Floored by Alternatives

Summary


Choosing the type of floor covering for a room used to be a case of selecting from swatches, looking for the right colour, the right pile and the right price. A little like the Henry Ford choice option - any colour you like, as long as it's black - British floors used to consist of carpet, carpet or carpet.

Now there's no end of choice, with some unexpected alternatives too. Leather flooring, for instance, is slowly becoming more and more popular. Wait a minute - leather? Leather gets scuffed and it gets scratched, right? Well, in a Taber test - the industry standard test for abrasion - leather actually fares better than hardwood in terms of scratching and scuffing, taking longer to wear out. And, after all, what floor can stand up to cat claws and stiletto heels?

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Floored by Alternatives

Leather flooring can be laid in planks or in tiles, with one of the real benefits being the range of ...

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