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Luxury Vinyl Tile Flooring

Many people ask, what is LVT flooring? Luxury Vinyl Flooring, or LVT as it is known, is a specific type of premium vinyl flooring that is made to resemble stone or ceramic tiles. Some are so realistic that it is difficult to tell them apart from regular ceramic or stone tile. They even feature colors and surface texture that mimics the real thing, and couple that with the realistic visuals, your flooring willlook far more authentic and expensive than it really is.

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One of the leaders in LVT flooring, Warehouse Direct Flooring gives you expert sales and service for any type of LVT you desire, at the lowest cost possible. The textures, colors and patterns will delight your eyes, and you'll find an LVT style that goes with the natural decor of your home. Because it is vinyl based, it will work in places where other flooring won't. Please enjoy a visit to our portfolio page to see the beauty and the installation you should expect from Warehouse Direct Flooring.

"No one will ever knock genuine stone or ceramic as a floor covering, it's beauty and function can't be questioned"

Three Layers

Born from regular vinyl tiles, LVT is constructed of 3 layers, and each have a purpose to achieve the desired color and texture results. The first layer is called the wear layer, and it absorbs all of the scuffs and scratches, while resisting stains, without compromising the design or function of the tile. The second layer is the printed design layer that offers the actual ceramic or stone visual that makes them look so real. The third layer is the tile backing which adds structural strength, integrity and the durability that is expected in every vinyl tile.

Together, all three layers make up the basis of an LVT flooring tile, which are considered the most innovative, the highest-performing and the most versatile tile available today.

Conventional Wisdom

As with all vinyl flooring, conventional wisdom holds that it is easy to clean and easy to maintain. It also holds that although it carries these advantages, it still looks like vinyl, and it is always seen as a less expensive substitute for the real thing.

With LVT, unless you know better, you will never guess that it is made of vinyl. So closely does it guard that secret that even vinyl tiles, which mimic the look of ceramic tiles, need to be grouted. Nothing in conventional wisdom prepares anyone for that, but it is what LVT flooring is meant to do. To give you the look and the feel of high grade expensive flooring at a greatly reduced cost.

Superior Performance

No one will ever knock genuine stone or ceramic as a floor covering, it's beauty and function can't be questioned. But not only does LVT mimic the way these two materials look, in many ways it actually outperforms them on a day to day basis.

  • Unlike ceramic or stone, which can be difficult to clean, LVT has a vinyl base so stains, spills and dirt wipe up just like regular vinyl flooring

  • With stone or ceramic, you will need solid DIY skills to install it, or a professional will have to come in. Since LVT is a vinyl tile, this is one of the easier DIY projects that can be completed with only a few basic do it yourself skills.

  • LVT is known for its warmth with every step you take on it. Stone and ceramic are generally cold to the touch with each footstep.

  • Unlike stone or ceramic, which may crack or chip, the resilient nature of LVT means objects that might be problematic if they are dropped, will just bounce off instead of causing damage.

Exciting and Lovely

LVT is the most exciting and lovely use of vinyl flooring in history. It can replace many of the applications where stone and ceramic were the standards, it can do it at a much better price, and it also gives as good as, if not better than, overall performance.

Granted, the experts may tell you that nothing can ever replace the feeling of a real stone floor or original ceramic tiles, but if no one can tell the difference between LVT and the genuine article, then only your pocketbook will know for sure.

LVT flooring is one of the newer advancements in the flooring market, and if you would like to know about LVT flooring pros and cons, luxury vinyl flooring vs laminate, installation costs or what LVT flooring is all about, please contact us at Warehouse Direct Flooring. We would be happy to answer any of your LVT questions or queries and how LVT might best work for you and your home. Warehouse Direct Flooring has been proud to serve the Monterey Bay and Silicon Valley areas for more than 25 years, where sales and satisfaction are our Number 1 priorities. Always remember that Warehouse Direct is there for all of your flooring needs.

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