Hallway Flooring - Tile & Laminate

The entrance hall is an active zone, since it is in this room that the traffic is greatest. The corridor flooring is influenced by many negative factors: the mechanical load of people, animals and furniture. For many, the question remains open, what to choose - tile or laminate. The floors in the hallway - tiles and laminate flooring, are especially popular among many users. Today the modern market offers a wide range of floor coverings for an entrance hall of various quality, texture and color scheme. Today we will look at some of the most common materials for finishing the floor in this room, we will learn the weaknesses and strengths of each of them. This is the only way to make the right choice.

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What requirements should the flooring meet?

For consumers, the requirements that they make for materials in the corridor are important:

• Practicality
• Impact resistance.
• Moisture resistance.
• Heat resistance.
• High wear resistance.
• Low pollution.
• Long service life.
• Attractive appearance.

We presented a rather big list of requirements. Not every material meets their technical characteristics. But in any case, you can find exactly the alternative that suits you best.

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Laminate in the hallway - which one to choose?

Let's talk about the strengths and weaknesses of laminate boards in order to have an idea of ​​what material we may have to work with.

Benefits

Laminate has a lot of advantages that meet many of the above requirements. The main advantage of this material is its attractive appearance. This is not all its positive aspects. Let's look at the rest:

• It is an affordable price for the basic material and the necessary “consumables” for its installation.
• The smooth surface that we get as a result of the end of the masonry.
• Possibility of laying on any other coating: tile, carpet, wooden boards.
• Installation is within the power of even the most inexperienced repairman.
• The laminated board is a warm material, it will not be cold to walk barefoot on it, and if you wish, you can lay a “warm floor” heating system under the floor.
• A wide selection of decor, allowing you to choose the material for absolutely any design for any type of room.
• Possibility of combining with other types of flooring or creating a “solo”.

Important! The laminate floor in the hallway can be made more interesting by placing a board with a diagonal pattern, a herringbone and other original patterns.

disadvantages

Like any other material, this coating also has negative aspects that must be taken into account when deciding what the floor in the hallway will be like - tiles or laminate:

• Low moisture resistance. Accidentally spilled liquid must be removed immediately, otherwise - it will spill over the entire surface of the floor, from which the boards can swell and deform.
• Sonorous sound. To get rid of this unpleasant shortcoming, many men install soft substrates under the cover to muffle the loud sound of the laminate. Otherwise, the fall of objects or the usual passage through the hallway will be heard by all households.

As you can see, the advantages of laminate sheets are much greater than the disadvantages.The negative sides can be dealt with through simple manipulations: purchase a substrate, choose high-class material, ask the seller for a safety certificate when making a purchase. Now, to answer the question, which is better - tile or laminate in the hallway, we will consider the weaknesses and strengths of the tile floor.

Important! If your house has small children, pets or you play street sports in the apartment, refuse this type of coverage. When using a laminate in such conditions, the integrity of the canvas will be violated, and your money will be thrown away.

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Tile

Not every floor covering can withstand the daily load of heels, cleaning products, water, dust and dirt brought from the street. For a corridor that is subject to such tests, a resistant floor material is needed. Tiles will do just fine with all this. Not so long ago, it was not as popular as it is now, due to its unattractive appearance. Currently, the situation has changed for the better. On the modern market, tiles of various designs are presented, and even with imitation of natural wood, stone, and not only. Now you can choose any sizes, shapes and options for execution, putting the cladding as you like.

Important! High-quality tiles beat even the most expensive laminate or parquet according to many criteria.

Benefits:

• It has excellent resistance to high mechanical stress. The only exception is the fall of large and heavy furniture from a great height.
• A wide variety of designer designs. In addition to the above imitations, floor tiles can be with a pattern and even a pattern. So you emphasize the special chic of your interior.
• The floor with cladding for many years will not lose its attractiveness.
• Tiles are easy to clean. She calmly tolerates the influence of detergents and cleaners without harm to the surface.

Disadvantages:

• Rigidity.
• Cold surface.
• If the color is incorrectly selected and there is an excess of tile, a moody situation can arise.
• A slippery surface, so you need to choose a special type of tile with anti-slip marking.

Important! To make the floor tiles more reliable and more durable, it is enough to cover its small area near the threshold, which has the largest load.

As you can already conclude, thinking over the floors in the hallway - tiles or laminate, the first one will still be preferable. Move on.

Tiled hallway floor design

Tiled flooring can be played differently due to the ability of the material to adapt to various design ideas. So, what can you come up with tiles for the hallway:

• If you have a large entrance hall, you can lay out a certain pattern from tiles of different colors, using different sizes of material.
• We previously talked about the possibility of combining tiles with other types of flooring. The most important thing to consider here is one rule - to correctly position the material in the load zones. The use of two finishing coatings for the floor in the hallway will visually increase the room.

Important! Do not forget to divide the areas of the laid materials with special sills that can take any shape.

• Do not forget that any floor covering should be combined with design, and tile is no exception. So, if you have cabinets in beige shades in the hallway, then the tile should be calm tones or one tone darker. In this case, it would be inappropriate to lay blue or red cladding.
• Many people love the embossed surface of this material, which fits perfectly into absolutely any design.

Such a correct approach will make the design of the floor in the hallway stylish and harmonious.

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Laminate flooring recommendations

Among the wide variety of types of boards and its texture, it is not so difficult to choose a laminate flooring for a corridor.We want to note that such rooms as a corridor and a kitchen are a place of high traffic, and the kitchen has a special temperature regime: food is prepared, moist air heated by a gas stove and electrical appliances. That is why the choice of laminate should be treated with special care, since for such difficult conditions you need a special moisture-resistant material.

Laminated boards are divided into classes:

• So, for example, 21-23 classes of this material are great for home use.
• The floor in the hallway is best laid out with a class 23 laminate, which is suitable for rooms with a low level of humidity.
• But for the kitchen and hallway, you need to use a laminate not lower than 31 classes, and better - 32, 33.

Important! If your region has a cold climate, rain and often winds blow, it is also advisable to put a class 31-33 laminate in the hallway, which due to its density and high quality will protect the floor from the adverse effects of climatic conditions.

Which laminate to choose - moisture resistant or waterproof?

• Water-resistant - resistant to liquid, able to withstand large amounts of water without swelling and deformation of the boards.
• Moisture-proof - will not swell from accidentally spilled drops, but is not able to hold the flood without damaging its integrity.

Important! Not everyone can buy a waterproof laminate because of its high cost. But this problem is solved. Using the principle of combining two different materials, for example, a laminate with tiles, you will achieve no less effect than from an expensive waterproof coating.

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We have revealed the topic as much as possible, which is better in the corridor - tile or laminate, and you just have to make the right choice, taking into account all the features of your apartment.