Classification of flooring(Part 3)

Recommended usage scenarios for various types of flooring

Reinforced composite flooring: It has excellent wear resistance and is often used in public areas with high pedestrian traffic, but it is necessary to maintain a relatively dry space.

Solid wood composite flooring: Strong wear resistance, high cost-effectiveness, suitable for ordinary residential living rooms, bedrooms, and study rooms. At present, solid wood composite flooring is the most popular flooring on the market, with excellent practicality and aesthetics. For households with underfloor heating, it is recommended to choose solid wood composite flooring as it has strong heat resistance and is less prone to deformation.

Solid wood flooring: Both comfort and health are excellent, and it has a great texture that can enhance the overall level of home decoration. But it is not suitable for use in places with large humidity changes. Solid wood flooring has poor thermal conductivity and is not suitable for use in households with underfloor heating. Suitable for home decoration styles that pursue quality, it can be used in living rooms, bedrooms, and study rooms, but attention should be paid to maintenance in daily life.

Cork flooring: Cork flooring has good elasticity and anti slip properties; Good insulation and comfortable foot feel; Good sound insulation, able to absorb household noise and create a quiet living environment; The color scheme is quite personalized. However, due to the soft material of cork flooring, heavy furniture and other long-term loads can cause deformation and are difficult to recover. Suitable installation locations: bedrooms, conference rooms, libraries, recording studios, and other places

Bamboo flooring: Bamboo flooring has a fresh and elegant style, good decorative effect, and is warm in winter and cool in summer. It is environmentally friendly, pollution-free, and resistant to decay and mold. But bamboo flooring is prone to deformation due to changes in climate, dryness, and humidity. Suitable installation locations: ordinary residential buildings, hotels, office buildings, etc.

Considerations when choosing flooring

Budget: Choose flooring based on the budget. Generally speaking, the more expensive the flooring, the better the quality. Because expensive ones are usually thicker, have better topcoats, more accurate cutting sizes, better drying treatment, and better assurance. Within the acceptable range, try to choose products with good quality and slightly higher prices.

Decoration style: Consider which flooring is suitable based on different home design styles. The floor has differences in texture, color, texture, etc., so it needs to be carefully selected based on actual needs.

Installation space: Different functional spaces are suitable for different floors. Solid wood flooring is not suitable for damp basements. The living room should use solid wood flooring with high transparency and soft colors to create a bright, harmonious, and elegant atmosphere; The bedroom can choose solid wood flooring in warm or neutral colors, giving people a quiet and comfortable feeling; Children's rooms should be simple, cheerful, and bright, and solid wood flooring with light and bright colors would be better; The study room can choose a stable dark solid wood floor.

Age: People of different ages are suitable for different styles. Generally speaking, for middle-aged and elderly families, solid wood flooring is suitable for the living room floor. The living room of young families is often suitable for laying solid wood composite flooring and laminate flooring. For young families with young children, the use of strollers and toys requires wear-resistant and scratch resistant flooring materials, as well as a variety of floor colors. This will result in a very good decoration effect.

Solid wood material: If purchasing solid wood flooring, when selecting a wide variety of materials, it is important to choose materials that are stable and match the overall home decoration style. It is also advisable to choose brands with considerable strength to avoid unnecessary disputes in the future.

Specification: Wide board, atmospheric and beautiful, gradually becoming people's first choice. You can choose different specifications of flooring according to different home decoration environments. If the home decoration area is large, choosing wide boards will make it more noble and wild. Ordinary standard boards have better stability, are economical, and suitable for small room types. Usually, thick and wide sizes are more expensive, while narrow and thin sizes are cheaper.

Wear resistance: If there are a large number of people at home and they do not pay much attention to maintenance, they can choose wooden flooring with high wear resistance; But if you pay more attention to the maintenance of wooden flooring, which has less chance of being subjected to strong force and hardware wear, choosing a flooring with relatively low wear resistance will be more cost-effective.

Environmental Protection: Solid wood flooring is the most environmentally friendly, but it is difficult to maintain, prone to damage, and has unstable drying shrinkage. Solid wood composite flooring has comfortable foot feel, good insulation performance, and is not prone to warping and cracking. It is easy to install, but its environmental friendliness is not as good as solid wood flooring. The quality of glue determines the level of pollution in reinforced composite flooring, and high-quality glue has a lower formaldehyde content.