As a sub-category of resilient flooring, LVT tiles are generally known for its aesthetic design appearance with thousands of pattern design and color options and real wood embossing textures. The earliest type of LVT flooring is referred as the Dry Back LVT which are installed by glue down method, a similar application as the resilient vinyl sheet floorings. However, due to the increasing conscious for better environmental impact and convenience in installation, new and innovative resilient flooring products are being developed with the aim for improved installation and functions. Thus, different types of resilient vinyl flooring are launched. Here we explore the different flooring options in Glue Free LVT products.
Different type of Glue Free LVT Flooring
- Loose Lay LVT Flooring
- Click n Lock LVT Flooring
- Click n Lock SPC Flooring
- Magnetic LVT / SPC Flooring
- Loose Lay Grip LVT Flooring
1. Loose Lay LVT Flooring
Loose lay LVT flooring is one of the earliest type of LVT product that offers glue free installation. With improved gripping underlayer film and increasing weight from thicker base layer, the loose lay LVT offers easy installation with improve stability. A glue free LVT option that is widely available from brands and flooring wholesalers.
2. Click n Lock LVT Flooring
Since the manufacturing invention for click n lock system by Unilin, Valinge and I4F, installation has never been easier and more secure. The click n lock system offers tight joints between planks and effectively prevents moistures and water penetrating between them. As a floating flooring, Click LVT flooring also does not require glue or adhesion.
3. Click n Lock SPC Flooring
Stone Polymer Composition SPC flooring is a modified flooring that offers improved rigidity and dimensional stability, hence the name for rigid core flooring. With the click n lock technology applied onto the SPC flooring products, it has became one of the most popular and fast grown flooring product globally.
4. Magnetic LVT / SPC Flooring
Using magnetic force, the magnetic vinyl flooring offers an effective solution to keep LVT and SPC flooring planks in position.
5. Loose Lay Grip LVT Flooring
The Loose lay grip LVT works similarly as a conventional loose lay LVT plank, however with distinctive improvement in the gripping performance to the subfloor. With innovation for micro-suction surface, the loose lay grip technology such as Seta-Grip or Quik-Grip technology has allowed for LVT planks with thickness as low as 2mm to firmly grip onto the subfloor without movement. Effectively replacing commercial use 2.0mm up to 3.0mm glue down LVT products.
