Vinyl Flooring Overview

Hearing the word Vinyl Flooring probably let you think a few years bact to the local crocery store, hospitals, schools or to your parents kitchen floor, and there is a good reason why, because vinyl is very durable and relatively inexpensive compared to other types of flooring.

As with most things in the 20th century vinyl floors has also come a long way since then with newer and more modern designs available and also improving the performance and durability in areas like better resistance against tears and rips. Vinyl is a resilient floor meaning that it bounce back to its original form if something heave is dropped on it and this also makes it more comfortable to walk on. Vinyl is also more resistant to moisture and water making it easy to mentain and clean.

Vinyl consist out of three categories which is vinyl tiles, vinyl sheeting and vinyl composition or as better known in South Africa Novilon, on the next page we will discuss these 3 categories in more detail.