Vinyl flooring comes in many forms: in sheets, in glue down tiles, and in self-stick tiles. Because of its versatility, it is a popular do it yourself project for many weekend warriors. Vinyl flooring comes in a variety of different patterns and colors, including realistic-looking marble.

Vinyl is one of the more water-resistant floor materials on the market. It is especially good for areas of your home that are susceptible to water exposure, such as entryways, bathrooms, laundry rooms, basements, and kitchens. A properly installed vinyl floor can last you for as many as 15 years. For many homeowners, their tastes have changed after 15 years, and it’s time for a fresh look.

Another benefit of installing vinyl flooring in your home is the ease of maintenance that it offers. Busy home owners have no time waxing and resealing wood floors, so vinyl flooring offers an option that is beautiful and easy to take care of.

The first thing you can do to keeping your floor beautiful is to use a door mat to catch outside dirt before it gets in. Routine maintenance for vinyl flooring can be limited to sweeping, vacuuming, or using a dust mop on the surface to get up any dust bunnies that may be lurking about.

For more ground-in dirt, you can use a resilient floor cleaner or a damp mop to bring out your floor’s shine. If you install vinyl flooring in the bathroom and need to get up a hairspray stain, use shampoo in a gallon of warm water with a damp mop. Remember, stick to using a DAMP mop, not a wet mop. This cannot be stressed enough.

If you drench your vinyl, you run the risk of water seeping into the cracks, seams, and edges. Water underneath the floor can eat away the glue bond that holds the vinyl flooring to the subfloor, causing it to curl away at the seams, corners, and edges.

To learn more about High End Vinyl Flooring, please contact one of our design consultants at 1-800-764-1633.

Plynyl is truly an American success story with a couple of funny twists.

After years of working with textiles, Sandy Chilewich, in 2000, launched her line of distinctive vinyl-textile products, which include flooring in the form of textured vinyl floor mats, wall-to-wall floor covering, and floor tiles.

Joe Sultan, Sandy’s husband, sold a successful NY architectural firm to take a more vested interesting in managing the company after he created cushion for the w2w line that could be bonded to the vinyl-textile material and made suitable for commercial use. Interestingly, Joe’s family business had been textiles when he was a kid, and as his bio states, “…after a thirty-three-year interlude as an architect, Joe is back in a family business selling textiles.”

So what is Plynyl? It’s basically vinyl flooring but again, with a twist…literally. It’s woven to provide texture and various styles, but it keeps the durability and versatility as a floor covering. The w2w line is a woven, vinyl fabric bonded to a soft polyurethane cushion.

The textured flooring easy to install and maintain and is stain and water resistant. This product is also easy to install. It just takes a simple glue-down process and can be installed on top of various subfloors. Plynyl w2w is great for any commercial setting, and the Microban antimicrobial protection added makes it superb for schools, hospitals, restaurants, and more.

The tile version of the Plynyl product is also made of woven vinyl fabric, but is different in that it is bonded to a heavy-duty vinyl backing reinforced with a nonwoven ceramic mesh. Tiles are 18″ square and can be laid in any pattern desired, all in one direction, in a “basket weave,” quarter-turned or even other patterns. Installation is a breeze as well. The tiles are glued down with a “releasable” adhesive that makes replacing portions of the flooring quick and easy. And no seam sealer is required.

These two vinyl flooring products are Green Label Plus certified by the Carpet and Rug Institute, which speaks to the fact that Plynyl is a product that protects indoor air quality by mandating low VOC products. The resilient, functional nature of Chilewich’s Plynyl products makes them the perfect solution for any room, residential or commercial, that needs to have a bit of a cushion, unmatched durability, ease of maintenance, and a dynamic, distinctive look.