If you’re thinking about installing tile flooring in your home, you need to read this article first. We’re going to look at some ways to save both time and money when installing tile flooring.
Tile floors look great, it’s true. But they are a lot of work to install and unless you know how to lay tile properly, you’re probably going to have to pay someone to do it for you. Because it takes so much time to do well, the labor costs can be pretty high.
A much cheaper – and ultimately more durable and easier to maintain – option is laminate tile flooring. Laminate is made to look like tile, right down to the grout line, but comes without many of the drawbacks of tile.
First of all, it’s much easier to install. Any do-it-yourselfer with reasonable skills can install it themselves. Or if you prefer to pay someone to do it for you, the cost will be quite a bit less since it won’t take nearly as long.
Secondly, laminate tile is much easier to clean and maintain. Because it doesn’t have real grout lines between the tiles, you won’t need to clean grout stains. This can be a lot of work on a real tile floor.
Thirdly, laminate tile is much more durable than real tiles. Real tiles can break or chip if something is dropped on them, a problem you won’t have with laminate. And laminate will stand up to high traffic areas better than tile, giving you a longer-lasting floor.
Laminate floors are available in many different designs and patterns. They are made from three layers – a fiber core base with the pattern on top and a layer of melamine to protect it all. The pattern layer can be designed to look like almost anything, not just tile.
The one major advantage of real tile over laminate is the flexibility of the layout and design. Because the tiles can be laid in any pattern you wish, you will have more choice here. But unless you have a very specific design you’re looking for, laminate flooring beats it almost every time.
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