Flooring Guide ~ Popular indoor flooring options in Singapore

Today, a flooring is not just a flooring and that's it. Choosing a suitable flooring is like choosing a kind of living lifestyle; design, comfort and easy maintenance are some factors home owners are looking into in a flooring product. As society changes when most home owners are busy working professionals, a flooring that is durable and can last for longer period of time will be much in demand today.

Here we look at some of the popular flooring options in Singapore today:

1) High End Resilient Flooring (HERF)

High end resilient flooring (HERF) is a 100 per cent waterproof and termite proof flooring that makes it a strong substitute to traditional laminate flooring and wood parquet. It is especially recommended for tropical countries such as Singapore as the flooring is highly resistant against humidity and moist conditions that is often the cases we seen in Singapore.

"HERF takes the burden off the shoulders of busy home owners today in terms of maintenance."

said Dennis Teo, Managing Director of Evorich Flooring.

Unlike laminate flooring, high end resilient flooring (HERF) is not prone to any damage caused by water, thereby making it suitable for areas such as wet kitchen, bathroom dry sanitary areas, service yards and even basements where moisture levels are relatively higher. 

2) Quality Laminate Flooring

Laminate flooring offers a wide range of designs and colors that emulates the look and feel of wood. In particularly Singapore, oak and walnut are two popular wood species ranges home owners would choose for their homes.

Laminate flooring is easy to install and it is much cost efficient than most type of flooring. However, due to mass production of laminate flooring products worldwide, it is quite difficult for the home owners to select a good quality laminate flooring product due to the wide availability of brands in the laminate flooring market. Hence, it will be good to choose a reliable and credible flooring contractor to do the job.

Especially when we discussed about laminate flooring, other than going for a good design, also look for good materials with good health and safety standards. Other than that, mentioned earlier, look for a credible contractor that will take care of your laminate flooring even after the sale. 

3) Engineered Wood Flooring

Engineered wood flooring is like a sandwich of real wood. This is more forest friendly than using a whole chunk of real wood. Young home owners who are also wood lovers would love to install engineered wood flooring in their due to the aesthetic beauty of natural real wood.

Good quality engineered wood can last much longer. In terms of maintaining, the home owners could re-varnish and re-sand the existing engineered wood flooring to give it a refreshing makeover.

Good quality engineered wood flooring has a relatively more durable and stable structure that increases its holding strength and dimensional stability. However, like laminate flooring, there is an increasing number of engineered wood flooring products that may not be up to quality standards. 

So, it is always best to engage credible flooring contractors to do the installation work. At the end of the day, at least somebody responsible is taking of the work. 

Whatever it is,

Choosing good quality flooring products and engaging responsible flooring contractors are 2 most important criteria when it comes to selecting flooring for your home. In this way, quality home living lifestyle is greatly enhanced.