| If you have recently purchased a new home or | | | | hardwood floor and often add character. |
| apartment and need to replace the old, outdated | | | | |
| flooring with something warm and good looking, you | | | | Many homeowners choose to have ceramic tile floors |
| have a lot of great choices. Today you can choose | | | | installed. Not only is ceramic fashionable and |
| from a wide variety of flooring types that will not | | | | practical, but its natural look provides long lasting |
| only enhance the looks of your interior but which will | | | | durability. Ceramic tile flooring is available in an almost |
| provide you and your family with flooring that will last | | | | unending variety of colors, sizes and finishes. The |
| the lifetime of your home. | | | | combined beauty and strength of ceramic tile gives |
| | | | | any room in your home a timeless charm and |
| Hardwood flooring is probably the most popular type | | | | warmth. Ceramic tile flooring is a very natural floor |
| of flooring available. The hardwood floors of today | | | | covering that adds value to your home no matter if |
| are not the type of hardwood floors your | | | | you choose a classic style or a trendy and |
| grandparents may have had. The advances in wood | | | | contemporary pattern. You can select glazed tiles |
| finishing technology has made todays hardwood | | | | which are coated with a type of 'liquid glass' that is |
| flooring more durable and much easier to maintain. | | | | fired onto the tiles, offering you a maintenance and |
| Today's pre-finished, engineered hardwood floors are | | | | wax free floor. |
| constructed in a fashion that is similar to that of | | | | |
| plywood with a veneer on the surface which is | | | | Mosaic tile flooring is another popular alternative |
| referred to as a wear layer. A wear layer can vary | | | | today. Mosaic tiles add a touch of elegance to any |
| from manufacturer to manufacturer. The best | | | | room and they too are available in a wide range of |
| engineered hardwood floors are produced with either | | | | style, color and size. Mosaic tile flooring is |
| a thick or a thin wear layer and the price you pay for | | | | manufactured by adhering ceramic or stone pieces |
| the floor is often dependent on the thickness of this | | | | onto a mesh backing. This type of flooring is |
| layer. If you plan on keeping your new hardwood | | | | generally quite easy to install yourself and is ideal for |
| floor for ten to twenty years, you should select a | | | | areas in your home that get wet such as the |
| veneer thickness of at least 1/8 of an inch. Of | | | | bathroom, kitchen and utility room due to the fact |
| course, minor scratches and dents are normal in a | | | | that the surface does not become slippery. |