Luxury Vinyl Panel (LVP) Flooring For First Time HDB Owners
You just got your keys for you new HDB. You are working with your interior designers, shopping for a new floor. There are a few common residential floorings that you will be introduced to. One of the more popular option your interior designers introduce is Luxury Vinyl Plank Flooring or Luxury Vinyl Tile Flooring. What is Luxury Vinyl Plank flooring?
Luxury Vinyl Plank (LVP) or sometimes can be called Luxury Vinyl Tiles (LVT) interchangeably. LVP is longer, rectangular in shape while LVT is more of a square shape. It is more flexible in nature. Though more commonly have the natural wood finishing. There are also options for other flooring looks.
Advantages of LVP:
- The cost of vinyl plank is one of the more affordable floorings compare to the other 2 option in this blog. This makes LVP flooring or LVT flooring a more budget friendly option for a flooring with the luxury feel.
- As LVP is primarily made from virgin vinyl, a synthetic material that is known for its robustness. Making it to be able to last at least 2 decades
- It is a versatile flooring. With the flooring having so many good qualities such as waterproof, hard wearing, resistant to fire and chemicals. It is getting to be a popular choice to be an alternative flooring option into places like kitchen and bathroom.
- Due to the nature of virgin vinyl, vinyl flooring texture is softer and cushioned for the feet to land and more muted flooring to walk on.
- It is a flooring with easy day to day maintenance. However deep cleaning is recommended annually
- Customisable look. One of the most common choices for vinyl flooring in Singapore is the natural wood look. However, there are other options such as the natural grey tile look or the pure grey vinyl option giving the cement look for the house.
Disadvantages of LVP:
- Vinyl flooring has known to be a toxic flooring. It is one of the main contributors of formaldehyde emission. As it is a synthetic material, chemicals were used during its production and installation. Formaldehyde is known to cause irritation, respiratory issues, skin issues and cancer. This can be prevented by looking for a flooring with a specific test standard (EN717-1) and promoting air circulation after installation
- Traditionally vinyl flooring can be difficult to be removed as adhesive is used. To remove vinyl flooring that is glued to the ground can be a tedious process if you want it to stay intact. Recommended being done by a professional or installing vinyl flooring with a clicking process.
Vinyl Flooring has always been a popular choice for both commercial, gym and residential flooring such as HDB, BTO and Condo in Singapore. With our in-house brands and our in-house installation team. With our own installation team of experts, there will be full control with our quality assurance. This will also result in a wider range of flooring services that we are able to provide in the market. This including deep vinyl cleaning and flooring installation as mentioned in this blog
Make an appointment with our flooring experts, we will walk you through step by step from your flooring designs to after installation services.
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