What’s the difference between luxury vinyl flooring and normal vinyl?
Why luxury vinyl?
A stylish floor that is easy to maintain, luxury vinyl tiles and planks (LVT as it is known) is becoming extremely popular in people’s homes as a versatile alternative to more traditional floors.
One of the best features of luxury vinyl (LVT) is its realistic look, whether it’s wood, stone or tile effect they look very natural. One of our customers in Chester commented: “I thought it was real wood”.
We will always suggest luxury flooring as it has lots of practical benefits, as well as looks super stylish. Unlike other products it is warm and quiet underfoot and easy to maintain – a damp mop with hot water is usually enough to keep LVT clean.
It can be fitted in wet and dry areas as it is water resistant, making it a popular choice for open-plan living.
What are luxury vinyl flooring planks?
Luxury vinyl planks are wood and tile effect vinyl planks and tiles – they are not on a roll like you would find with traditional cushion floor vinyl.
There are a variety of sizes available – from planks to tiles, and they can be designed many different ways to give your floor a unique look and style.
Trusted Karndean suppliers and fitters
One of the most popular brands of LVT is the Karndean range. We at PJM Flooring Services supply and fit the full range of Karndean products.
Karndean offers a variety of products – wood and tile effect and the ever popular parquet style of flooring for herringbone effects on your floor.
One of the distinguishing characteristics of a Karndean floor are the highly customizable product ranges. Customers have the ability to create and design a floor that is unique to their personal style and space by adding decorative strips, borders and design features.
To complement planks or tiles, decorative strips can be used to create detailed features like a border or a natural looking grouting effect.
Other LVT brands.
There are plenty of other brands out there – other manufacturers have LVT and as LVT specialists, PJM flooring Services supply and fit most products.
Customers often call us looking for Karndean and are pleasantly surprised by the alternatives we offer: we even have a specific parquet range of luxury vinyl flooring for that herringbone effect and more.
Some of our other ranges also come with decorative strips and grouting strips like Karndean to offer an even more realistic effect.