What Are the Latest Trends in Flooring?

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What are the latest trends in flooring? Today I'm joined by my friend and flooring expert Rob Malins to discuss this topic.

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Today I'm happy to be joined by my good friend and flooring expert Rob Malins of The Carpet Guy to talk about the latest trends in flooring. Rob's been in business for about 22 years helping clients with their flooring needs.

Everybody knows about tile, hardwood, and laminate floors, but where's the trend going? As Rob says, carpet started becoming less popular in favor of hardwood floors about 15 to 18 years ago, and now, hardwood floors are the predominant trend. Since installing hardwood floors prior to a home sale can be expensive, the trend of laminate floors came about, costing about half as much as hardwood.

Wood-look tiles are becoming more popular as well. Luxury vinyl tiles are beautiful and look exactly like wood or tile, and they're also very soft and resilient. Since they're good with water, you can have them throughout your home.

When laminate floors first came onto the market, they looked very cheap and tended to be tacky when you walked on them. Now, laminate floors have been improved to look almost exactly like hardwood flooring or stone, and they have a cushion underneath them to make them softer and quieter. It's quite an advantage to have over hardwood, which costs twice as much.

Laminate flooring is almost impossible to damage.

Laminate floors are hard to damage, but if a section has some serious damage, you can just click it out from the wall, replace the damaged piece, and click it back, and you'll be set for the next decade, Rob says. Rob gives his clients enough extra material to keep some in their garage in case they need to replace a piece like this. You can't refinish laminate flooring, but you don't need to because it's almost impossible to damage, Rob says.

Most people are interested in hardwood floors. Rob says a lot of people in his industry are 'racing down to the bottom' to the cheapest hardwood available, and this means there is a large range of quality available in hardwood flooring, but Rob tries to get the best of each category. They have a lot of beautiful options at very low prices, which can help home sellers maintain their equity when they install new wood floors while preparing to sell their home.

If you have any questions for Rob, you can reach him at [e-mail].

If you have any questions for me or you're thinking about buying or selling a home, give me a call or send me an email. I'd be glad to help you!