A theme that can be traced in this blog, and also in the flooring covering industry in general is the idea of evolving product lines. For instance, the suggestion of an easy out-of-the-box floor covering may once have made consumers and installers assume that these materials are just stopgaps, and that perhaps corners are being cut by choosing them.
But these days, with the building materials industry actively seeking to meet changing consumer demands for easy floors that look great and are made to last, this is no longer universally true. When you want to install an interior or exterior floor covering quickly, you no longer have to turn to inferior products that are going to let you down in the long term.
To illustrate the point, I thought I’d profile three choices in what can be called out-of-the-box floor coverings. These are floors that you don’t need tools to install, and that don’t need to be acclimated for days after you take them out of the packaging. In fact, they are designed for the DIYer with little or no experience in floor installation, are made to be durable, to look great in the long term, and to be installed as soon as you get them home. Here they are. [click to continue…]
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