Design A Custom Floor Instantly!

A few weeks back I actually ordered a custom logo carpet for my business, it's really great for foot traffic and it's also really professional! Once I got it, I started to think about how else I could really make my new place shine. One of the things I found online were these interlocking floor tiles. I thought I heard of something like this before, but decided to take a little looking around just the same.

These interlocking floor tiles are used for all kinds of situations such as keeping "divots" out of carpeted floors, protecting or covering up garage floors, protecting floors with industrial flooring tile that may be in contact with things like hazardous materials, building patios, and everything and anything else you could possibly imagine.

For my business though, I saw one thing in particular that caught my eye - a multitude of coloring options that can be customized to make a floor more "personal". My business colors are green, grey, black and white, so I could in turn buy those colors of tiles and ultimately build a floor pattern with my own brandable colors! Pretty cool if you ask me! Anyone can install interlocking floor tiles, which is probably why they are so darn popular, they are also really cost efficient. You could easily save a few hundred to a few thousand dollars by utilizing something like this instead of building a brand new floor or surface!

Do You Wish You Could Build A Patio Floor For Your Garden?

For those of you that have done home improvement projects or upgrades, you know one thing and one thing only - it was more expensive than you thought it was going to be and hard as heck! Even for all you so-called "masters" out there that jive with your buddies that you are the King Of Renovation, you secretly know that when it comes to stuff like patio floors, garage floors or office floors, it can be incredibly frustrating! Even if you won't admit it to your buddies, we're on to you!

Recently I decided that I wanted to build a little patio outside my house. It's only about 8 feet big, so I thought this wouldn't be too hard to do. Boy, was I wrong. Not only was it going to be a lot of work, but a lot of money as well! I started looking for alternatives. Some of these alternatives seemed really cheesy. It's my house, my backyard, I have friends over all the time, the last thing I wanted was a cheesy patio! Then, I found something called interlocking floor tiles.

They come in all kinds of colors and shapes. These are very easy to install, very cheap and incredibly functional. You can buy interlocking floor tiles for your exercise room or office, or anything else you can think of! These tiles are also VERY strong and you can count on them for years to come!

For additional information about Locktile products please visit our website www.locktileusa.com

Do You Have A Less Than Stellar Garage Floor?

Garages for the most part are meant to get dirty. For years my dad used to work on his motorcycles and cars in our garage. Unfortunately this also makes the garage floor sticky, greasy, and an overall mess. If you want to renovate your garage you’ll soon find out that to install a new floor, cement it, paint it and seal it, takes a few grand. Are you going to spend that much money? Heck no! Instead, what you should try is something called interlocking floor tiles.

Essentialy, these are tiles that you can place on your floor, which all will interconnect. This makes it so they can't jig or jag or move out of place. It's also going to make your garage floor look brand new, without spending thousands of dollars on it! Now, you can just scrub it clean as can be, place these interlocking garage floor tiles and be done with it! This is also meant for industrial floor tiling, in other words it’s built to last. I had the floor in my last home, in my exercise room with over 600lbs of exercise equipment on it that I used every single day. Magic!

The tiles always stay in position, they never fall apart, and they will literally last you for years on end until YOU decide to pull them up! It's amazingly simple, fairly cheap, and it's going to make your life a whole lot easier!

What are Interlocking Floor Tiles and how can I use them?

So here's the deal, you just bought a new exercise machine for your house, and it weighs a ton! You really want to place it in your exercise room, but you also know that heavy objects that lie on a floor too long, can also leave "marks" that never disappear. So what are you supposed to do? Put it in the garage on the cement floor? No! This is where interlocking industrial flooring comes into play.

Nowadays they have all kinds of colors, materials and uses. One of the most recent options I have seen are the "checkerboard" styles - black, white, black, white, etc. But you can use any 2, 3, 4 or more colors that you want to! It’s pretty neat. It really depends on you and what you want to use it for.

Not only are these used to protect your flooring or for style reasons, but they can also be used to "cover" a floor that is less than outstanding! They are super easy to use, just overlap the parts, tap it with a hammer or rubber mallet, and there ya go. You now have interlocking floor tiles!

For additional information about Locktile products please visit our website www.locktileusa.com

Flooring problem? We’ve got the solution!

Did you ever renovate a room and got stuck trying to determine the proper flooring that should be placed? Have you considered a carpet but was afraid that some water will cause a foul smell and dirt or spills will be difficult to clean?

There is a fantastic solution that can accommodate both design needs and versatility. Interlocking floor tiles by Locktile are the perfect solution for many of your flooring needs. The tiles are easy to install and are resistant to most solvents and chemicals. They are the perfect solution for your garage or basement and they also serve as a wonderful solution for industrial and retail flooring.

Using 100% recycled vinyl material and manufactured in the USA has allowed Locktile to produce a superior quality and environmentally safe product. The interlocking floor tiles can be used in a variety of applications such as garages, gyms, basements, showrooms, storage facilities, airplane hangers and many others. The variety of colors allow for the perfect design, utilizing both smooth or raised disk (coin) surface.

The tiles are simple to install and the layouts are flexible providing for color integration to accommodate many design options. For additional protection you can add a layer or two of high performance tile coating. The coating is especially designed to protect the flooring from tire marks.

For additional information about Locktile products please visit our website www.locktileusa.com

Green Construction with Eco-Friendly Paint

Where do you have more polluted air? Indoors or outdoors? Well, you might be surprised but in fact, indoor air is three times more polluted than outdoor air. Can you believe that? The main reason for all this is the use of toxic paints that release dangerous toxins into the air, for years and years after the actual paint job.

Switching from conventional paint to natural, eco friendly paint can help the earth and prevent you from breathing dangerous, cancer causing chemicals and other omissions, while minimizing the possibility of asthma and allergic reactions.

There are many types of eco-friendly paints like Clay paint, Milk paint and Lime wash, which are all 100% natural, safe and they will last for years to come. Another great thing about eco-paints is the fact that these products are usually water based which means no problem washing or cleaning-up after application and they're all completely odorless.

Going green is the leading trend in today’s construction and Lock-Tile is a leader in eco-friendly floor tiles, which are 100% recyclable. For more information about green construction and eco-friendly remodeling, visit www.Lokctileusa.com.

Live Green with Solar Roof and Recycled Floor Tiles

Going Green is a leading trend in constructions today. There are many ways to use natural resources that do not harm the environment, minimize production and overall waste.

One of the leading eco-friendly trends you can see in construction are solar roof tiles which look just like regular tiles but in the same time generate electricity. Covering your roof with solar tiles can produce substantial amount of power and even generate enough electricity for an entire building. This is a great advantage which involves no extra planning of any sort and is conventionally installed like any other tiles.

When you finish building your solar roof you can move on and keep the ecological line using Lock-Tiles. Our interlocking tiles are environmentally friendly and 100% recyclable. Every year, thousands of tons of waste PVC are redirected from landfill and incineration and converted into recycled Lock-Tiles.

For information, visit www.locktileusa.com and come back next week for home and garage renovation tips. Is your floor green?