Popular Styles of Commercial Flooring

A commercial floor is much more than a mere surface to walk on. Savvy business owners see flooring as a productivity tool. Thus, rubber floors are a favorite among restaurant owners, investment bankers love exotic wood flooring, and the professional gym owner swears by his maple hardwood floors.

A flooring material best suited to a business is determined by user requirements, customer expectations, available budget, ease of installation, care and maintenance, and special requirements. If you are looking for the best flooring material that would be suited for your business, the information below will help you decide which type of floor is best for you.

Commercial Flooring Options

• Hardwood Flooring – Hardwood flooring adds character and grace to any establishment. Care and maintenance of a hardwood floor can be a problem in some commercial establishments like restaurants where the floor is likely to be exposed to very heavy foot traffic and water. Like all hard floors, dirt tracked into the establishment is a problem with hardwood floors in some commercial settings.
• Engineered wood floors – allow you to get the look of solid hardwood without some of its problems like instability and susceptibility to moisture damage. Another advantage is that it can be installed very quickly, saving both time and money.
• Carpet – Carpets reduce noise and provide a soft surface to walk or stand on. Carpets can unravel or may get damaged if heavy furniture is moved carelessly. But if you select to install carpet tiles, replacement of the damaged areas becomes easy.
• Stone flooring – Stone flooring is available in a wide variety of choices like slate, travertine, marble and granite. Stone flooring lasts long and with regular maintenance can keep looking as good as new for ages. Are rugs placed over stone flooring can add a nice touch to compliment the stone floor.
• Vinyl Flooring – A low cost versatile material that is easy to install and customize. Vinyl is available in a wide range of colors, designs and styles. The range can further be enhanced as a professional installer can literally turn dreams into reality with a vinyl floor. It is susceptible to damages from heavy traffic, can be easily scratched and may require more than its fair share of care and maintenance.
• Linoleum – Linoleum is an eco-friendly green material that can be used as a substitute for vinyl. It shares many of the same properties of vinyl flooring. The added advantage is that linoleum is homogeneous which means that the color goes right through the material and a good quality linoleum floor may last half a century if properly cared for.
• Mats and rugs – If you like carpets but think that a wall to wall carpet may not be a practical choice, install area rugs and mats to add the convenience of carpet to you hard surface floors. Rugs add warmth to any space and also reduce the amount of dirt tracked into an establishment.

Not all types of floorings are equally suited to all areas. Ceramic Tiles for example are best suited for wet areas like the bathroom and stone floors are better for high traffic entryways. Rubber mats placed in a restaurant kitchens are great to the staff who stand for long periods of time. While choosing your commercial flooring evaluate the available choices on the parameters of onetime costs, total cost of ownership, care and maintenance, and time required for installation.

When it comes to selecting a good floor ‘seeing is believing’. A visit to Contempo Floor Coverings will let you see the different types of flooring materials first hand and help you reach a wise decision about the floor best suited to your business.

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