When building a new home, one of the last things to be installed is the floor coverings, in most cases. The floor coverings are one of the selections you will make early in the new home building process, and depending on what you are looking for, they could be selected before the project even commences.
Trends In Floor Coverings For New Homes Today
When we look at various trends today with floor coverings installed in new homes, there are two areas to consider: the main living room, and the other areas are wet areas and bedrooms. Below, we will go through each location of the home:
- Living rooms and Kitchens: A living room is a room in the home that gets a lot of foot traffic and requires a durable product to be installed on the floors. What we find when our clients are selecting a floor covering for their dining room they will often go with either hardwood, natural timber, or polished concrete floor products. Each of these has its benefits. The timber floor has a warmer and quieter appearance, but can be a little less forgiving. The polished concrete floor is super tough but can be a little cold and echoey.
- Bedrooms and Lounge rooms: These rooms are where we like to take time out and relax or enjoy a quiet area to study, etc. The desired function of these rooms lends the floor coverings to materials such as carpets and rugs. This does not mean these rooms cannot have other materials on the floors, but what we commonly see our clients select for their new homes is soft and warm covers.
- Outdoor entertaining: External floor coverings need to be able to deal with all types of Australian weather. In Adelaide, we get harsh, hot summers and wet winters. Having a floor covering installed that can cope with all these types of conditions is an important part of the external floor covering selection process. Products such as paving, concrete and hardwood flooring are common selections we often use outside. Natural timber flooring will need maintenance over time to ensure its natural properties are maintained and avoid wood rot, etc. Materials such as paving and concrete may from time to time require high-pressure washing to remove any moss and algae build-ups.
- Garages: Most of the garages we create for our clients house 2 cars and have concrete floors. The concrete floor can be either natural, polished exposed aggregate, or epoxy-coated. When using an epoxy coating system, the preparation is crucial to ensure that, over time, the car’s tyres do not wear off the coating system. All of these flooring systems are hard-wearing and provide adequate longevity for the garage’s life span.
When going through the selection process with our clients, it is helpful to visit showrooms and past projects we have built for our customers so they get a real-life experience of what their finishes will feel and look like once installed.
Floor coverings are big-ticket items throughout the home and should be selected carefully.