One of the options for a practical and reliable floor covering is linoleum. This material is a PVC-based artificial turf, sold by the meter and is easy to maintain.
About the manufacturer
The Belgian company IVC has established itself on the Russian market from the most positive side. High-quality equipment, experience of employees and quality control allow her to produce coatings with high performance. Founded in 1997, IVC provides consumers with high quality material that will solve both industrial and small scale issues.
Description and application
There are usually certain requirements for floor coverings. For some, this is beauty, for others, durability is important, for someone just practicality and a desire to save time and money.
Linoleum IVC is a product that can satisfy every requirement individually or all at once. It can combine a beautiful appearance, and a high-quality coating, and ease of use. Linoleum is supplied in rolls ranging from 1.5 to 4 meters wide, and they can be up to 30 meters long.
For the use of linoleum in large areas, there are special tools that allow you to glue together individual pieces of this coating, creating a single canvas from them.
Some of the types of such material can lie on special glue, securely fixing it to the floor, which avoids the formation of kinks and waves, for example, in places where furniture wheels touch the floor. Other types fall on the entire surface in a single segment without any additional means, without unnecessary joints and cracks in their surface.
Composition and classification
Usually, linoleum is presented as a multi-layer coating that has at least three layers:
- The foundation;
- Color layer;
- Protective layer.
Components can be added to make it more attractive for certain conditions and requirements. The exception is homogeneous linoleum, which is a uniform coating throughout its entire thickness. It is more often used for floors in rooms with medium and high traffic.
In addition to the main layers, additional layers are used in a high-quality coating. They give the material additional properties that improve their characteristics:
- Reinforcement - an additional layer, most often in the form of a mesh, located between two layers in the base of the coating. Gives strength to the fabric, making it more resistant to deformation due to heat, stress and normal stretching.
- Thermal insulation - a layer designed to ensure the preservation of heat in the room, helping to avoid the transfer of cold from the concrete base. Looks like a material from the underside of the cover, it can be fabric and non-woven. It also contributes to an even laying with slight irregularities in the floor.
- An additional protective layer is also an obvious advantage over a conventional layer. Gives additional properties to linoleum. It can be dirt-repellent, antibacterial, antistatic, or a combination of these qualities.
The material of the Belgian manufacturer has a number of distinctive properties. This can be considered:
- the top layer of Quick Clean - dirt protection, making it easier to clean the floor in the room;
- Super Guard, which extends the life of the floor covering;
- bottom layer of Comfort Foam, which serves to increase heat and sound insulation in the room.
Classification
Any floor material has its own class of endurance and abrasion resistance. The same applies to linoleum IVC, produced in Belgium. Such material is classified into several groups:
- Household - suitable for rooms with low traffic. Most often used in apartments, it has a wide range of colors, textures and sizes. The thickness of the protective layer is 0.2-0.25 mm.
- Semi-commercial - a more wear-resistant material, unlike the one mentioned above, also has a variety of colors and structures. Suitable for rooms with medium traffic - offices, libraries, small production, etc. Has a protective layer with a thickness of 0.4 mm.
- Commercial - the most abrasion-resistant type of linoleum. This type can be installed in restaurants, cafes, shopping centers and other places with high traffic. The thickness of the protective layer can reach 0.7 mm, which makes it possible to lay it even in car dealerships.
A wide selection of colors and structures of linoleum most often imitates other types of coatings: wood, tiles, stone, marble, granite, parquet, pebbles, with patterns applied to them, floral designs, geometric shapes.
Since the floor always attracts the eye, it also allows you to determine the basis of the interior and the general direction of the style of the room.
Popular collections
Separation by collection helps to determine the characteristics of the selected product and choose the material you need. Among the range of products described are:
- GreenLine is a coating made of environmentally friendly material that does not harm the environment.
- Bingo - a line with a variety of designs on a foam base, resistance to household chemicals, ease of maintenance.
- Texmark - imitates expensive types of wood, ceramic tiles. Has a non-woven backing and resistance to furniture stress and chemical attack.
- Victoria - has an embossed pattern, creates an original feel of a wood or ceramic coating.
- GoldLine has a diverse range of styles - from classic to modern. It will emphasize exactly the direction that you choose for your home.
IVC company gives a guarantee for its products up to 30 years. People who decide to choose Belgian linoleum for their home leave the most flattering reviews about it. In the flooring market, the price-quality ratio is perhaps one of the best from this manufacturer.
If you want to give your room comfort, aesthetics and originality, then you will not be mistaken in choosing this particular coating.
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