If you want to get a very durable coating, while the variety of design is also not the last place, quartz vinyl floor tiles will be an ideal solution for you. On the one hand, PVC is included in its composition, which makes it possible to achieve the desired imitation of the surface, but even if the quartz sand is present, the tile is still closer in characteristics to the minerals.
What is quartz vinyl floor tile?
This is a kind of pie from several layers, each of which is responsible for this or that characteristic of the coating:
- The maximum adhesion to the floor will be provided by vinyl, which is the first layer;
- then the reinforcing layer is represented by glass fiber, but not glued, but pressed hot by the method without the addition of chemistry;
- then follows the very quartz vinyl;
- above is applied a decorative layer capable of simulating any desired surface from stone to metal;
- The last transparent layer of polyurethane allows to achieve high durability.
All these layers of our pie quartz of vinyl tiles will be glued together by polyvinyl chloride, often used for flooring. For human health, this compound is completely safe, but each part of the tile adheres one to the other reliably. After assembling all the parts and gluing them together, we get the thickness of the finished tiles within 4 mm.
Advantages and disadvantages of quartz vinyl floor tiles
Proceeding from such a complex composition, this finishing material simply must have a whole list of advantages and reasons to give preference to it. Indeed, quartz vinyl floor tiles boast a whole list of characteristics that designers and consumers have already appreciated.
- Even if you decide to make a floor of such a tile in a sauna or a bath, there will never be a problem. First, high temperatures are not terrible for her. And secondly, there are no harmful substances in the composition, so there is no danger to health.
- Pay attention to this material, if the plans to do the finishing of the basement or rooms with high temperatures, because the combustion it does not support.
- In a room with high traffic, this tile is no less relevant. She does not fear any blows, chemicals for cleaning or scratches - as well.
- If the plans for the organization of warm floors , tiles will not prevent the spread of heat.
- And finally, this material does not conduct current and has an antistatic property.
As for the weaknesses, here we will note the typical for this format of finishing the problem: the appearance of cracks between the tiles, which can not arise in roll materials. Laying the quartz of vinyl floor tiles should be done exclusively on the prepared floor surface, otherwise all unevenness will be visible, and the floor will remain cold.
Variants of laying quartz vinyl floor tiles
Depending on the type of tile and its purpose, several methods of installation are used. If you have a flat floor and do not want to dismantle the old coating, you can use the method of laying with glue locks.
Sometimes the tile is attached directly to the glue to the floor itself. For this method, a high-quality cement screed and a completely flat floor are needed without flaws. There is a method with grooves, similar to the way the laminate is laid. He also requires the most even and prepared floor.
One of the most common is glued option, when the back side of the tile is covered with a special compound. There is also a tile with locks, which are plastic spikes. The better the floor is prepared, the smoother the masonry will turn out and the coating will last longer.
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