Advantages and Disadvantages of LVT flooring

1、Environmen-friendly

The main raw material of LVT flooring is PVC, which is an  environmentally friendly, non-toxic renewable resource, and it has long been used in large quantities in people's daily lives, such as tableware, medical infusion bags, etc., so there is no need to worry about its environmental friendliness. 

2、Super wear-resistant

LVT flooring surface has wear-resistant layer, its wear-resistant rpm up to 300000rpm. According to the wear-resistant thickness of different under normal circumstances can be used 5-10 years, wear-resistant layer thickness and quality directly determines the use of LVT flooring time, standard test results show that 0.55mm thick wear-resistant layer of the flooring can be used under normal circumstances for more than 5 years, 0.7mm thick wear-resistant layer of the flooring is enough to use for more than 10 years, so in the hospitals, schools, office buildings, shopping malls, supermarkets, transportation and other places, LVT flooring is more and more popular. 

3、High elasticity and Super-impact LVT flooring texture is soft so elasticity is very good, in the impact of heavy objects have good elastic recovery, at the same time, LVT flooring has a strong impact resistance, for the heavy impact damage has a strong elastic recovery, will not cause damage. Excellent LVT flooring can minimize the ground on the human body injury, and can disperse the impact on the foot, the latest research data show that in the high traffic space paved with excellent LVT flooring, the ratio of falls and injuries compared to other floors reduced by nearly 70%. 

4、Fire-proof

Quality qualified LVT flooring fire indicators up to B1 level, B1 level, that is, fire performance is excellent, second only to stone. Away from the fire that is extinguished.

5、 Easy maintenance

LVT flooring maintenance is very convenient, the ground is dirty with a mop to wipe. If you want to keep the floor lasting bright effect, only regular waxing maintenance can be, the number of maintenance is far lower than the laminate flooring.

6、100% Waterproof

LVT flooring,because the main ingredient is vinyl resin, and water has no affinity, so its natural not afraid of water, as long as it is not a long period of time to be immersed in will not be damaged; and will not be because of high humidity and mold.

2 cons:

Non-natural materials, high requirements for grass-roots ground (LVT flooring laying grass-roots level must be flat, solid, dry, smooth surface of the plastic floor, yin and yang corners are square, no drop prongs, no oil, dust and impurities)