FEATURE FOR THE RECORD Fast and sturdy installation with UNIFIT
Thanks to the unique UNIFIT technology, floating installation of an LVT floor is within everyone’s easy reach. The patented system developed by UNILIN’s Technology Division provides three installation options: slide and click, rotate and click, or horizontal insertion. This enables every installer - from novice to seasoned professional - to work thirty per cent faster.
“LVT was the first of our flooring categories to be equipped with our UNIFIT technology. This is accompanied by extremely high quality standards”, Marieke added. “Every groove has to be perfect. We systematically monitor the quality of our products and refuse to tolerate even the slightest deviation from our high quality standards. There is simply no other way in which we can guarantee a fast, high-performance system.”
The Five S principle
One of the biggest advantages offered by UNILIN’s new LVT line is its unique top coating. This coating makes the floors not only easy to clean and gives them a natural look, it also has a beneficial effect on the air quality indoors. UNILIN’s unique formula is based on the Five S Principle:
• Stains: if you draw a line using a felt-tip marker on a conventional vinyl floor and leave it for five minutes it will be extremely difficult to remove, even with an acetone-based cleaning agent. UNILIN LVT has a protective top coating that prevents stains and marks like no other.
• Shine: an innovative finish gives UNILIN LVT a consistent, matte and natural-looking shine, across various production batches. This stands in shrill contrast to many of the other vinyl floors on the market that are unable to cast off their ‘plastic’ look and battle with inconsistencies in shine between different batches.
• Scuff marks: rubber soles or chair and table legs can leave nasty black marks on a floor. These marks are particularly difficult to remove and can even damage your top coating. Thanks to UNILIN LVT’s sealed top coating even the most persistent marks won’t stand a chance.
• Scratch-resistance: tiny “micro-scratches” can quickly make vinyl floors lose their lustre. UNILIN LVT’s strong, durable top coating is an ideal alternative for areas subject to intensive use and retains its original glossy appearance even with the passage of time.
• Scent: UNILIN does not apply formaldehyde in the production of its LVT. Even more so, the perfectly sealed surface keeps the emission of volatile organic substances to an absolute minimum, resulting in a scent-free product.
Innovative in design
Its new generation LVT enables UNILIN to demonstrate not only its innovative capacities with regard to engineering technology, but also its ability to retain its position as a leading international player in the field of design. The collection comprises a wide selection of authentic-looking wood and tile designs with a natural bevel and texture.
The application of pioneering joining technology enables the joints to be milled deeper than by any of UNILIN’s competitors. Apart from that, the joints are dyed to match the colour of the plank, to perfectly mimic a genuine wood floor.
Even today, the extremely high-definition patterns developed by UNILIN give the vinyl planks an ultra-realistic appearance, just as the matte and natural-feeling surface relegates the “plastic” image of vinyl to the past.
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