Are you looking ahead to pool parties with the family, and having guests over for barbecues and other events? Have you stared at the flooring in your family room yet? Does it lead directly out to the patio or pool area? If the flooring is worn or chipped or damaged, all of that Summertime fun and wetness could mean hazardous conditions in your home. What type of flooring do you have down in high-traffic areas? How have you been treating it all these years and does it look like it needs replacing? Are you planning on redecorating anyway — well, now is the time to consider putting down a new floor. It’s not that hard if you do a little research and jot down a few facts. Take a look at floormall.com and their university — this is free flooring information that you may look at anywhere, and on practically any flooring subject you want to know about.
Perhaps the simplest type of waterproof flooring is a piece of linoleum. Today’s linoleum is not your grandparents’ linoleum. This new green and renewable resourced product comes in many colors and patterns and there is a design for practically anyone. It’s easy to put down — check out some tips at floormall.com, and you can even cut some designs out of a circle or square or rectangle of it, and then make yourself a waterproof rug. It’s easy to wipe down after barbecue sauce spills and lemonade and other unknown stains, as well. Even if you just do that, often you can get a bargain priced piece because it’s a leftover. The best place to look for designs in linoleum is online, and there you can compare all of the types, advantages, prices and designs. In a brick and mortar store there is often limited selection, and the designs they do have may not please you.
Another super waterproof (and extremely long-lasting) type of flooring material is tile flooring. There are the basic peel and stick ones, plus hundreds of other kinds. Porcelain tiles are precise and easy to clean. Natural stone tiles are also attractive looking, but a little more difficult to put down as flooring because there are slight size differences and you cannot lay them in a normal checkerboard pattern in case some are off-measurement. Stagger those like a brick wall, choose the right grout and sealant and you’ll have a super looking floor fairly quickly. You may even purchase porcelain tiles that look exactly like natural stone ones, but are perfect in their measurements because they are made in factories. To compare properties and prices of various tiles without having to use a lot of gas or shoe leather, take a look at floormall.com and their packed website with many pages of information.
The final class of flooring that may be considered waterproof or water-resistant is ceramic tiles. A few ceramic tiles such as Saltillos are iffy in that area, but well and properly sealed they could work. The “ordinary” type and easily available ceramic tiles, which come in thousands of styles and colors, work extremely well. If you have a small room get large tiles and put them down diagonally. This increases the visual space. Make sure they are also properly sealed and grouted and you’ll have a super long lasting floor surface that will serve you and your family for a long time. You can compare prices and get a lot of info from floormall.com.
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