When it comes to interior flooring, you are spoiled for choice: tiles, parquet, stone, flexible coverings, waxed concrete, cement tiles; the possibilities are endless. Several criteria allow you to compare the characteristics of each floor covering to help you choose the one that will be best suited to a particular room in your home. Aesthetics, ease of maintenance, robustness, water resistance, the price we help you make up your mind! For luxury Apartments in Lahore contact Union Complex.
Wood floors, noble and durable
We like its warm and authentic side, the wood under our feet can take the form of solid parquet or engineered parquet—review of the two options.
Solid parquet
It is made of solid wood that has been sawn. Sanded, varnished, or painted, solid parquet can have several lives.
The most: The solid parquet brings an undeniable cachet to your room; it always makes its small effect. Grain, texture, oxidation solid wood floors acquire a patina over time. It does not depreciate and lasts a long time if it is well maintained (waxing, sanding, vitrification). It also performs two roles: thermal regulator via its capacity to store heat and a hygrometric regulator (it absorbs or restores moisture from the air).
Cons: It is a bad acoustic insulator: it can quickly create a sounding board without counting the squeaks. This is the reason why it is necessary to make sure to have it installed perfectly on a sound underlay. Also, expensive material due to its nobility can deform if it is not machined and installed according to the rules of the art. Also, pay attention to the fire if you have a fireplace near the first wooden slats.
Rooms: Ideal in the living room, dining room, and bedrooms.
Engineered parquet
Only the upper part of the engineered parquet (or "multi-layered parquet") is made of solid wood. Called "wear layer," it is made of noble wood. It is less expensive than solid parquet and will therefore be a good alternative to solid parquet for small budgets who still want a wooden floor.
Advantages: Easy to maintain and endowed with a good lifespan, it offers an excellent cachet/price ratio.
Cons: Engineered parquet does not have the resistance of solid parquet: its lifespan is shorter because it is poorly renovated (it cannot be sanded).
Rooms: In the bedrooms, and where appropriate, the living room and the dining room.
Soft floors know how to adapt.
Easy to install, extra thin (which is a real asset in the renovation event because it often makes it possible to avoid removing the old floor covering), flexible floors are available in 5 main materials.
PVC and vinyl floors
Made from a plastic material, PVC and vinyl floors are used more and more because of their chameleon side: they imitate the texture of all existing floors! Different formats are available: tiles, planks (glued installation), or roll (installation without glue).
Advantages: Easy to install, adapt to any room, and offer good sound and thermal insulation. They are often stain-resistant, scratch-resistant, shock-resistant, and slip-resistant. 100% waterproof, they fear neither humidity, heat, nor light and are easy to maintain. The big plus: they are available in multiple colors and patterns.
Cons: These floors can deform on contact with direct heat and will not resist ash or embers. Be careful of cigarettes and projections from the chimney. They have an average lifespan.
Rooms: They are particularly suitable for the most abused rooms, such as children's bedrooms, the hall, the kitchen, or the bathroom (for the floor of a walk-in shower, for example).
Seagrass
100% natural and ecological alternative (by its composition of plant fibers), seagrass can boast of real success. Moreover, the different types of weaving bring more decoration to your interior.
Advantages: Ecological seagrass is rather resistant and inexpensive. It guarantees good sound insulation and insulates against the cold.
Cons: Its tendency to facilitate the proliferation of bacteria! In addition, it stains easily and is not easy to preserve or maintain, especially because it tends to retain moisture.
Rooms: Avoid in the kitchen - a place that gets dirty quickly by definition - and in the bathroom, unless you are very careful about ventilation.
The cork
Cork flooring is made from a natural material (extracted from the bark of cork oaks). It can be used as an undercoat of another coating for its acoustic properties or as a decorative coating with an oiled or varnished finish.
Advantages: Ecological, easy to maintain, it has good sound and thermal insulation. In addition, rot-proof material is resistant to humidity (pre-treatment in damp rooms), antibacterial, and antistatic. Also, note that you will have the choice between several shades and aspects!
Cons: Exposed to the sun, cork can change color. It is porous and absorbs odors.
Rooms: Avoid in the kitchen or the dining room.
The carpet
A little put aside, the carpet is making a comeback and is back on trend! It comes in different formats (rolls, tiles) and materials (synthetic wool, acrylic).
Advantages: Easy to install, the carpet is a very good sound and thermal insulator. Another advantage? Its non-slip properties.
Cons: Difficult maintenance, average resistance to wear, and poor stains, it is also a real nest for mites!
Rooms: Avoid rooms where there is traffic. This will help prevent stains caused by the undersides of shoes or food.
The floor that does not fit in any box: the laminate floor
A champion of imitation, laminate flooring visually reproduces the appearance of many floors. Wood, concrete, or stone for the most classic but also marble and tiling! You thus benefit from the visual aspect of these materials without having to deal with their possible disadvantages. In the form of "clip-on" slats, the laminate floor incorporates a protective film to make it more scratch-resistant.
Advantages: Resistant to stains, shocks, and humidity for specific bathroom floors, it is very affordable.
Cons: Laminate flooring cannot be renovated and has a variable impact resistance, which depends mainly on the resistance class of this flooring. Hence the importance of not skimping on quality!
Parts: Everywhere, except where it is susceptible to repeated shocks.
Choosing the right floors is, therefore, a matter of taste, but also uses! So the choice of floors for your future home or replacement of your existing floors, do not hesitate to accompany a specialist in your region to your work! Union Complex provides the best Luxurious Lifestyle Apartments.