If you’re looking to add a splash of high-quality appeal to a housing development you’re working on, why not consider Luxury Vinyl Tiles? Here, Donna Hannaway, Head of Marketing UK and Ireland from Forbo Flooring Systems, explores how LVT continues to be a favourite for both homeowners and housing developers alike.
When it comes to working within the residential sector, you need floor coverings that tick all the boxes for design, durability and acoustics, providing residents with a welcoming and contemporary interior to call home. As such, it’s no wonder that Luxury Vinyl Tiles (LVT) continue to be so popular within the residential sector.
Contemporary designs
LVT floor coverings are well known for the wide array of realistic designs on offer, with lifelike wood and stone designs available. While you could opt for genuine wood or stone flooring, these materials do come at a premium cost to your customer and are often more challenging to install and maintain, keeping you onsite for longer. Thanks to cutting edge production, LVTs are becoming more and more realistic in appearance, with new embossing techniques designed to mimic the look and feel of real wood or stone, as well as natural colour variations almost indistinguishable from the real thing.
Available in a variety of shapes and sizes, with both plank and tile formats, it’s easy to create modern and interesting patterns, such as herringbone, through installation.
Durability
With flooring one of the predominant surfaces within a house, durability is crucial – especially within busy family homes, experiencing high volumes of foot traffic and prone to picking up their fair share of scratches and scrapes. Here again, LVT is ideal, especially within living areas, kitchens or hallways.
Extremely hard wearing and scratch and stain resistant, Forbo’s LVT ranges are also easy to clean and maintain, thanks to their highly durable PUR surface finish.
Acoustic performance
While acoustics may not be the first thing you think of when it comes to suggesting flooring for a housing development, it is an important consideration. Smooth flooring is often chosen for busy areas of a home (including hallways and living areas) due to its durability and longevity, but this can present challenges in terms of unwanted noise.
A home should be a welcoming space, where residents can relax and unwind at the end of a long day. As such, you’ll want to work to minimise both airborne sound – such as the noise from conversation, appliances and TVs – and impact sound (noise transferred between levels, such as footsteps or furniture being moved) where you can.
At Forbo, we offer our Allura LVT collection in an acoustic variety: Allura Decibel. This range ensures additional sound deadening properties and reduced impact sound levels.
Forbo Flooring Systems
We have been manufacturing flooring for 150 years, prioritising performance, aesthetics and sustainability, with options to suit all budgets and lifestyles.
Our Allura LVT offers the ideal flooring for any home. Available in over 80 beautiful trend-led tile and plank options, it is quick and easy to install. Similarly, Allura Decibel offers contemporary designs with authentic-look wood colourways, all of which provide 19 dB impact sound reduction – perfect for busy family homes.
Explore the collections, here: www.forbo-flooring.co.uk/allura