Aaaaah, flooring. It’s intriguing, isn’t it? On one part, there’s nothing out there that is more tedious. No self respecting human being should find laminates exciting. And yet, whenever you find yourself in a store (having been talked into it by your mum/dad/significant other), it’s kind of hard to not thrust your way into the wood v stone debate. Well, now the debate is a three way, with more and more people choosing to go for a luxury vinyl floor . Why would they do such a thing? Well, keep reading and we’ll tell you.
Firstly, it can take far more of a pounding than any other type of flooring out there. This was initially what made it so popular in kitchens, with all those muddy, study shoes traipsing in and out all day and showing as much respect for their foundations as the late Christopher Hitchens showed for his local vicar. Vinyl flooring can be trampled, dropped on, hit, pounded and still teach Lance Armstrong a lesson in endurance. If your family are a little bit on the ‘rough’ side, then there is no better choice.
Secondly, there is literally no better surface to keep clean. If you’re like the writer of this piece and take advantage of that gap between picking your food up and putting it in your mouth by spraying it on the ceiling, spilling it on the floor and generally treating it like Hannibal Lector treats a policeman’s epidermis, then you will love just how practical a good vinyl floor can be. With it’s wipe clean surface, it’s virtually impossible to stain, meaning that you can break out the red wine or curry without having to worry about investing in industrial sized containers of Cillet Bang.
Finally (and in many ways the most important part of the decision), there is absolutely no reason for you to sacrifice aesthetics simply for practicality. In the modern world, vinyl flooring can be found in a variety of different finishes, meaning that just because you don’t want to worry about stains, you have to make do with that scary red plastic that’s normally found in a secondary school art department.