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KAHALA PACIFIC FLOORS MARCH 21, 2021 HAWAII RENOVATION 13
Vinyl vs. wood — choose wisely
If you have been looking into the possibility of get- ting new flooring for your
home or business, chances are that you have heard a lot about luxury vinyl, wood- plastic composite (WPC) and stone-polymer compos- ite (SPC). Vinyl is definitely an extremely popular choice, but before you dive headfirst into putting a wood or stone look vinyl into your home, Shirley Pai Hilton of Kahala Pacific Floors highly recom- mends that you take a few minutes to weigh out your choices, especially with re- gard to total cost. Flooring and installation, after all, are not cheap!
At the Kahala Pacific Floors showroom, Hilton explains that there are doz- ens of vinyl selections that can give you the look of real wood or real stone and tile. Both the real stuff and vinyl offer many different attrac- tive looks, and you can prob- ably find something in either material, which will make you happy from a design perspective. However, they will definitely feel quite dif- ferent to the touch, and they will also feel and sound dif- ferent as you walk on them.
As far as durability goes, although wood flooring does scratch, so does vinyl. The big thing here is that you
can refinish the wood floor- ing several times, making it a lifetime product. You cannot do that with the vinyl.
Conversely, the main ad- vantage that vinyl has over wood is that it is usually wa- terproof and not as suscep- tible to moisture. However, please know that there is no such thing as a flood-proof floor. While the material it- self may be waterproof, a big enough leak will result in water under your vinyl, and you will have to pull it out to clean things up.
Hilton says that if you are looking at wood, the major- ity of customers these days are using engineered wood flooring due to stability and easier installation. You can use the floating method of installation for most engi- neered woods, just as you do with vinyl. Therefore, al- though vinyl flooring in her store costs about 25% less than Kahala Pacific Floors’ lines of engineered woods, the installation costs are nearly identical. So, after careful analysis, many of the company’s custom- ers have been pleasantly surprised to find that by spending just a little bit more, they can have their true desire — a high-quality wood floor, instead of their original vinyl selection.
To learn more and help you in your product re- search, please make plans to participate in Kahala Pa- cific Floors’ webinar, Great Flooring 101. The next ses-
sion will be via Zoom at 10 a.m. Saturday, April 17. In ad- dition to great information, all participants receive an exclusive discount on their flooring and installation.
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One of the interesting characteristics of wood is its photosensitivity. Oxidation will start to take place with the exposure of your virgin woodtothelightinyourhome. Changesincolorwilloccur,moreor less,dependingonthespeciesofwood. Withsomewoods,suchas Cumaru and Santos Mahogany, will hardly change at all and others, such as Brazilian Cherry and Tigerwood, will undergo very dramatic changes. Mostwoodsreachfullmaturityinaboutthreemonthsand thentheprocessstops. Besureyouknowthecoloryouwillendup withafterthisprocesshasoccurred. Aloha,Shirley
Learn more at our next Great Flooring 101 Webinar Saturday, 4/17/21 10am
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