Despite the fact that the flooring market is extremely rich and the technologies do not stand still, linoleum has been very popular for almost two centuries. The right choice of linoleum for your home guarantees you not only reliable and high quality material on the floor, but also an excellent appearance of the rooms, significant savings and ease of subsequent care of the floors.
How to choose a good linoleum?
First of all, decide what type of linoleum you are most suitable for. The most common material for making this flooring is PVC. It can have one or more layers, produced on a fabric or non-woven basis, providing the required level of heat and sound insulation. This linoleum is completely harmless, although it is made of artificial material, and in addition, it can have a number of additional properties, such as antistatic, electrical conductivity, increased thermal insulation, and others.
For the production of natural linoleum linseed oil is used, its distinctive feature is ecological compatibility and high resistance to chemical influences. There is a glyptal linoleum for which an alkyd resin is used, which leads to an increase in insulation properties, but gives the material greater brittleness, and the colloxylin coating for the floor is made of nitrocellulose and has a characteristic luster, high elasticity and fire safety. Linoleum-reel and marmoleum are the most expensive options. For the first one, a special rubber is used as one of the layers, which greatly increases all its characteristics, while the second is made of natural, environmentally friendly materials, but requires certain skills for laying.
The marking of linoleum assumes the presence of two digits, indicating its durability and possible loads. For an ordinary apartment, the best solution will be any "twenty" or 31, 32.
Each room has its own linoleum
Before you choose a linoleum for the hallway, remember that it's where everyone walks in street shoes, so the floor covering should be non-marble and moisture resistant. In addition, for the hallway it is better to choose a material with good indicators of resistance to detergents and abrasion.
How to choose linoleum for the kitchen? The one that will be easy to wash, long to serve and calmly carry chemical treatment, because the kitchen floors sometimes require good cleaning, especially if something spills. The kitchen is a room with a high attendance, all members of the family look over there for more than one time, so that the floors do not lose their appearance after a while, it is better to buy a linoleum with a wear-resistant surface.
Thinking about which linoleum to choose for a bedroom, you can safely give preference to those species that are intended for premises with low traffic. Given that in the bedroom you go much less than in the hall or in the kitchen, you can not worry about that
How to choose the color of linoleum?
Buying a floor covering, it is best to look at it in the supposed interior or at least stock up the wallpaper from the desired room. Often it happens that among the variety of colors you can get confused and misconstrue the tone of the material. Even if it seems to you that you know exactly what color to choose linoleum, do not be too lazy to stock up in a small piece to "try it on" to your room.