Flooring plays one of the vital roles in decorating home and matching the theme of your living room, bed room and other rooms. Most of them ignore this and focus on every other detail in the room. Flooring is a part of beautiful room and you need to choose them wisely.

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Types of flooring

There are number of types of flooring available in various size, shapes and colors. Here are some important types of flooring available for beautifying your home.

Tiled flooring (Tiles)

Tiles are most common flooring types chosen by many for decorating rooms. Demand for tiles is increasing day by day. Tiles can be further classified as Ceramic tiles and vitrified tiles. 

Ceramic tiles  vs. Vitrified tiles

Ceramic tiles are becoming more popular as it has more advantages over other flooring such as its easy maintaining, availability in different colors and shapes. Price range for ceramic tiles differs depending on its quality. It should be carefully fixed because tile may break if the floor is uneven and it should be sealed well, else it will absorb water and the tile will discolor. This will lead to show joints of tiles.

Vitrified tiles have number of advantages over ceramic tiles. These are easy and convenient to use. This absorbs less water and they are fired under high temperatures. Main advantages of these tiles are they are tougher, rigid and scratch resistant. They can be butt-joined avoiding grouts. Remember these tiles are slippery variety, choose tiles which are not very slippery and it is best to use anti-skid tiles for bathroom.

Marble Flooring

Marble flooring is another type of flooring which are popular in home décor.

There are different varieties available in marbles but most of them cannot be afford by people for their home. It is better to not to choose extremely shining variety as this will get dusts and even develop cracks on it. If you have good budget for flooring then you can go for Italian, Greek or Spanish marble. Marble needs regular polishing and develops cracks easily.

Granite Flooring

If marble flooring is expensive for you then granite will also not suit your budget as it is costlier than marble. It is pretty tough and easy to maintain flooring. Granites are often combined with marbles for making flooring. It can be used to make slabs for kitchen counter and bathroom counter.

Hardwood floors

Hardwood flooring is made from mixture of special and domestic wood. 

This flooring helps to make room attractive and provides adequate warmth in the room. Sanding and finishing part of these flooring is very important. Flooring retains moisture and attracts termites.

Vinyl flooring

This is one of the common flooring used by most for their home as it is easy to install and can be replaced whenever desired. These flooring are comparatively least expensive and its life is for limited period.

Wooden Laminates

Wooden laminates are flooring that are stain and abrasion resistant.   You can even apply wooden laminate on your existing floor but it is important that floor should be even. It is easy to keep floor clean using wet mop cloth.  It is easy to fix and gives elegant look to the room.

Things to remember while choosing flooring

• Cost: It is the first and important thing to be considered when choosing flooring. The type of floor you choose should be affordable and in your budget. You need to check extra cost incurs such as installation cost, cost for labors and transportation and so on.
• Durability: It is important to consider the durability of flooring while choosing type of flooring for your home. If the area is in frequent use you need to consider flooring which lasts for long. Flooring for living room must remain in good condition and for longer period.
• Color: Color and design of flooring must suits the theme and furniture of room. Flooring can be preferred to be dark color as it is easy to maintain and gets less dirt compare to light color floorings.
• Comfort: The flooring you choose must suit all members in your family and you must remember to use flooring that are less slippery or anti-slip flooring in area where plenty of water is used.

So which flooring would you choose?