The biggest difference between the two products is their reaction to moisture.
Contrast vinyl flooring.
Vinyl flooring has come a long way from the ugly tiles and sheets seen 30 years ago.
Now you will see updated sturdy tiles and rigid wood like planks.
The hottest types of vinyl floor have been and will continue to be luxury vinyl planks luxury vinyl tiles and wood plastic composite.
These floors look and feel like real ceramic stone or wood flooring but with a twist they re.
Vinyl flooring comes in rolls sheets tiles and plank sections and is fabricated from polyvinyl chloride pvc which is a resin augmented with fillers dyes texture elements rubberizing plastics and stabilizing agents laminate flooring is available in tiles and planks and is typically made of dense fiberboard melamine a binding formaldehyde based resin a photographic layer that.
These 3 types of vinyl really take things to the next.
Vinyl flooring is a 100 percent synthetic material.
In contrast vinyl flooring has very little impact on indoor air quality within the home.
In standard sheet vinyl and vinyl tiles the base layer is usually fiberglass which is then coated in pvc vinyl and a plasticizer.
Luxury vinyl tile and plank are some of the industry s hottest trends at the moment.
Also keep in mind that luxury vinyl flooring is a relatively recent industry innovation while laminate flooring has been around for decades.
At thornton flooring we offer both luxury vinyl available in tile and plank forms and sheet vinyl which can be installed as one large continuous surface.