For an innovative, elegant, and cost-effective flooring solution, laminate flooring is the best solution for your renovation project. Laminate flooring allows you to achieve the look of real hardwood in hundreds of colours and styles. Laminate floors are substantially lower in price than solid hardwood and provides you with beauty and durability you might expect in a real wood floor. The resistence to wear and easy maintenance of Lamintes make it ideal for homes with children and pets.

Laminate flooring has become very popular for both household and commercial applications. It is scratch-resistant and low-maintenance which make it ideal for your home or office at a fraction of the cost of solid hardwood floors. FlooringDepot.ca offers premium laminate flooring from reputable names like Kronopol, Kronotex, Robina, and Lamton, at remarkably low wholesale prices.

Solid hardwood flooring has a natural warmth and beauty that just can’t be beat with modern manufactured alternatives. Hardwood flooring can give a room an expensive and high quality finish that is normally associated with high-end establishments and designer homes. Real hardwood floors exhibit a lasting quality impression of permanence.

Installing hardwood flooring in your house is a long-term investment in your property that will hold its value, or even increase your homes resale value, exceeding the initial installation cost of the floors. Real estate agents and real estate investors have often use this strategy to increase their return on investment with houses they purchase, fix up, and resell for a profit.

More durable than most any other wall or floor covering, hard surface flooring offers timeless beauty and the advantage of being easy to clean. Ceramic Tiles are popular for several reasons. There is an almost endless sea of options available in the market today. Just about any color, pattern, and texture can be found. In addition, tile is almost impervious to water, making it a great choice for bathrooms and kitchens.

Tile may be machine-made or, in the case of high-end custom tile, handmade. Common sizes of square tiles are 4, 6, 12, and 18 inches. Specialty tiles, decorative strips, and mosaics pre-arranged on a mesh backing (typically 12 by 18 inches) add to this mix.

There are two distinctive types of tiles: ceramic and porcelain. Ceramic, the most common, is made of clay baked in a conventional kiln. Porcelain tile, made from fine white clay fired at an extremely high temperature, is much harder and often has the luster of stone; it is quite resistant to staining.

Ceramic tile may be either glazed or unglazed. Unglazed tile, such as quarry or terra-cotta, has an earthy, natural look. Glazing gives a tile better resistance to water and stains and makes the surface look brighter and more vibrant. But glazing can also make tile slippery. When tile is intended for an area where this might be a problem, it pays to choose a texture that is slip-resistant.

Natural stone tile flooring is no longer strictly for the outdoors. From sun rooms to foyers, living rooms to family rooms, kitchen to baths, natural stone is being used to establish ambience, create stunning underfoot effects and define and separate activity areas.

Natural stone tile is available in almost as many styles as clay tile, with polished marble flooring, granite flooring, slate flooring or the very popular travertine, and have become the hallmarks of formal interiors.

Carpets are a wonderful way to add style to any room in your home. The type of carpet you purchase can greatly impact the feel of the room. When discussing types of carpet, we’ll look at the texture of the carpet as well as the various shapes or sizes that carpets come in.

Knowing your carpet textures will help you decide where a carpet best belongs in your home in terms of maintenance and style. Our trained representatives will discuss the different types of carpets and help you decide on the type of carpet that will best suite your needs.

Carpets come in many shapes and sizes. Here’s a look at the shapes of carpets and how they impact a room.

Wall-to-Wall Carpets
Wall-to-wall carpets cover an entire floor of a room. There are many advantages to installing wall-to-wall carpets in a room. The biggest bonus is that wall-to-wall carpet is an energy efficient way to insulate a room. It is frequently installed to hide a worn-out floor. Also, because the carpet is anchored between the baseboards of the room, it will remain anchored despite high traffic.

As with any choice, there are certain disadvantages to installing wall-to-wall carpet. For example, your initial cost of installation will be higher, as you’re covering an entire room and will need assistance with installation.

Carpet Squares
Also referred to as carpet modules or carpet tiles, carpet squares are a square of carpet usually measuring 18 inches all around which are placed over an entire area of floor. The one drawback to carpet tiles is that they really should be professionally installed, because a variety of problems can arise from incorrect installation. Problems include carpet tiles that separate or curl at the edges, which increases the possibility of tripping on your carpet.

Area Rugs
Area rugs are a very popular way to add some style to any room. A rug is defined as being a ‘loose-laid’ rug smaller than 9 by 6 feet in size. There are many advantages to purchasing an area rug. Area rugs come in an endless variety of colors, styles, price ranges and dimensions. You can also move around an area rug, and so it’s not anchored in any specific room.

The only drawbacks to area rugs is that they shift around under high-traffic and their edges may cause you to trip.

Scatter Rugs
Scatter rugs are smaller than area rugs, usually sizing in at 2 by 3 feet. Scatter rugs are mainly used to protect high-traffic areas, such as an entrance way or the kitchen sink.

Carpet Runners
A runner is usually between 3 and 4 feet wide and between 8 and 20 feet long. Runners are laid in hallways.