The 3 Ws of High End Resilient Flooring (HERF)

High end resilient flooring is simply an indoor flooring that looks like wood and is waterproof; since its introduction into the Singapore market for over two years, the demand for good quality high end resilient flooring product is also seen on the rise. 

Many home owners in Singapore, see it, as a strong substitute to traditional laminate flooring and wood parquet. HERF, the abbreviation for high end resilient flooring, has also become one of the most spoken flooring names among the local architects and designers today.

Here are the 3 Ws of High End Resilient Flooring.

1) Waterproof

Water damage has been one of the commonplace problems faced especially home owners with low quality laminate flooring products and parquet. Damaged laminate flooring incur higher cost in terms of repair and may potentially cause hazard at home. This is because laminate flooring is water resistant but not waterproof.

High end resilient flooring, on the other hand, is waterproof by nature; hence, water damage is uncommon for good quality high end resilient flooring products. Home owners are then able to rest assured of any unnecessary worry, such as forgotten to close windows and so on. 

Such waterproof feature for high end resilient floor (HERF), gives a strong reason for home owners, especially the existing laminate flooring owners, to switch to using HERF as their recommended indoor flooring option.

2) Wood Like Features

Like laminate flooring, high end resilient flooring has wood like features in terms of colour and texture. It can therefore help to enhance the overall look and feel of the home interior. The embossed features of the wood lines in a good quality HERF product, also helps to increase the level of slip resistance for the product.

This makes it highly suitable for home especially with the elderly; and also young family with kids roaming wildly around the house. Literally. 

For commercial areas, it gives business owners a high level of assurance in terms of workplace safety in offices; as well as a better level of safety for walk in patrons, customers and guests for commercial areas such as hotels, shopping malls, retail shops, restaurants and so on.

3) Workable in the Long Run

High end resilient flooring lasts longer. So, it can greatly helps the home owner in terms of long term cost saving, keeping the maintenance costs low in the future. 

Moreover, let's say if home owners will to move to a new home, they could also bring along their existing high end resilient flooring (* at least 60%) together with them as well. Thereby, further improve one's cost saving. Re-using of flooring is a benefit that is highly unique to good quality high end resilient flooring products.

Evorich Flooring group is currently working with its international high end resilient flooring supplier on a global "Renew, Reuse and Recycle" program for the high end resilient flooring brand, Allure Locking Floor. This will be something beneficial for all in the long run.

The demand for high end resilient flooring will continue to rise as more and more home owners are beginning to see and experience the benefits of such flooring in the comfort of their homes.