The correct selection of material for floor covering will provide you comfortable stay in the apartment for many years ahead. Huge material selection is presented at the modern construction market. Not to get confused in wide assortment and to make right choice, it is worth studying properties and characteristics of the most running floor coverings.
Instruction
1. Choose floor covering, leaning on target factor, i.e. purpose of the room. Agree that for kitchen and the bedroom you, most likely, will not begin to buy the same material. You can stop the choice on universal covering which the characteristics will be able to conform to requirements for all rooms.
2. Consider statistics when choosing floor covering. Widespread practice such is that for living rooms most often is chosen by parquet or laminate, for the hall – linoleum, and for kitchen and bathroom – keramgranit or tile. But the choice far is not limited to these materials. And standard coverings differ in each look on qualitative positions.
3. Choose parquet for living rooms: living room, nursery, bedrooms, office. And here it is not recommended to stack it in kitchen the crane because of dislike of tree for moisture. Parquet - one of the most elite, expensive at the price and durable floor coverings. It is eco-friendly, has the increased durability and good heat-insulating properties. The term of operation is more than 50 years. The parquet board is made from expensive breeds of tree – oak, ash-tree, beech. Having decided to give preference to parquet, keep in mind that this covering requires special care and is afraid of moisture. Also it demands ideal "draft" floor. The cost of parquet varies from 15 to 150 dollars for sq.m.
4. Well think before stopping the choice on stopper. This material enjoys smaller popularity, than parquet. It is peculiar on design and is suitable not for all rooms. Its most valuable quality – high heat and sound insulation. Therefore it is the best of all to lay it in the living room and the bedroom. Is issued in the form of rectangular or square plates. Such covering will serve to you from 5 to 20 years. It is necessary to consider that the stopper has small resistance to mechanical damages. Therefore if the accurate type of floor is important for you, you do not lay this expensive material to the nursery. Its price fluctuates from 20 to 70 dollars for sq.m.
5. If you are going to make high-quality repair on average price range, choose laminate. In the last decades it became just hit of sales in the construction market. The low price (it fluctuates from 4 to 60 dollars for sq.m.), high functional performance, simplicity of laying and the most various design have made it really national. The composition of laminate reminds the multilayered pie pressed under high temperatures. High-class material is resistant to moisture and to mechanical influences, any kind maintains UF beams. The low class will serve to you about 5 years, high – 20 years and more. Thanks to special substrate on which the covering keeps within it has the excellent shock-absorbing, heat-insulating and soundproofing properties. Perfectly is suitable for any living rooms in the apartment.
6. Choosing floor covering for the hall, kitchen and bathroom, first of all consider wearproof, moisture resistant qualities, simplicity when leaving and immunity to spots and pollution. The best remain linoleum for the hall and keramgranit for kitchen and bathroom. Recently the great popularity was won also by bulk floor which was used in industrial rooms and at the enterprises earlier. But new esthetic qualities have allowed it to become excellent floor covering and for premises.