Introduction
We cover resilient floor coverings, primarily, which include luxury vinyl tiles, vinyl, vinyl composite tile, linoleum, rubber etc. The innovators of today’s interior vinyl products artfully blend traditional materials with advanced technologies to produce versatile, durable, and beautiful flooring with ability to withstand heavy traffic or that have to be kept meticulously clean, with luxury of Design flexibility.
Challenges
Substrate preparation is eminently important for a successful flooring installation of any kind, but it’s even more critical for a parquet flooring installation that includes luxury vinyl tile and plank, rubber etc. Of primary concern is how level and flat the substrate is. Since vinyl flooring materials have “drape,” they will conform to the surface they are applied to and irregularities will telegraph through. If the floor is not level and smooth, any unevenness will distort the levelness of the material, which could create gaps, poor fitting or an uneven appearance, particularly with plank formats and light colours in sheets format. The next consideration is moisture in the substrate. When installing any parquet flooring materials, it’s important to remember that all concrete substrates, especially those on or below grade, contain moisture and will affect parquet flooring materials.
Solutions
A single flooring product may not meet the demands of every sequence of problems, so in order to obtain a long-lasting performance a proper installation and maintenance techniques are required to be followed. Furthermore, a subfloor preparation and levelling are highly important, and this is where IBCS come into action with a complete build up solutions like:
- Surface preparation
- Engineered screed
- Cementitious self-levelling compound
- Resilient floor cover adhesives
- Resilient flooring
