their home, through the efforts of Printed Space they can have any image or design they want.
