This article will be handy if you are planning to replace your kitchen floor. I have discussed a number of advantages and disadvantages of linoleum, and how it measures up to other flooring materials.

The majority of people like to think of linoleum floor as an unfashionable looking floor which can only be found in their grandmother’s kitchen. Well, Linoleum has been around for nearly 100 years, but modern Linoleum is not at all out-of-date.

Linoleum has quite a few pros over other regular kitchen flooring materials. It is particularly resilient and long-lasting, so it is able to resist lots of traffic in the typical kitchen. If truth be told, it lasts so long that it never seems to wear down!

Vinyl is one of the kitchen flooring materials that measures up well against linoleum. When installed, it resembles floor made of linoleum. However, there are a few noteworthy differences that make linoleum a much superior choice.

To start with, linoleum is more durable compared to vinyl. The pattern on linoleum essentially carries through the full thickness, whereas the pattern on vinyl is actually only printed on top. This means that after a while, the pattern can lessen off vinyl while it will remain the same on linoleum even though the flooring wears down.

Next, linoleum is a lot more heat resistant than vinyl which is vital in the kitchen, where a variety of hot items can easily fall on the floor. Unlike linoleum, vinyl will melt if something hot touches it thus dropping a hot utensil or even hot foodstuff could cause noticeable damage.

One more less observable advantage of linoleum is that it is made from natural, renewable materials so it is more environmentally friendly than vinyl. Vinyl is manufactured from petrochemicals but linoleum is made from linseed oil mixed with wood flour or cork dust.