3D Flooring - The Latest Flooring Fad
If you have traveled around the world, you might
have seen amazing themed hotels, restaurants, shopping malls, office spaces and
more. If you have wished for a similar living room, bedroom or bathroom, you
can opt for the coolest kind of flooring - 3D floors, which bring your dream
world right into your home. Read to know what exactly 3D flooring is and how
you can install it into any part of your house or office.
What is 3D
flooring?
3D flooring is the latest fad in stylish interior
decoration, which adds a splash of your favourite theme to your home decor. You
can customize the designs as per your wish and have your room decorated as a
forest, an ocean or anything else. It looks extremely impressive and very unusual.
It uses latest technology, high-quality materials, supreme equipment, perfect
skills and professionalism. This technique lets you create a sense of
three-dimensional objects like meadows, oceans, stones, fishes, sharks,
dolphins, etc. protruding from the floor.
What are
the advantages of 3D flooring?
Apart from being the coolest and most stylish way
for you to stay in trend and creating a highlight of your decor, 3D flooring
has many other benefits too. The coating used in building 3D flooring is
scratch-proof and resistant to any kind of mechanical damage, thus ensuring its
durability. It is also stain-resistant, which makes it very easy to clean and
maintain. It is dust-repellent and easily washable, which doesn't loose its
colour for almost 15 years! The coating is also highly anti-static, meaning
that it fails to conduct electricity. 3D flooring doesn't have any seams and
joints and this continuity of the floor offers an even more realistic
experience.
How can 3D
flooring be installed?
First of all, the humidity of the area is checked
to not exceed 4% or else, the floor will get peeled off within a few days of
installation. Once the right kind of humidity is achieved, the process begins.
On the concrete surface, an epoxy primer coating is applied, which binds the
base with the 3D floor art. The next element used is putty, which aligns the
primed surface and also embeds the irregularities in the surface. The next
layer is the self-levelling floor, which can be done in any colour, the most
common one being grey. At this point of time, the surface needs to be checked
for any bubbles or unwanted debris. Next, a very thin layer of the selected
image is printed on a self-adhesive vinyl sheet and glued to the floor.
Finally, a transparent layer of epoxy coating is applied all over. It is very
important to check for any specks of dust or unwanted elements, which if not
removed now, can never be removed. All done! You have the most realistic
perception of your favourite theme under your feet! But remember, to let the
flooring rest for 2 to 3 days before stepping on it.
What is the
average cost of installing 3D flooring?
Installing 3D flooring is obviously very
expensive because of the high-end materials, equipment and labour used in
building it up. On an average, it is five times more expensive than ceramic
flooring and ten times more expensive than laminate flooring. The average price
of a 3D floor design abroad at present is around $35 to 50 per square meter,
depending on the complexity of the design and space it needs to be installed
in. So, it is understood that this type of flooring is for those who are at the
high-end because a middle class person can obviously not afford it.
People outside India are highly considering 3D
floor art in their apartments, offices, restaurants and luxury boutiques. You
can use this theme differently in different areas of your house. For example,
you can have an oceanic theme in the bathroom, an abstract theme in your
bedroom, a jungle theme in the living room, animated cartoons in the kid's room
and a 3D version of your company's logo in your office.
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But, if you want to install a 3D flooring in your home, it seems like you have
to wait for some time until this latest technique enters the country since it
is slowly and gradually gaining momentum in various parts of the world, and we
can't say when it will put its foot forward in India.