Resilient flooring

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Resilient Flooring More Than a Euphemism For
Vinyl
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• Resilient flooring is a loose, catch-all term
  that refers to floor coverings that occupy a
  middle ground between soft floors (like
  carpeting) and hard floors (like stone or
  hardwood).
• Resilient flooring is defined by the scholars at
  the Resilient Floor Covering Institute (RFCI) as
  flooring that is firm, yet has a "give or bounce
  back." 
• Thus, carpeting is not resilient flooring because
  it has "give" but is not firm.

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•  Hardwood flooring is not resilient floor because
  it is firm but has little "give."  
• Some floor coverings that fit this definition
  escape the resilient category.  With its
  particleboard core and foam underlayment,
  laminate flooring provides both firmness and
  "spring."  Yet it is considered to be a hard
  floor covering.

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6 Types of Flooring Go Under the "Resilient"
Moniker

• According to industry group Resilient Floor
  Covering Institute (RFCI), only six types of
  floor coverings can be called resilient flooring
• Vinyl Vinyl comprises the majority share of the
  resilient flooring market.  This includes Vinyl
  Composition Tile (VCT), Solid Vinyl Tile (SVT)
  and Luxury Vinyl Tile (LVT).

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• Linoleum  This predecessor of vinyl flooring is
  a natural product made of linseed oil, wood,
  limestone, cork, and resins.  Linoleum is
  relevant mainly as a retro or vintage item today.
• Cork  An organic product made of thinly sliced
  cork from trees, cork has become a favored
  "green" or eco-friendly flooring product.

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• Rubber  Once made of organic rubber from rubber
  trees, this category of flooring is now mainly
  produced from synthetic rubbers.  Recycled
  rubber is sometimes used in homes, most often
  for gym or yoga studio flooring.
• Asphalt  Unfamiliar with this one?  Most people
  are.  RFCI calls this an "obsolete floor
  surfacing unit."

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• Polymeric Poured Seamless Floors  Rarely found
  in residences and never DIY-installed, these
  floors start out as liquid and, as the name
  suggests, this liquid is poured out to form a
  hard surface upon curing.

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What's Not Resilient? Everything Else.

• Every type of floor covering not listed above
  would be excluded from the resilient flooring
  category.  This includes, but is not limited to,
  ceramic and porcelain tile, engineered wood
  flooring, laminate flooring, solid wood flooring,
  and natural stone.

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Benefits

• Solid hardwood and natural stone snobs often
  forget that resilient flooring provides distinct
  advantages, such as
• Durable  Some linoleum installed over a century
  ago is still wearing strong.
• Flexible  Resilient flooring bridges slight
  bumps and gaps.
• Inexpensive  One type of resilient flooring,
  vinyl, is consistently the cheapest floor
  covering you can buy.

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Problems

• Ceramics crack, solid hardwood swells when wet,
  laminates de-laminate.  Every type of flooring
  has its own unique set of problems.  Resilient
  flooring, too, for all of its benefits, does have
  a few downsides.
• Indentation  Small pressure points, such as
  table legs or appliance feet, can permanently
  indent resilient flooring.

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• Inconsistent Value  Resilient flooring is all
  over the map when it comes to perceived buyer
  value.  Even within the sub-category of vinyl,
  you can install high-quality, premium luxury
  vinyl brands like Mannington, Shaw, or
  Karndean...or miserably bad (but cheap) vinyl
  squares that peel away long before they wear
  down.

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LVT/luxury vinyl tile

• Green Wood General Trading Co. 
• Gold Crest Executive TowerJLT, Dubai, UAE
• Phone [phone]Fax [phone]
• Email info_at_greenwood.aeMail P.O.Box 123727
  Dubai - UAE