Flooring
Resilient vinyl flooring - both sheet and tile - has become a valued design tool for many interior designers and architects, particularly those designing for heavy-traffic locations - such as a grocery store - or for rooms that must be kept clean - such as a hospital operating room. In the following section, you'll learn more about the possibilities and limitations of vinyl flooring, with a particular emphasis on commercial applications. This section will also address the design, environmental and historical considerations to take into account when specifying vinyl flooring.
- New Vinyl Products Win Medals at NeoCon Trade Fair
- Mannington Wins First Environmentally Preferred Product Designation for Vinyl Sheet Flooring
- Vinyl Flooring's "Green" Credentials Found Superior
- Environmental Profile: Commercial Vinyl Flooring
- Hospital's Seamless Vinyl Floors Prevent Flood Damage
- Vinyl Flooring Has Become High Fashion in Europe
A vinyl "surfacing material" for walls by Lonseal and a new line of vinyl flooring by Mannington won silver-level Best of NeoCon awards at the NeoCon World's Trade Fair, the country's largest commercial interior design show and conference.
SALEM, N.J., July 16, 2008 – Mannington Commercial has become the first floor covering company to gain a certification of Environmentally Preferred Product (EPP) for all of its commercial inlaid resilient flooring. "Inlaid" flooring, in this case, means commercial sheet vinyl with a consistent pattern throughout, rather than one that is printed on the top layers.
Vinyl flooring has superior "green" credentials to most alternatives, including so-called natural flooring, according to an article in the July 10 issue of the UK publication, "What's New in Building."
A significant indoor air quality advantage of vinyl flooring and vinyl-backed carpet is that they are impervious to moisture, so spills will not penetrate surfaces where such moisture could lead to microbial growth.
A loose screw in a faucet valve sent water gushing into a utility room at White Memorial Hospital -- but because the flooring was sheet vinyl, the water was contained and quickly cleaned up, avoiding serious potential damage.
Sweden has become a leading center of the latest styles in "Sexy" resilient vinyl flooring and Giorgio Armani is among its biggest fans, according to the upscale European lifestyle magazine Monocle.
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