If your home is due for a flooring upgrade, you’ll have countless options to choose from, whether you prefer, vinyl, linoleum, carpet, or tile. However, one of the next key considerations should be whether to resurface the entire house or just install flooring room by room. If you’ve yet to think about this design aspect, take advantage of the following comparison.

Whole-House Flooring Installation

When you have one flooring material throughout the entire house, you can visually expand the living space. Since it will appear to stretch on indefinitely, it may feel like you’re walking through one giant room, unifying the design scheme.

In a practical sense, whole-home flooring installations also eliminate tripping hazards, such as those that form when living room carpet gives way to kitchen tile. When it’s time for chores, you won’t have to switch from the vacuum to the mop and back again.

Room-by-Room Flooring Installation

On the other hand, there are just as many benefits to installing different flooring materials from room to room. With this method, homeowners can customize their flooring to fit the room’s atmosphere and intended function. For example, while carpet may be best for relaxing or having playtime in the living room, the same materials would soak up spills and harbor mold growth in the kitchen. When you go room by room, you can choose linoleum for the kitchen, vinyl for the dining room, and tile for the bathroom.

If you get tired of your choice, or if the material suffers damage, it’s much easier to replace the flooring in a single room than throughout your house. Unfortunately, if you installed whole-house carpeting, replacing just a patch would result in obvious differences in coloration and wear and tear.

Ready to install new flooring in your property? Get in touch with A-1 Linoleum & Carpet, Inc. of Lincoln, NE. They are proud to offer tile, vinyl, linoleum, and carpet, as well as laminate flooring, and they’ve been pleasing customers with these top-quality products for over 45 years. In addition, they also offer countertops from Formica®, Pionite®, and Karran®. If you’d like to learn more about their inventory, visit the website, or call (402) 464-3125 to ask about their one-year labor warranty.