What you need to know when choosing a floor covering?

Today, the building materials market offers a wide range of products for finishing the floor in the house. Each of them has its own unique properties, advantages and disadvantages. So which flooring is considered the best? It all depends on the room in which the installation will take place. Let's consider in more detail what floor coverings exist:

Any house or apartment can be divided into several zones:

1. walk-through and household;
2. living room;
3. lounges.

Based on this, we consider on the table what parameters the material should have in one or another room:

Finishing the floor in the house: choice of material

Parquet is considered an environmentally friendly flooring made of hardwood: walnut, oak, alder, mahogany, ebony and more. The unique texture and charm of precious breeds will emphasize the status of the room. But with all its merits, this type of finish is completely inappropriate in the bathroom, hallway and kitchen. The constant chemical and mechanical effects, moisture and the fall of heavy objects make the material completely unsuitable for such rooms.

Laminate has recently gained wide popularity. Strength, ease of installation, low cost and a variety of colors are the hallmark of this material. Laminate can be found both in the bedroom and in the kitchen, office or even in the cinema. When choosing a material, it is necessary to consider the load on the floor and the permeability of the room. In terms of resistance to stress, the laminate is divided into several classes.

Linoleum, despite the wide influx of new flooring, is still a very popular material. It has a fairly wide variety of species, each of which has both advantages and disadvantages. Moreover, there are several ways to stack the material.

The tile is characterized by high resistance to moisture, temperature difference and resistance to aggressive environments. It can often be found in the kitchen or in the bathroom, but in living rooms it is very rare. Why is that? It's simple - the material has low heat dissipation. The problem can be solved by connecting the "warm floor". But even so, several factors must be taken into account.

Bulk flooring is a new and rather unusual way of finishing the floor in the house. A unique feature is the ability to apply a 3D pattern. The material is used both for leveling and for finishing. Sold in powder form. Before buying, you need to calculate the floor area and make some more simple calculations. For a reasonable flow rate, all irregularities and gaps are measured. There are also several tricks to save material during installation.

Conclusion

Finishing the floor in the house is a rather complicated process that requires knowledge and time. It’s hard to tell in one article about all the nuances of each material. For your convenience, we divided the material into subtopics and placed it at the top of the site, in the form of links.

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