The Difference Between Click-Lock Wood-Look Rubber Tiles and Glue-Down Wood-Look Rubber Tiles
What Are Wood-Look Rubber Tiles?
First, let's get to know rubber tiles. A rubber tile is a type of flooring material that can be installed more quickly and conveniently than other materials of comparable strength. They come in both natural-rubber and polymer varieties and are classed as a flooring material with just the right amount of flexibility. Thanks to the special properties of natural rubber and polymer products, they add traction and prevent slipping when the floor is wet. In addition, rubber tiles do not swell with water the way laminate wood flooring does, eliminating the nuisance of termite damage. They are also easy, convenient, and quick to install, and offer a wide variety of patterns and color combinations to suit the user's needs.Wood-look rubber flooring is extremely popular today, thanks to the rubber tile's ability to resist impacts and scratches, its freedom from swelling and termite damage, and its distinctive beauty with both natural and modern wood grains, making it ideal for decorating homes and buildings of almost any style. Rubber tiles come in two types:
- Click-lock wood-look rubber flooring
- Glue-down wood-look rubber flooring
How Do Click-Lock and Glue-Down Wood-Look Rubber Tiles Differ?
Click-Lock Wood-Look Rubber Flooring
Click-lock wood-look rubber flooring is a type of wood-look rubber floor that resists impacts and scratches and is 100% waterproof and termite-proof. It connects from plank to plank with a click-lock system and can be laid over a new rough-finished cement floor without polishing, or laid over an existing tile floor without having to tear it out. It is ideal for renovating over existing surfaces with no time wasted on demolition and rebuilding, and can be installed in both residential homes and commercial buildings that demand beauty along with quick, convenient installation.
Click-Lock Rubber Flooring Comes in Two Types:
- Click-lock wood-look rubber flooring, LVT (Luxury Vinyl Tile), is a rubber floor made from vinyl (Pure Plastic 100%). The planks are flexible yet strong, like high-quality rubber, and stand up well to impacts and scratches.
- Click-lock wood-look rubber flooring, SPC (Stone Vinyl Composite), is a rubber floor produced with newer technology that incorporates a blend of stone and PVC into the plank, making the wood floor strong and inexpensive compared with LVT (Luxury Vinyl Tile) wood-look rubber flooring, which is made from 100% vinyl.
Glue-Down Wood-Look Rubber Flooring
Glue-Down Wood-Look Rubber Flooring
As for glue-down wood-look rubber flooring, it can only be laid over polished cement floors and tile floors. It is done by bonding the glue-down wood-look rubber planks to the subfloor with white glue. Importantly, the subfloor surface must be strong enough — not flaking, peeling, or dusty — because otherwise the glue-down wood-look rubber planks will not adhere to the subfloor, which may damage the floor or shorten its service life.Glue-Down Wood-Look Rubber Flooring Comes in Two Types:
- A smooth-surface, solid-color plank type. The plank color has no wood grain and the surface has no texture. It is popular for flooring in hospitals and schools and comes in both plank and roll form.
- A textured-surface, wood-grain plank type. The plank color comes in a wide variety of wood grains as specified by the manufacturer, with beautiful options in both natural and modern-style wood grains. It is popular for flooring in offices, buildings, and hotels.
The Differences Between the Two Types of Rubber Tile
- Expansion and contraction Click-lock wood-look rubber flooring expands and contracts less than glue-down wood-look rubber flooring, because click-lock rubber flooring is thicker. In addition, the click-lock system bonding the planks together helps reduce the expansion and contraction of click-lock rubber flooring better than glue-down wood-look rubber flooring.
Installation Naturally, installing the two types of rubber flooring differs. As you can see, click-lock rubber flooring is more convenient to install than the glue-down system, since it can be laid over rough-finished cement floors and tile floors.
- Price Glue-down wood-look rubber flooring is cheaper than click-lock wood-look rubber flooring, owing to the difference in thickness: click-lock wood-look rubber flooring is 4–5 millimeters thick, while glue-down wood-look rubber flooring is 2–3 millimeters thick.
- Durability and scratch protection Glue-down wood-look rubber flooring protects against impacts and scratches just as well as click-lock wood-look rubber flooring. Both systems protect against water and termites very well, putting an end to the nuisance of swollen floors and termite damage.
As you can see, the two types of wood-look rubber flooring differ in their properties, installation, and price factors. The good news, however, is that no matter which type of rubber tile you choose, they are all durable and protect against scratches very well, and they also guard against water and termite damage. You can choose whichever suits your needs to make your home and building beautiful and durable with wood-look rubber flooring.
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