LUXURY VINYL TILE FLOORING SYSTEM

摘要

A flooring system may comprise a top floor layer, a subfloor, and/or an underlayment material disposed between the sub-floor and the top floor layer. The top floor layer may include a plurality of luxury vinyl tiles, configured such that respective tile joints may be formed between adjacent luxury vinyl tiles. The underlayment material may comprise a cross-linked, polyolefin foam. The composition of the underlayment material may be such that the tile joints between the adjacent luxury vinyl tiles may bend by less than about 45 degrees over a twelve hour period when 3.1 pounds per square inch (psi) of pressure is applied. The underlayment material may have a compressive creep of less than fifty percent of an original thickness associated with the underlayment material at a load of 3.1 psi and/or a compressive strength of more than 15 psi.

主权项

1. A flooring system, comprising:
a top floor layer comprising a plurality of luxury vinyl tiles, wherein the top floor layer comprises a tile joint between adjacent tiles of the plurality of luxury vinyl tiles; a sub-floor; and an underlayment material comprising a cross-linked, polyolefin foam disposed between the sub-floor and the top floor layer, wherein the underlayment material is configured with a density in a range of about 20 kilograms per cubic meter (kg/m3) to about 200 kg/m3 and a thickness in a range of about 0.5 millimeter (mm) to about 6 mm, wherein the configuration of the underlayment material prevents a portion of at least one of the plurality of luxury vinyl tiles at the tile joint from bending, relative to another portion of the top floor layer, when pressure is applied to at least one of the tile joint or the portion of the at least one of the plurality of luxury vinyl tiles at the tile joint.