What is Hybrid Vinyl Flooring?

What does the word Hybrid mean to you? What does it mean in terms of flooring?

Why should you choose Hybrid flooring?

You may have seen this product used & recommended for new homes, renovations & commercial projects. It’s got a lot of air time – so is the popular hybrid kid the right kind of floor friend for you?

We are talking about Hybrid Vinyl. It is available through many different brands. They are mostly made up of the same ingredients, some using different components in the core materials, others offering upgraded surface specs. To be completely honest – most of them are not up to scratch (pun intended) for our team to recommend to you to use locally both practically, because they don’t offer the standard of both structural & surface specs as our better priced laminate floors do, or environmentally, as the materials it takes to produce them & the impact those materials have on you once in use, just doesn’t match up with our duty of care both to you & our planet.

There are a couple of standouts from the crowd of brands that we do offer if you have your heart set on a relationship with Hybrid Vinyl, so consult with us before undertaking your project to see whether this is the right kind of floor friend for you.

One example which is leading the way in both manufacturing & product quality & specs is the Quick-Step Pulse product.

Their hybrid vinyl flooring consists of about 40% chalk, a natural material that is available in abundance. A quarter is made from recycled PVC from their own production waste. Another quarter is made from what is known as ‘virgin’ or new PVC, which is made from chlorine (common salt) and ethylene (crude oil).The plasticisers used to make the flooring flexible are the same as those used in children’s toys and food packaging and are, therefore, 100% ortho-phthalate free.

Its ultra-strong core and unique top layer protects against stains, scratches and impact damage, while the innovative click system ensures a fully waterproof floor, with a built-in underlay. They are aware that oil is a non-renewable resource, meaning it’s a substance which cannot be replenished by nature on a human time scale. That’s why they are doing everything they can to develop hybrid vinyl flooring that can be used for a very long time, up to 25 years & their R&D team is looking for alternative solutions with more sustainable materials every day.

So, for the record, vinyl still has a place, but is it at your place?

If you’re looking for a more eco-friendly alternative for hybrid vinyl flooring, laminate might be the one for you.