PVC flooring, advantages and practical advice

Self-locking and self-laying tiles for PVC flooring

Nowadays, environments with high pedestrian flow must be designed with suitable, practical, and very often economical floors. The interlocking, self-laying, and self-locking tiles are perfect for commercial, industrial, residential, and sports areas and the use of PVC gives life to truly practical and easily washable PVC floors.

Features and advantages of PVC flooring with self-locking / self-laying tiles

This type of flooring, regardless of the material chosen, consists of an innovative system of interlocking, self-laying, and self-locking modules most often made of PVC which allows both small and large surfaces to be paved in a short time thanks to the practicality of laying without glue and without any specific product.

The dry laying of this type of tiles allows a quick installation giving excellent acoustic insulation, thermal insulation, moreover the direct laying avoids the expensive intervention of qualified personnel.

These specific floors are suitable for the most varied needs as they offer maximum wear resistance, they are applied in a very simple and fast way or interlocking since the elements are connected to each other without the need for glues or fittings and are ideal for indoor and outdoor and are an ideal solution in various fields that can range from large commercial areas, workshops, logistics warehouses, play areas, gyms and much more.

The main features are the draining power that makes them suitable for outdoor environments, the extreme lightness, as anticipated the ease and speed of installation, resistance to wear, insensitivity to bacterial attacks, and above all the non-toxicity that they make a deeply ecological product.

Furthermore, once the self-laying floor has been installed, it can immediately step on and use the spaces concerned as no waiting time is required.

A fundamental factor is that floors of this type defined as “self-laying” (with tiles or self-locking blocks) do not use adhesives and for this reason, they are not afraid of rising damp, they can be immediately walked on immediately after installation, they defend the lower flooring from possible accidental falls of objects, have a very simple or almost zero maintenance, the surface, designed with an easily washable type of embossing, requires very little maintenance: to be carried out with a damp cloth and detergents that we usually find on the market. In addition to being simple and immediate, the installation can also be carried out on the existing floor without the need to remove it, and, ultimately, these tiles are easily removable.

Moreover, the self-locking floors grant a unique feature which is the possibility of being able to carry out interventions such as for the repair of a damaged pipe present under the flooring, simply by disassembling and reassembling the self-locking tiles, with the obvious advantages of economic savings in the not having to buy the flooring a second time.

At this point, wanting to draw up a balance between the positive and negative characteristics of self-locking flooring, it is clear that these turn out to be an optimal choice in terms of durability, aesthetics, surface customization, and the possibility of adapting to any context, from residential to commercial. up to the industrialist.

Where to use the self-locking / self-laying PVC flooring

Among the various types of outdoor flooring, self-locking flooring certainly represents the choice that can adapt to any context of use.

The various customization possibilities of colors, thicknesses, shapes, finishes allow adaptation to any context but above all to any economic level of expense. The price of these tiles in fact allows many to invest in terms of safety and usability of neglected spaces and areas.

Also ideal for outdoors, for sports fields but also for indoor applications. The self-locking tile is ideal for covering sports fields, but also for camping and caravan areas, relaxation areas, temporary and non-temporary showrooms, shopping centers, gardens, transit areas, and much more.

Self-locking floors are practical solutions for covering floors without having to glue. In this category, you will find products for light residential use and very technical items suitable for installation in warehouses with the passage of forklifts.

Industries, garages, warehouses, multipurpose halls, warehouses, exhibition halls, subway stations, airports, boats, multisport halls, laboratories, printing houses, public places, platforms, etc. Commercial spaces, offices, multipurpose halls, exhibition halls, multi-sports halls, laboratories, public places. Also suitable for the industrial sector.

The size, thickness, colors, all variable and customizable according to your needs and tastes, make it especially suitable for total or partial coverings of places frequented by children such as kindergartens, playrooms and bedrooms.

Useful tips and conclusion

As for the installation, it is good to keep in mind some general useful tips:

the tiles are easily applied free-standing on any hard surface, without the use of specialized labor or adhesives, the application is always recommended on well-leveled or level ground.

Over 50 square meters it may be useful to insert some expansion joints. Finally, it is advisable to carry out the installation at an ambient temperature of at least 18 ° C, maintaining this condition for 24 hours before and after installation.

If you want to receive a free quote or have complete advice on the use of this material, you can contact us by phone or submit your request directly using our website.

We will be happy to help you in choosing the most suitable material and will guide you step by step with an effective after-sales service. Discover the range of PVC tiles available to us at the following link.