Itsdifficult, especially in these economically challenging times, to achieve a luxuriousand attractive finish on a tight budget but maybe theres one option you haventconsidered. Im talkingabout vinyl flooring and vinyl floor tiles, the practical flooring solutionthat has donned a mantle of Cat Eye Lamination PVC Film Manufacturers style and is coming out of rooms with taps in totake over your whole house.Carpet, as we all know, despite providing a comfortable andunifying look to a homes interior is vulnerable to attack from animals andchildren and even moths! How many times have you screamed in horror as thatglass of wine or bowl of chocolate ice cream heads floorwards?
Those longlonely hours spent on hands and knees with scrubbing brush and soapy water orsome underperforming miracle cleaning product. The disappointment when onerealises that it will never be the same again and the only choices left to youare to rip the whole lot out or move the sofa to an inconvenient place.If you had installed vinyl flooring or floor tiles insteadof that carpet you could happily entertain a whole tribe of droolingincontinent basset hounds safe in the knowledge that they wont be able todamage your precious floor. The pressure would be off. The weight from yourshoulder lifted. No more would you be forever rushing into the sitting room toscream at the kids for absent mindedly treading a felt tip pen into the ground.Yes, yes you say, I realise the obvious maintenance benefitof such a floor covering but my little tootsies will get awfully cold on avinyl floor.
Well, thats for another article that will probably be calledSlippers warmth from the feet up There is no avoiding the fact that vinylwill feel cooler underfoot than carpet but some of us are prepared to sacrificecomfort for style (and easy cleaning)Style! Were talking about vinyl arent we? Well yes we arebut dont let shudder inducing memories of seventies lino fool you intothinking that vinyl flooring isnt where its at. Have you seen what you canget nowadays? Its a world of vibrancy and daring, colour and shape. Yes thereare retro looks available but long gone is the vinyl floor that is a palereplica of its ceramic tiled cousin. A vinyl tiled floor will thrill with theshock of the new. Its forward looking, its maintenance free. Its brilliant.Whos looking old fashioned now neutral carpet person?