Don't think
your household can be careful enough
with hardwood floors? Several very
attractive products are
available that will have some
thinking they are not vinyl floors,
specifically Metro Floors and their
Konecto vinyl plank line.
Pictured on
the right is their Traditional. You
may have heard lock and fold floors
were easy to install, but this one
is even easier! Konetco is a
floating vinyl floor, requiring no
glue while connecting with a locking
mechanism different than other
floating floor types.
Konecto comes
in planks giving it that hardwood
floor look alike. Always wanted that
hardwood flooring running into the
bathrooms? No problem with this one.
It is a completely waterproof
floating floor, making it the first
of it's kind. Konetco also solves a
problem that has always plagued the
building industry that uses
lightweight concrete. It doesn't
have to be glued!
Product lines
offered are Prestige, Country, and
Sierra. Color selections run from
rustic appearance to a creamy Maple
look alike. All planks are 48 inches
in length and 6 inches in width.
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Unlike
Konetco, Amtico offers darker rich toned hardwood
look-alikes in the form of Wenge, Teak, Rosewood,
Cherry, Palisander, Black Walnut, and Elm.
Herringbone, random with plank, and even a ship's
decking motif can be obtained.
Amtico can
be found in places like Expo Design, or if you're the
savvy shopper some online companies offer their
products at substantially lower prices. Plank widths
vary from 3 1/2 inches to five, running standard at 36
inches in length.
These
floors don't offer the easy installation as Konetco,
but does provide some attractive border designs that
mimic hardwood. Also available are synthetic
metal accents in the likes of Copper and Silver that
can be added to any design. Planks are installed
by the glue down method with an acrylic adhesive,
requiring very sound a flat substrates that will not
offer a telegraphing effect (seen right).
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