Recommended Uses: Bathroom, Kitchen, Laundry
Characteristics:
Linoleum is very beautiful and durable providing flexible design abilities for bathroom flooring, kitchen flooring, mud room, bedrooms or other areas through use of colors and patterns. This material is natural and since it is made from natural raw materials you may see slight color and structural differences are possible between the production batches and samples. The floor is extremely durable, easy to clean and maintains a warm natural look and feel. Lives of these floors may exceed 40+ years depending on the quality of the installation. I have Marmoleum brand linoleum flooring in my home's recreation room and mud rooms, and could not be happier with its performance.
Installation Difficulty: Requires professional installation
Installation Method:
Professional installation is required as sheet linoleum flooring installation requires very specialized expertise and techniques such as heat welded seams. This flooring uses full spread trowel applied adhesive applied across the entire underside of the floor before it is placed down for installation.
Construction:
Linoleum flooring such as manufactured by Marmoleum® is made primarily from natural ingredients which consist of oxidized linseed oil, rosins, cork and/or wood flour, all of which are embedded onto a carrier backing sheet. Depending on the embedding process used and the composition, various types of linoleum can be manufactured. Marmoleum linoleum uses a dimensionally stable polyester backing.
