The indoor flooring wooden is always the most desired solution by those who design or renovate a home. Many, however, seek an alternative to parquet, a Wood-look flooring that can maintain the warm atmosphere of real wood, but with lower costs and superior performance.
However, compared to natural wood, imitation parquet doesn't always manage to adequately balance aesthetics and functionality.
- Floors in Wood-look porcelain tiles they guarantee a high level of realism and great durability, but the material's rigidity carries the risk of cracks if the subfloor is not perfectly level. Furthermore, visible grout lines interrupt the visual continuity of the floor, so it would be advisable to opt for large tiles.
- The linoleum It is a natural and sustainable material, but its fidelity to natural wood is more graphic than material. It is in fact a two-dimensional wood effect, which cannot offer either visual depth or the tactile sensation of grain typical of embossed or brushed surfaces. Furthermore, linoleum is sensitive to moisture, and therefore not very suitable for environments such as kitchens and bathrooms.
- wood-look flooring Stamped microcement they allow for continuous and homogeneous surfaces, but often lack aesthetic realism, and are more susceptible to scratches and wear.
To overcome these compromises, Woodn Greenwood proposes a next-generation technological solution: Rio, the SPC indoor flooringStone Polymer Composite. A mineral-based composite material that combines Touch and feel natural and technical performance.
Why choose a composite material if you're looking for the warmth of natural wood? In the next paragraph, we'll explore the advantages of SPC compared to porcelain stoneware, linoleum, microcement, and, of course, traditional hardwood flooring.
The advantages of composite material for indoor wooden flooring
The evolution of composite materials today allows for the offering of planks and strips with textures and tactile sensations extremely faithful to those of wood essences.
Specifically, the Rio floor in Woodn Greenwood in SPC, a mineral-polymer composite that ensures aesthetic and technical performance suitable for interior design, while the WPC composite wood It is preferred for applications such as outdoor decking, wall cladding, suspended ceilings, and sunshades.
Those who are looking for the wood effect like alternative to parquet flooring, demands uncompromising solutions with long-lasting results. And we're not just talking about aesthetics: composite materials, precisely because of their polymer component, have technical qualities that natural wood simply cannot offer. Some examples:
- I am anti-usury.
- They don't chip.
- They are waterproof.
- They are highly hygienic.
- They require no maintenance.
Let's talk about indispensable advantages: wood flooring, in fact, is vulnerable to woodworm and humidity, and over time it can split, crack, and warp, requiring periodic expensive protective treatments. Let's summarize what we've said in a comparison table:
| MATERIAL | Aesthetics | RESISTANCE AND DURABILITY | POSA | MAINTENANCE |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Parquet | Authentic, unique warmth | Sensitive to moths, moisture, scratches, and cracks | Complex, requires a perfect background | Requires periodic treatments (oils, varnishes) |
| Wood-look porcelain tiles | Elevated realism, but “colder”.” | Very high resistance, but risk of cracks on uneven substrates | Installation with adhesives, visible grout lines with traditionally sized planks | Easy to clean, no treatment |
| Wood-effect linoleum | More graphic than material | Discreet, but fears humidity | Paste to glue | Requires maintenance |
| Stamped microcement with wood effecto | Decorative aesthetics, not very realistic | Scratch and wear resistant | Complex pose, professionals needed | Requires protective seals |
| SPC Rio (Woodn Greenwood) | Realistic touch and feel, 6 wood colorations | Waterproof, scratch-resistant, durable | Floating installation also over existing flooring, Drop & Lock system | No maintenance, easy cleaning |
Rio: The soul of the tech-savvy home
Rio is much more than a faux wood floor. We define it as “the tech soul of the home”because every plank is meticulously designed to ensure natural aesthetics and extreme durability. Let's first look at the structure of a Rio plank.
Each profile is therefore composed of:
- UV protective layerscratch and stain resistant.
- Second protective layerensures durability to the finish.
- Finish coatfaithfully reproduces 6 wood essences.
- Soul in SPCwaterproof with Drop & Lock system for quick and precise interlocking.
- IXPE acoustic underlayto reduce footfall noise.
Everything in just 5 millimeters thick. Let's talk about a true technological marvel, designed to simplify renovations and make the environments more beautiful and comfortable.
It's worth discovering the main benefits one by one.
The aesthetics of the Rio interior flooring
The SPC Rio floor is an integral part of the’Woodn Greenwood ecosystem. What does it mean?
Woodn Greenwood provides 360° systems, to furnish the house inside and out with Perfectly connected profiles and applications. Let's talk about an essential aesthetic comfort for those who want to bring harmonious and impeccable projects to life.
In the image below, for example, we can see the wood-effect flooring inside, the wall coverings and I Ceilings in matching or complementary finishes, and on the exterior Sun breaker e decking.
A total look what makes Woodn Greenwood's offering unique in the market.
To meet every style and brightness need, Rio is also offered in six color variants, which reproduce the grain, knots, and differences in tone and texture of authentic wood essences, or characteristic colors for distinctive interior design projects, as in the case of graphite.
Floating floor on existing floor
Rio is an indoor flooring that can be installed anywhere, particularly ideal for those who want to renovate a room without demolishing the existing flooring.
It is, in fact, a Floating floor, namely, that it is placed on top of the existing floor, directly on the screed or subfloor, without bonding to it with glue.
Furthermore, the a thickness of only 5 mm allows, in most cases, the installation over the floor without trimming or cutting doors and frames, and especially allows installation over underfloor heating (cooling).
Another exclusive benefit of Rio wood-effect flooring is the aforementioned Drop & Lock interlocking system, Integrated with the SPC profile. An extremely intuitive interlocking system that allows for quick, high-precision, and error-proof installation.
The final advantage when installing flooring is the possibility SPC flooring offers to be cut to the millimeter, allowing for Easily cover steps and level changes, as in the following detail.
Zero maintenance: a wood-effect floor even in the bathroom and kitchen
We have already told how the double protective layer Allows a Rio doga to maintain its finish unchanged over time, without fear of scratches, stains, and cracks.
To keep the surface always clean and hygienic, is sufficient damp cloth and a neutral detergent. No periodic treatments, no wood polishing products, no repairs. Rio will have the impeccable aesthetic of the first day even when, decades from now, it is removed.
The soul in SPC entails an additional advantage: as the polymer makes the plank impermeable, a floor Rio can also be installed in rooms with higher humidity, such as bathrooms and kitchens., allowing you to cover all – literally all – domestic environments with the same flooring, and therefore find a coherent and uniform style throughout the house.
Quiet, durable, installable anywhere, easy to clean, compatible with underfloor heating. These are just some of the reasons to choose Rio as the ideal wood-effect flooring, a highly efficient alternative to traditional parquet.
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