Hard Surfaces

Hard surface flooring comes in numerous textures, colors and performance characteristics from low initial cost products like VCT to the high performance aspect of premium sheet vinyl and rubber flooring products. Image Flooring can help fit the right characteristics of a product with both the initial and life cycle cost of a project.

Vinyl Composition Tile

Vinyl Composition Tile

Vinyl composition tile (VCT) is a finished flooring material used primarily in commercial and institutional applications. Modern vinyl floor tiles, sheet flooring and versions of those products sold since the early 1980’s are composed of colored polyvinyl chloride (PVC) chips formed into solid sheets of varying thicknesses (1/8″ is most common) by heat and pressure.

sheet vinyl

sheet vinyl

Vinyl flooring is a synthetic product, made of a combination of chemicals, including ethylene and chlorine. Vinyl flooring contains – of course – vinyl, as well as several additives such as felt, fiberglass and dyes.

LUXURY VINYL TILE

LUXURY VINYL TILE

In the flooring world, there has always been a vinyl tile in one form or another. Today, the vinyl tile category continues to remain popular, and is the fastest growing market segment. Luxury vinyl tile (LVT), offers 3D printing technology that adds depth, realism, durability and a high performance wear-layer to a vinyl tile product.