Is Pvc Floor Suitable For Home Paving?

PVC flooring is suitable for home paving, and it is foreseeable that in the future China, the market share of this kind of flooring will become higher and higher.

The history of the development of PVC flooring. In the 1980s, PVC flooring was invented in Europe, and then some companies in Taiwan and South Korea introduced technology for production. Therefore, the earliest manufacturers of PVC flooring in mainland China were Taiwan-funded enterprises.

From the beginning of its invention to 2010, in the past 20 years, PVC flooring has been used as a tooling product because of its low price and good decorative effect. During this period, the thickness of the PVC floor is 1-2mm. There are two paving methods. One is the floor with self-adhesive, tear off the release paper and stick it directly on the ground, and the other is the floor without glue and brush it on the ground. Attach the floor after glue.

PVC adhesive-backed floor paving. It is difficult for the PVC floor to be used in homes during this period, because its installation requires glue, which cannot be environmentally friendly. Formaldehyde is only one of the harmful substances in the glue; the thickness of the PVC floor itself The performance is not excellent.

The product revolution of PVC flooring appeared around 2010. During this period, PVC flooring introduced the tongue-and-groove technology of multi-layer composite flooring and laminate flooring, and upgraded the PVC lock floor. The thickness of the PVC lock floor product has been increased from 1-2mm to 4-5mm, which enhances the performance; the thickness of the wear-resistant layer has been increased from 0.05-0.15mm to 0.3-0.55mm, which enhances the wear resistance; glass fiber is added to the product structure , Further stabilizes the physical properties of the product; the most important thing is that with the tongue and groove, the paving effect is tighter and more high-end and beautiful; the paving method has undergone a revolutionary change. There is no need to brush glue, no need to hit the keel, as long as the ground Level it or do a self-leveling, just assemble it directly on the ground.

The entire PVC flooring industry has entered a stage of rapid development, from the field of tooling to the field of home improvement. By 2013, under the category of PVC flooring, WPC flooring (wood-plastic flooring), a high-end product with a wood-like feel, was derived; by 2015, SPC flooring (hard stone plastic flooring) with better physical properties was derived. These products are very popular in the European and American markets, and their market share continues to grow. By 2016, PVC flooring had a market share of 13.7% of all flooring materials in the US market, second only to carpet (37.9%) and hardwood flooring (15.4%), and surpassed ceramic tiles, rubber flooring, and laminate flooring.

In 2016, PVC flooring (vinyl flooring) in the US market seized the share of other categories. I did not find the 2017 annual report of the US flooring market, but the market share of PVC flooring should continue to grow at a high speed because of the sales of various domestic OEM factories. All have achieved tremendous growth, and they are all in full swing.

Why don't domestic families use it much? New products need to be promoted and publicized, but in the domestic mainstream channels, there is basically no promotion information for PVC flooring. The current domestic floor material brand giants are all traditional floor materials. They do not have the technical support and production resources for PVC flooring, and they have no motivation to push new products or provide support for new products, because the result of doing so is Making wedding clothes for others is detrimental to oneself and others.

The installation of PVC floor requires a leveling of the ground, and it is best to do self-leveling. In the domestic home improvement field, self-leveling is not a common demand, and it may not be possible for every worker. In addition, the lock assembly of other types of floors is more drastic, while the tongue and groove of the PVC floor is smaller, and the lock assembly needs to be more careful compared to the lock assembly.

The pros and cons of PVC flooring. The advantages of PVC flooring are: environmentally friendly, zero formaldehyde, completely waterproof, flame-retardant, silent, beautiful decorative effect, relatively cheap, if the floor of the home is flat, you can install it yourself by DIY, which is very suitable for old house renovation. The disadvantages are: there are not as many installation and construction personnel as traditional floor materials. At present, domestic manufacturers that are doing well are exporting almost all of their energy, and there are very few domestic manufacturers.