Why walk around on dingy old floors, when it’s almost Spring? Some flooring installations take a little longer than others. Many are super easy and others are a bit harder. If you visit a site like floormall.com you can see what’s involved with each type of flooring installation, and make an informed choice. The easiest flooring installation would probably be a nice new piece of “green” linoleum. The next would be peel and stick vinyl tiles. Don’t think of the old school vinyl tiles. There are so many new varieties these days that some floors look exactly like natural stone or high quality patterned laminate. You really can’t tell the difference and would have to get a magnifying glass out to be sure.
The next easiest would be a floating floor, or laminate. These are snap together planks and only require cutting to fit, then interlocking like a jigsaw puzzle. Underlayment (foam sheet for cement or paper for wood) is all that’s required, plus a small standing jigsaw. You don’t need glue or anything else, but kneepads are a wise choice plus a small mallet and an extra piece of wood to tap the planks in place. I’d say that hardwood planks would be the next type to consider. Check out the variety and woods at floormall.com and see if this kind of flooring is for you. Nails are required if your subfloor is wood and glue if it’s cement. You can rent a nailer or get a professional flooring installer to do the job for you. Consider lighter wood for those new Spring days or get ready for a cozy Fall and Winter with gorgeous darker woods such as mahogany or walnut. Hardwood floors can be composed of only a certain type of wood, or engineered wood (top layer of the wood then other woods for the rest). Engineered woods can be in many different stains and colors and types, such as the antique look.
Tiling is perhaps a little harder than most other floor installations. If you study a few details as to what type of materials to use for sticking the tiles to your floor, how to space the tiles and what pattern to use for which type of tile, how to grout when they are dry, what types of tiles wear better than others, etc., then the job will be made much easier. There’s a storehouse of knowledge on flooring at the floormall.com university online. See what suits you to DIY or perhaps hire a professional flooring installer. Look at what’s available in tiles, which would be good for your space, and go from there.
Looking through the online varieties of tiles at floormall.com and seeing what appeals to you, is fun and saves a lot on gas and wear and tear on your shoes. Patience may be a virtue but if you have to traipse all over town in order to see what’s out there, then it can wear a little thin! Save your precious free time and do other Spring things, like stopping to smell the roses.
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