Purchase of repair materials – task responsible therefore its each owner has to solve whenever possible attentively and with knowledge of certain basic aspects. At acquisition of linoleum it is important to find out how qualitative the floor covering is. There are several parameters by which determine characteristics of such material. Also it is worth addressing them.
1. Linoleum assignment
Some owners complain that the linoleum bought by them quickly becomes useless or strongly slides. But in this case problems arise often because of buyers. It is necessary to choose the covering corresponding to operational conditions of the room. For rooms with high passability wearproof linoleum is necessary. And for kitchen or the bathroom it is better to buy material with antiskid sputtering.
2. Condition of edges of linoleum
Its edges can tell a lot of things about quality of covering. If at them there are hangnails and cracks, so at production mistakes have been made. It is necessary to buy only that floor material which possesses equal edges free of defects.
3. Quality of front surface
The drawing and coloring of linoleum can tell a lot of things about its quality too. On all area the cloth of material has to have identical shade. If there are blurring, stratifications of paint and other defects, it is not necessary to buy goods. Tell distortions of the drawing about the wrong production. Patterns and images have to be accurate, without gaps, violations of geometry and so on.
4. Linoleum cloth relief
It is worth checking condition of material and to the touch. Hangnails, roughnesses, sinks are signs of application of unmodern manufacturing techniques of material. Linoleum is obliged to be equally smooth or evenly rough on all area depending on about what type of covering it is.
5. Linoleum smell
On material smell it is possible to judge its practical qualities too. Even if linoleum is made of PVC, its smell should not "give" chemical notes. They speak about the use of low-quality paint or other components capable to do harm to health.
It is impossible to lose sight also of number of the general moments. The seller of linoleum has to have certificates of conformity. At each roll there is marking. It is possible to recognize by it when material has been made. If it is produced more than a year ago, it is desirable to refuse purchase. Considering all this, it will be possible to pick up the best linoleum.