There are many essential points you need to consider before deciding what to choose for your home’s flooring. Lifestyle, budget, climate, comfort, and degree of use play a part in knowing what floor should you choose, and once you’ve answered these questions, it would be easier for you to know what to buy! There maybe thousands of regular to unique designs to choose from but whatever it maybe DoMyQuote will help you find it. 

Common Flooring Types

Resilient Flooring

• Vinyl Composition Tile (VCT) - Vinyl composition tile is the most popular resilient flooring today for commercial applications.
• Vinyl Asbestos Tile (VAT) - Common resilient flooring that was produced from the mid-1950’s until the mid-1980’s.
• Sheet Vinyl - Sheet vinyl is not commonly used in commercial buildings since it sacrifices durability when compared to VCT.
• Linoleum - Linoleum is a natural ingredient-based flooring that has enjoyed a slight resurgence with homeowners recently due to its positive environmental profile. It is still used in commercial applications because of its high durability.

Man-Made Stone Flooring

• Terrazzo - Terrazzo flooring offers high durability and deep beauty. Its upfront cost is considerably higher than resilient flooring but when viewed long-term, it can actually be less expensive.
• Unglazed Ceramic (Quarry Tile) - Quarry tile provides an attractive floor that is durable and easy to maintain. Quarry tile is often installed in foodservice areas.
• Glazed Ceramic - Glazing ceramic tile creates a durable surface that is easy to clean, resists stains and scratches, doesn’t fade and is slip-resistant.
• Brick Pavers (Paving Tile) - Similar to quarry tile but larger in size and thickness.
• Mexican Tile (Saltillo) - Saltillo tiles are natural clay tiles, hand-made in Mexico. Similar to terracotta tiles, saltillo tiles are rustic by design.
• Concrete - Concrete is universally used for commercial building slabs. Most are covered with another flooring material such as tile, carpeting or wood.
  

Natural Stone Flooring

• Marble - A beautiful floor surface that is not suited for large commercial areas or heavily trafficked areas due to its soft nature (scratches easily), high absorbency (stains easily) and acid sensitivity.
• Slate - Slate is a smooth, soft, natural stone available in a wide variety of textures, colors and sizes. It offers good durability and stain resistance due to its semi-porous nature.
• Granite - Granite is used sparingly in commercial buildings due to its high cost. It is hard, doesn’t easily scratch and is stain-resistant – making it ideally suited for residential flooring.

There are general types of stairs used for residential and commercial construction. They are the straight run stairs, L stairs, double L stairs, U stairs, and spiral stairs.

• The straight run stairs are the stairs used most in new home construction. Straight stairs, as the name implies, have no turns. These stairs are not as expensive to construct as other types of stairs.

• The L stairs has one landing at some point along the flight of steps. If the landing is near the top or bottom of the stairs, the term Long L is used to describe the difference. L stairs are used when the space required for a straight run stairs is not available.
• Double L stairs require two 90 degree turns along the flight. They may be used when space is not available for either the straight or L stairs. Double L stairs are not frequently used in residential construction.
• U Stairs may be constructed may be either as wide U or narrow U stairs. Both have two flights of steps parallel to each other with a landing between. The difference between wide and narrow U stairs is the space between the two flights. Narrow U stairs have little or no space between the flights while U stairs have a well hole between.
• Winder stairs have “pie-shaped” steps which are substituted for a landing. This type is used when the space is not sufficient for the L stairs. If winder stairs are used, the width of the triangular steps should be sufficient at midpoint to provide a tread width equal to the regular steps.
• Spiral or circular stairs are gaining in popularity and the components are now manufactured by several companies. They may be used where little space is available. Most spiral stairs are made from steel and welded together, however, it is possible to construct them from wood. Spiral stairs, as a rule are not very safe since they generally have winder steps.

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