Abacus Construction Index
UK: Floor Coverings & Floor Covering Suppliers
ABOUT FLOOR COVERINGS
The most common types of floor covering are carpets, cork flooring, linoleum, vinyl flooring, and rubber flooring. We have selected and describe below a leading UK supplier of each of these types of floor covering.
Each type of floor covering has its strengths and weaknesses, and is suitable for particular applications. For example, in kitchens and bathrooms vinyl flooring is the most practical type of floor covering.
The leading UK suppliers of floor coverings, listed below the panel of sponsored links, have informative websites with illustrated online catalogues and details of product specifications for floor covering.
SPONSORED LINKS
LEADING UK SUPPLIERS OF FLOOR COVERINGS
Brintons: Carpets. Brintons is a leading manufacturer of Axminster and Wilton carpets. It is a family firm, headquartered in Kidderminster, which has been weaving carpets for 200 years. Brintons takes in fleeces from New Zealand and the UK, and spins and dyes its own yarn. Most of its carpets are based on a mixture of 80% wool with 20% nylon added for strength.
Wicanders: Cork Flooring. Wicanders is part of Amorim Revestimentos of Portugal, the world's market leader in cork flooring. Wicanders cork tiles are available stained in a variety of natural colours. They have a characteristic pattern of repeating rectangles, giving a subdued geometric appearance. The Wicander website has sections on installation and maintenance.
Forbo: Linoleum. Forbo, headquartered in Switzerland, manufactures linoleum under the trade name Marmoleum. Marmoleum is made from natural and harvestable raw materials such as linseed oil, wood flour, chalk and pine rosin. It is available in 30 colourways. Forbo is the world's largest manufacturer of linoleum, with about 60% worldwide market share.
Polyflor: Vinyl Tiles. Polyflor is a leading supplier of vinyl floor tiles. Its Expona range is made from flexible PVC with 3mm thickness. They are suitable for domestic areas with intense use, commercial areas with heavy traffic, and heavy light industrial areas. They are available in 60 different colours and styles, 30 being wood effect, and 30 being stone effect and special designs.
Dalsouple: Rubber Flooring. Dalsouple manufactures a wide range of rubber flooring, in sheet and tiles, made of either synthetic or natural rubber. Dalsouple's DalNaturel range is made from natural rubber, and is 90% natural in its materials. It provides the same quality and performance as synthetic rubber, but with substantial environmental advantages.
USEFUL LINKS RELEVANT TO FLOOR COVERINGS
Useful links relevant to floor coverings:
Carpet Underlay: Product Guide
DETAILED INFORMATION RESOURCES ON FLOOR COVERINGS
We recommend the following professional construction directories, which include manufacturers' specifications and CAD details: Barbour Compendium at www.barbourcompendium.co.uk, RIBA Product Selector Plus at ww.productselector.co.uk, ASC Bricsnet at www.ascinfo.co.uk, Building Products Index at www.bpindex.co.uk, British Board of Agrément at www.bbacerts.co.uk, British Standards Online at www.bsonline.bsi-global.com.
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Other recommended portals: Archbone, Building Design, Homeone Australia, Lighting Directory, Sapling, Stone Network.
Publisher: Abacus Construction Index is a professionally edited directory of recommended construction websites, published by Extonet Ltd which also publishes a directory of the world's best websites. It is financed only by Google advertisements; no payment is received from included websites.
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