To enjoy the benefits provided by this type of coating, it is essential to understand how the vinyl floor is resistant and functional.
This cladding option has become increasingly popular in Brazilian residential and office projects and is considered the ‘darling’ of architects and interior designers.
And the list of reasons that justify this choice is extensive: among them, the ability to offer more comfort to the environment, quick installation, and an excellent cost benefit.
Produced from PVC, mineral fillers, plasticisers, pigments and additives, vinyl is a light and flexible material, which can create the false impression of being a fragile coating. However, its main qualities are its high resistance and broad functionality.
Versatile for everyday
Vinyl floor cleaning: simple and uncomplicated routine
Having more time for recreation or other activities at home is certainly on people’s wish lists. However, to have a house that contributes to day-to-day life and facilitates the execution of different tasks throughout the day, the project must have a practicality as its starting point.
When choosing the furniture or the cladding for your property, you should opt for products that make your day-to-day life more accessible and, above all, fulfil different functions in the environment.
Vinyl can not only be used to cover the floor but also goes very well on walls and even the ceiling – that’s right, the roof!
In the case of coverings, the floor is essential to simplify the home. In addition to comfort and beauty, the material must be easy to clean, stain resistant and versatile.
Fulfilling all these requirements, to keep the vinyl always clean and looking new, it is elementary and fast: carry out periodic cleaning by diluting neutral detergent in water applied to the floor as a damp cloth or mop and use another clean cloth to dry the coating.
This procedure dispenses with the need to use other chemical or abrasive products, mainly those derived from petroleum, this being one of the main mistakes in cleaning vinyl.
If you have the habit of washing the floor, the best option is glued vinyl, which is resistant to water. However, avoid leaving standing water on the floor and dry immediately after washing. Be careful: embedded vinyl cannot be washed.
For even more practicality, the brand’s lines of Luxury Vinyl Tiles (LVTs ) for residential and commercial projects feature exclusive Extreme Protection technology.
The technology consists of a surface protector that closes the porosity of the floor, making it easier to clean up to seven times more than a standard vinyl floor from competitors.
Resistance to different scenarios
More than offering convenience and speeding up cleaning, Extreme Protection technology gives floors additional protection against UV rays, which minimises discolouration damage and extends the product’s durability in environments with a higher incidence of natural lighting.
In addition, all Tarkett coatings have anti-flame characteristics; that is, they reduce the risk of a fire spreading and offer more safety than other materials, such as wood flooring.
Another critical point to maximise the strength and durability of this coating is to consider the characteristics of the environment where it will be installed.
The advice is to analyse or plan what the routine and traffic of the premises that will receive the floor will be, and thus, opt for the model with the characteristics that best meet all these needs, going beyond aesthetics.
For example, busier places need extra protection. In this case, choose models that have a thicker wear layer. The wear layer is a polyurethane (PU) layer applied to the surface of Luxury Vynil Tile (LVT) flooring.
Layers over 0.7mm thick are generally intended for commercial projects with heavy traffic, and for residential projects with light traffic, the minimum layer required is 0.15mm.
What is the valuable life of vinyl flooring?
Finally, as we showed above, vinyl flooring stands out for being more resistant and functional than other materials available on the market, such as laminate flooring.
However, the useful life of a vinyl floor can be greater or less, mainly due to the care that you will have with it.
The correct installation is essential in this context since vinyl requires subfloors in good condition both to resist and to be well finished. It is necessary to be attentive, mainly to unevenness and humidity problems.
Vinyl flooring can also be installed over other coatings, such as ceramic. To avoid any problems, hire specialised labour not only for the application but also to correct any undulations, unevenness and breaks with the application of self-levelling masses.
