Everything about Floors

Rubber, Cork, Bamboo, Rubber + Cork, Linoleum, Terrazzo, faux-Stone, Palm lumber and sustaibable harvested Hardwoods.

Those are all the basic flooring options that I've been researching today and all this week making the flooring section of my spread sheet by far the most complicated and far-reaching of them all. Both Tiles and Solid Surfaces I could condense to one-page but right now Flooring is 2 and a half pages and counting.

Strictly going by materials, I would have to say that cork is definitely my favorite thus far. I absolutely love the feel of cork underfoot and the material is suprisingly durable and resilient. On the downside of cork though, now that I think about it, my favorite warning to accompany a product warranty for cork warned against wearing stilletto heels on the cork floor because some of the impressions might not recover 100% after impact. It applied the same warning to placing furniture and such onto the cork. Every material has its pros and cons and despite its draw backs, cork is something I would love to have in my kitchen to take some stress off my feet while I am busy cooking.

Another surprising flooring option that I've actually warmed up to is linoleum. I know what you are thinking and I had the same initial reaction of disgust simply because linoleum just sounds tacky but the material has come a long way. Of everything that I have researched it is by far the most versatile and is suprisingly comfortable underfoot.

While at face value this work might seem a little boring it is suprisingly interesting to point out all the miniscule differences between the products. I pretty much decided on all the different brands that I'll include on my spreadsheet so now I starting to finalize everything. Tomorrow I think I'm going to focus specifically on the certifications of each product, most specifically LEED Credits so that potential clients can look at these spread sheets and immeadiately get a sense of the products specs.