Stuff About Vinyl Plank Flooring

Stuff About Vinyl Plank Flooring

Vinyl Plank Flooring is all the rage right now. But why?

Vinyl plank flooring has been around for a long time but just recently seems to have found it's niche. It has become a very popular flooring for basements. But surprisingly is being found even in kitchens.

So why is vinyl plank flooring so popular? In days gone past, people used to put peel and stick vinyl tiles in their kitchens. They were cheap, impervious to water and worked great for a kitchen. But people didn't like the fact that every 12" there was a seam. After the original 9" tiles, 12" tiles became the norm. So for every floor installed, there was a seam every 12" in both directions. People didn't like the fact that dirt would get into the seams and became hard to clean well.

So people started to buy linoleum. One of the main factors was that fact that it came in 6' and 12' widths. Almost no seams at all. So vinyl tile lost most of it's market share to linoleum which morphed into sheet vinyl goods. Sheet vinyl took over the lion's share of the market for years and years. So why now is vinyl plank flooring so popular when there are again seams every 4' long and maybe 6" to 8" wide?

Vinyl plank flooring is impervious to water, comes in individual pieces and is not very cheap. So it seems (no pun intended) like we are reverting back to the days of peel and stick vinyl tile except that it's not a cheap alternative as was old peel and stick vinyl tiles......

So again we ask, why is vinyl plank flooring so popular? Beats me!!  LOL


Jeff Dean
Owner of Dover Floor Covering
www.doverfloorcovering.com
248-889-4253