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Bricoflor Vinyl Flooring
Vinyl flooring in plank and tile format has gained massive popularity over the past years and has become the market leader of flooring. Thanks to new technologies and creation of environmentally-friendly solutions, its past image of it just being a niche product has been completely remastered.
Its success comes from its versatile application possibilities for both commercial and non-commercial use and also from its looks. The new modern vinyl flooring looks and feels just as authentic as the organic product.
People often think about the correct name for this product. Is it called vinyl flooring? Or is it LVT flooring?
The answer to that is both. Vinyl flooring is the general word and the LVT, also ‘luxury vinyl tiles’, has been created to avoid the connection to its predecessor, the old low-quality vinyl roll. The creation of various names is also due to manufacturers naming each product individually.
LVT as the precursor - this is how the success story began
Due to a shortage of raw materials during the Second World War, many companies were forced to adapt to the new availability and therefore turn to ‘vinyl’, which was not very common back in the day. Initially, vinyl was used as an alternative to rubber. After the war, the use of vinyl began to flourish. The usage of vinyl for popular vinyl records set the stage for the new flooring made out of vinyl. As the flooring was gaining more popularity, it was often criticised because of the harmful vapours it was producing and was, therefore, cast aside until an improved version – called LVT-came out. This version turned out to be cost-effective and safe at the same time.
How to buy the right flooring? - authenticity down to the smallest detail
The decors are so authentic that they can no longer be optically distinguished. Even if you touch the flooring, you sometimes cannot tell for sure whether it is a "real" stone floor or a "real" parquet. LVT is convinced with extremely natural designs so that it cannot be determined whether the original or the high-quality replica is made of organic products.
Grains, knotholes and similar details are integrated into the surface at an exact point, making it look realistic. This does not make it completely smooth but gives it a noticeable texture that feels like a natural model. Flooring with imprint structure makes the room look particularly natural without sacrificing the visual qualities of its originals.
Making the DIYs professional - laying vinyl click flooring
Probably the most popular method for DIYs is the installation of luxury vinyl click flooring. There is a multitude of different click systems, each depending on the manufacturer of the LVT click.
The profiles of the two planks come together in varying ways. LVT Click vinyl flooring is available in three different versions, which differ slightly in their materials. However, this does not change the installation method, which remains simple, precise, and fast as usual.
Vinyl plank flooring has a particularly low construction height of approx. 4 to 5 mm. The construction sketch of the click lock vinyl shows the simple construction: The LVT consists of a vinyl board, which is made dimensionally stable by glass fibres, decorative paper, and a wear layer (usually made of polyurethane).
The low overall thickness makes the design floor ideal for all renovation work, as doors do not have to be sanded down and there is no noticeable difference from the other rooms. A disadvantage is that unevenness in the subfloor is more likely to appear on the surface and push through. Therefore, the floor must be carefully prepared for the laying of LVT flooring.
