How to choose the right flooring?

     Your options when buying new flooring are enormous. The following 9 questions will help you work out and judge which flooring is most suitable for your interior.

1. What kind of room is it and who will use it?

     Lower floors and basements are more prone to damp than rooms on upper floors. It is also worth considering that entrance rooms such as the entrance hall or corridor usually have the most heavily used floors.

2. Natural influences?

     Wood can absorb moisture in a damp environment and warp. That is why tiles or vinyl flooring are a more suitable solution in such rooms. They are also easy to clean and maintain.

3. How will you decorate, and what will you combine the new flooring with?

     Colours and patterns are among the most important attributes when choosing new flooring. Lighter floors give a room a feeling of size, but any dirt shows up more on them. Dark floors give a feeling of cosiness, but dust is more visible on them. Neutral colours let colourful furnishings and decorations stand out.

4. Will the flooring match the floors in neighbouring and other rooms?

     Consider how the new flooring will fit into the overall look of the interior. Compare it with the floors in rooms where you are not yet planning a renovation, and imagine how you will feel about a potential combination of new and old flooring.

5. Is the flooring demanding to maintain?

     If you choose flooring that is demanding to maintain, you must accept that you will have to look after it more often. Clean it, treat it with protective products or, with some wooden floors, sand it down and re-coat it once every few years.

6. Could anyone in the household be allergic to the flooring?

Floors with a hard surface are more resistant to mites and allergens. That is why they are more suitable for allergy sufferers than, for example, carpets.

7. Do you want to put underfloor heating beneath the floor?

     Not all flooring is suitable for underfloor heating. For example, wooden floors let through less heat than tiles or thin vinyl. This topic is, however, much more complex, so ask an expert about a specific floor and its suitability for underfloor heating.

8. Is the flooring easy to install?

     When choosing flooring and considering its price, you must also weigh whether you can install it yourself or whether buying it will involve additional installation costs. Installing some types of flooring is demanding and requires special tools (some types of vinyl). Other types of flooring require a certain amount of experience (tiles), but then there are floors that even an inexperienced but at least slightly technically skilled man can install (laminate flooring).

9. Is it possible to renovate the original floor more cheaply or with less effort?

     Have you considered the option of renovating your original floor? If it is a floor made of hard solid wood (oak or beech), the lifespan of such wood is approximately 200 years, so in such cases it would be a great shame to throw out a solid floor without trying to renovate it.

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