Luxury vinyl, laminate
flooring, and engineered hardwood flooring can all be floating
floors. Floating floors have a locking mechanism, so pieces click
together, mat, then hover over the subfloor. The advantage of a
floating floor is that it can easily pick up the pieces and move the
flooring to another room or house. Loose lay is a version of the
floating floor without the locking mechanism; it's sometimes used for
sheet vinyl.
The most common type of
rug placement is to place tack strips, thin wooden bands with nails,
around the room's perimeter. The padding is then placed inside the
tack strips, and the carpet is secured and stretched with a power
stretcher, a long tool with tines at the end. Power stretchers
firmly push the rug to the wall so it is taut and won't move, and now
many manufacturer warranties specify their use in their warranty
installation requirements.
Other installation
methods are glue down, which is as it sounds, and peel and stick.
Peel and stick are often used for vinyl composite tiles (VCT) or
carpet tiles. The products, which come in numerous colors and
patterns, come with a self-adhesive backing and can be an excellent
solution for an inexpensive spruce-up.
Our experts will give
you a quality, craftsman-like residential or commercial flooring
installation, one that will become the jewel in the crown of your
home. Visit us to explore our full inventory and learn more about our
services, including custom area rugs, area rug binding, a free
flooring installation quote, and more. The Rhodes Carpet & Installation
showroom is in Washington, PA and we service
Washington County, PA.