subject: In Sacramento, Tile Flooring Can Provide Some Relief From The Heat [print this page] In Sacramento, tile flooring is an option for people who are trying to keep their homes as cool as possible without air conditioning. The valley in which Sacramento is located gets very hot in summer, so air conditioning bills can be really high. But, if the homeowner can think of ways to reduce the heat that stays in the house, he or she could see some savings, however minor. In Sacramento tile flooring can stay cooler than carpets can in the heat, although on very hot afternoons, when you come home after work and have not been running the air conditioning, the tiles can of course warm up.
Walking on a carpeted floor is akin to walking on a thick blanket; the fibers will cushion your foot much like the blanket would. This is not very comfortable in the heat. A tile floor, however, will provide you with a cooler surface. Tile floors can also help you prevent mildew if the day turns out to be more humid than normal, or if you are using a swamp cooler instead of an air conditioner. Swamp or evaporative coolers add humidity as the ice inside melts, and tile floors are not going to trap that humidity and moisture and create mold.
In Sacramento tile flooring is also much easier to clean. If you spill something on a carpet, it can soak through to the pad underneath, or it can fall to the bottom of the carpet pile, if the substance is dry and not a liquid. On tile flooring, however, whatever you spill can be mopped or swept up fairly quickly with minimum staining. Depending on the grout used and the substance that spills, you could have to do extra cleaning on the grout in between the tiles, but overall, in Sacramento tile flooring is much easier to take care of and clean.
Tile floors come in several different options, from stone or terrazzo-style floors to good old peel-and-stick vinyl tiles. You can create a customized design with the tiles or use very plain ones for areas where you know there will be a lot of traffic and dirt. You have a whole range of colors and patterns to choose from, so finding something that matches your home's interior or that matches your remodeling plans is going to be very easy. Installing the tile is usually simple, but depending on your skill level, the time you have available, and the type of tile, you might have to have a contractor do it. Whichever route you take, within a couple of days you can have a nice, new tile floor.
In Sacramento tile flooring can make a home look like it has been cleaned and remodeled fairly quickly, but you do have to look out for scuffs and scratches. These can make the tile floors look much older, but there are ways to avoid scratches and clean up scuff marks. If the flooring is made of individual tiles, you may be able to replace individual tiles as needed. That will depend on the type of tile, though.
Tiles do have an advantage if you have pets. Not only are they much easier to clean, but pets like hamsters are probably not going to try to chew up tile. Smaller pets can end up chewing through the base of the carpet in misguided attempts to get out of the room, but they are not likely to do that to tile. If you have small pets like hamsters who tend to escape their cages, you may want to opt for tile flooring over carpeted floors.
