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Luxury Vinyl Tile or Standard Vinyl Tile – Which One is Better?

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  Vinyl is not a new term in the construction industry. It has been here since early 1970s. And since then, it has gone through significant upgrades that have made it the most popular flooring material in the year 2022. But when you are searching vinyl flooring options, you often stumble upon two different materials – luxury vinyl tile and sheet or standard vinyl tile. Both are labeled vinyl, and this is surely a confusion for many homeowners. So, we decided to do a side-by-side comparison between luxury vinyl tile and standard vinyl tile to help buy the right material for your project within your budget. Check out the following subsections and pointers – Old Vs New - Standard vinyl tiles were a revolutionary product then. But today, we have luxury vinyl tiles, an advanced and more durable version of standard vinyl tiles. Price – Standard vinyl tiles are cheaper than LVTs. The price of SVTs ranges somewhere between $0.50 and $2.00. And the price range of luxury vinyl ti...

How to Choose the Right Rock for Your Garden Landscape

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Natural rocks help you transform the look of your garden and create a remarkable impression on your guests. Using the right rocks in the right color combination can potentially uplift your dull yard into an iconic, breath-taking, landscape. So, if you are looking to enhance the gander of garden landscape, here are a few tips for choosing the right rock in the right budget – Find Suppliers with Affordable Deals – Technically, natural stones should not be expensive. But they are. And reason for that is, most of the beautiful rocks are imported. There is shipping and taxes included in the price of rocks. But natural stones are found, excavated and processed in the United States as well. All you have to do is to find out a supplier that offer affordable natural rocks. You can locate them in your area easily with the help of internet. Choose the Style You Want – When you are looking redesign or redesign your garden, chances are, you already have a picture about your garden. If...

What Are Outdoor Porcelain Tiles?

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Porcelain tiles are truly versatile. They can use for a wide range of applications inside and outside your home. But then, there is a separate range tiles, called outdoor porcelain tiles, which are gaining momentum these days. What are these tiles? Is there any difference between ordinary porcelain tiles and outdoor porcelain tiles? We will explore this under the following subsections with an aim to help you decide if it would be right for your unique requirements. Outdoor Porcelain Tiles As the name might suggest, outdoor porcelain tiles are designed for outdoors. These are a manmade product, engineered to withhold harsh outdoor conditions. Ceramic and regular porcelain tiles might not be as effective as these especially designed porcelain tiles. If you want your patio walls & floors, pavements, and steps to be durable, this is the product you should rely on. And you can use these tiles for indoors as well. Better Strength – Design wise, outdoor porcelain tiles ar...

Luxury Vinyl Tile Floor Installation Best Practices

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If you are looking for an affordable yet exceptionally beautiful flooring material, luxury vinyl tile or LVT is the best material you can think of. LVT is a versatile, gorgeous and durable material that blesses your home with spectacular views without putting a stress on your budget. Another great thing about luxury vinyl tiles is that it is a DIY friendly flooring material. You do not have to rent or buy heavy tiling tools to complete the installation. You can do it yourself without having to hire a professional tiler. You can save hundreds of dollars here as well. But if you are going DIY your LVT flooring, and you are kind of new to it, here are a few best practices to follow – Purchase 10% more tiles than you need. This way, you will have enough tiles for replacements. To build durable LVT surfaces in your home, you will need to work on the floor base, which is also called subfloor or substrate. It should be in perfect condition to be able to provide a solid base to the layer...

Why Pool Coping should be Built from Natural Stones?

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  Pool coping is the cap at the wall top and edge of a swimming pool. There are two purposes it is build – to complete the look of the pool and to hide the rough and sharp and unattractive edges of the tiles. There is another significant purpose pool coping serves. It prevents water and debris from entering the wall and causing any damage to your pool. Safe Environment - One more advantage of pool coping is that, it adds a non-slippery feature to the areas around the pool. Apparently, there are wet areas around water bodies and wet and slippery surfaces are deadly combination. Pool coping stones comes with anti-slip properties, and they help save you and your dear ones from accidents and injuries. Your pool deck does not slip, even when it is wet, if you choose the right poolside tiles and materials. As mentioned above, the pool wall tiles can be sharp and rough. So, it is quite obvious to get cuts and injuries from entering or coming out of pool. Coping hides the tile e...