Resilient flooring - also known as 'vinyl' or 'sheet vinyl' - has been around for decades and is still one of the most popular types of flooring around. It's made using a printing process known as 'rotogravure', which prints a pattern on the flooring substrate via an engraved cylinder.

Today's resilient flooring is manufactured much in the same way it always has been, yet the styles and technologies have evolved with the times. And today, Mannington resilient flooring contains recycled content -- in fact, we're the ONLY manufacturer to incorporate recycled content into this product. We also pioneered the use of ultra-low VOC, water based inks (VOC's are "volatile organic compounds", which can be detrimental to indoor air quality) back in the late 1980's, and we make all of our vinyl products right here in the U.S. (at our New Jersey headquarters location.)

Laminate flooring is one of the most durable and environmentally friendly floors you can buy. And Mannington laminate offers all that...and more.

Made from over 70% recycled content, using low-VOC inks and adhesives, Mannington laminate is the only laminate floor certified to FloorScore, ensuring good indoor air quality for your home.

Our laminate collection has won more awards for styling and performance than any other...over two dozen in the past five years!

And laminate offers advantages over the other flooring types - the exact ones it's designed to resemble:

Laminate vs. Ceramic Tile

Laminate offers:

• The elecant look, without the worry
• A softer, warmer feel underfoot
• Easier maintenance and grout free installation
• Affordability

Laminate vs. Hardwood

Laminate offers:

• The natural look of wood without the maintenance
• Up to 5x more scratch resistance
• Affordability

Engineered Hardwood flooring is real hardwood -- the word .engineered. just refers to the way in which it.s made. And there are many benefits to choosing an engineered product over a solid product.

Here are the facts:

• Engineered hardwoods are made of several layers, or .plies. that are glued together in a cross-grain construction. This type of construction is far stronger than a single piece of solid wood; and it.s also more structurally sound . it won.t buckle, gap, cup or twist.
• Engineered hardwoods can be installed below grade and direct to concrete - solid wood floors can not.
• The top face is crafted from the finest Northern veneers (which is just an industry term for .top layer.) that provide the most uniform color and the most resistance to seasonal expansion.

From an enivronmental responsibility standpoint:

• These floors use half as many trees as solid wood floors
• Faster growing, renewable wood used for inner plies
• Mannington.s wood facility reuses its mill waste for energy
• Mannington uses only water-based finishes that contain no VOCs
• Mannington uses a formaldehyde free adhesive system that meets or beats the most stringent indoor air quality standards.

Certified 100% porcelain tile* is fired at higher temperatures than regular ceramic tile, so it.s more dense, less porous, and shows better wear characteristics.

• 30% stronger than granite
• Resists staining

Porcelain is also easy to clean, and offers superior wear resistance.

Mannington offers three types of Porcelain Tile:

• Glazed: A glaze is applied that completely covers the tile
• Color-Core™ Glaze is applied to the tile but the body is still an integral part of the color and shows through
• Tru Color: The color is fired deep into the body and is the same color all the way through the tile

From an environmental responsibility standpoint:

• Tile is made of all-natural products
• Ultra-low VOCs
• Can be cleaned with water alone, no harsh chemicals required
• Meets strict indoor air quality standards
• Will not emit contaminants due to inert product construction
• Does not readily support the growth of mold, fungus or bacteria

*Certified by the Porcelain Tile Certification Agency, an industry organization.