About Us
The Vinyl Plaza is was not created to buy or sell flooring. It was not made to set trends or pronounce flooring fashion edicts. The idea behind the Vinyl Plaza is simple: To create a place where the variety of considerations the average consumer goes through in purchasing new flooring are ironed out.
Should I get vinyl or is laminate better for me? Should I get hardwood in one room and vinyl in another? Do I need to pay a professional to install my vinyl flooring? What does vinyl cost when compared to other flooring types? How long will vinyl last? If have a bug infestation, will vinyl be a better buffer between me and their colonies? How do I install vinyl flooring if I decide to install it myself? These are the types of queries we answer. We have knowledgeable writers on staff to ensure the accuracy and utility of the information we post in lieu of these kinds of pointed questions.
The vinyl flooring industry itself is a rather nascent one, respectively. Hardwood flooring, stone, and tiles have been around for thousands of years. Carpeting has also been around for a very long time. However, one of the interesting developments of our modern era is the increase in quality of life. The average quality of life has risen so much in so few years that it is no longer the wealthy and privileged who possess stunning houses.
In the last 5 to 10 years vinyl has been a large part of this. By offering almost any look or design at a very reasonable cost, more and more people are able to redo shoddy and embarrassing floors without breaking the bank. Vinyl flooring really is a manifestation of the technological and social progress both the developed and developing worlds have undergone on the past 50 to 100 years.
In fact, the problem has shifted from the average person not having any reasonable flooring options to them having too many! That's right - too many.
Vinyl flooring itself is not a naturally material, it’s synthetic. The benefit of this is humans have been able to take what they know from natural materials and apply it to their own creations. This has allowed vinyl flooring to look like anything from Japanese maple wood to tile mosaics to bamboo. Since the top layer of all vinyl flooring is simply a photograph of the real material, basically anything that can be photographed with a high-resolution camera can be the style of your flooring.
We cannot help you sift through throngs of vinyl patterns to find the look you want. But, we can explain what you will and won't get out of vinyl flooring and why. This is key information for those who are not sure yet if vinyl is right from them.
For instance, vinyl flooring is the easiest type of flooring to install, save throw rugs perhaps. The majority of vinyl flooring tiles have a piece of wax paper on the back of them. To install them all you have to do is remove the wax backing, revealing a strong adhesive and stick the tiles to the ground. Walk on it for a bit to ensure it has been securely fastened and you're all set!
Especially if you are only doing a small room or apartment, you'll find you can install your vinyl floor and still get other things you need to get done accomplished, all in the same day. This means removal of laminate floors is simple too.
Did you know that vinyl floors are stain resistant? Did you know that vinyl floors are green floors because trees and plants are not harvested to produce them?
Did you know that quality vinyl is hard to tell from the real thing? Test your friends and family. Go to the store and test them to see if they can distinguish laminate from tile without holding it or looking at the labels. Chances are they'll be clueless!
These are just some of the things this website is dedicated to informing you about.
Want to learn more? Just browse the Vinyl Plaza at your leisure. Have a great day!
