Vinyl floor skirting is basically a furnishing that runs along the bottom of the wall. It has several advantages. Some of the advantages of having a vinyl floor skirting is to hide running wires or cables and it can also be used to decorate your love nest. It can also be used to protect your wall. Hence, it is important to have a skirting for your flooring. Let’s look into the three available skirting options in Singapore.

1) UPVC Vinyl Skirting

The acronym UPVC refers to unplasticized polyvinyl chloride. UPVC is usually one of the default vinyl floor skirting options you will get when you first purchase a flat from HDB in Singapore. The good thing about this is, it is cheap and easy to maintain. It can also be easily replaced when faulty. In the past, the quality of UPVC floor skirting was considered relatively bad in terms of aesthetics. However, today, things have improved tremendously. UPVC vinyl skirting can now be used to match with your flooring’s design or colour.

2) Timber Skirting

Besides UPVC skirting, timber skirting is another possible default in your new BTO flooring. This is also provided by HDB as one of the default options. Just like UPVC, it is easy to install and easy to maintain. However, it may not be that easy to purchase outside should it get damaged. It can be painted over according to the design that you want, and depending on the quality of the timber, it is also possible to remove the paint.

3) Eco Resilient Skirting (ERS)

The latest type of vinyl skirting in Singapore, Eco Resilient Floor Skirting acts as a strong substitute to traditional timber skirting and plastic skirting due to its waterproof and eco-friendly features and durability. Eco resilient skirting is one of the most recommended and cost efficient vinyl floor skirting options as its durability ensures it to be longer lasting.

Floor Skirting is an important furnishing to any house. Hence, do invest time and knowledge in getting the best type of skirting for your home.

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Eco Green

As a certified eco friendly product, the home owners are best assured of the product quality in terms of safety and health standard.

Waterproof

As it is waterproof, it is impossible to have water moisture trapped inside the skirting. This is especially useful when your wires or cables are hidden inside the skirting. With having a waterproof skirting, it also means that no moulds can grow or moisture can enter into the skirting.

Termite Free

Having termites at home may seem nothing to some people. But do you know that termites can actually cause respiratory or allergic issues, like asthma? Not to mention, termites bite. They are definitely not the guests we want at home. Having a moisture free environment will help to keep the termites away from your house, or the skirting at least.

Having termite free is as good as having a insect bite free for your family. Termites are definitely not good guests for elderly and children, yeah?

Easy to Clean

Eco resilient skirting are considered relatively easier to clean. You can just wipe it with a damp cloth to avoid having layers of dust collecting on it and it will be cleaned, just like before. A clean home keeps one away from disease and germs!

There are many skirtings out there in the market today. Why not choose the better, safer option for your family today especially if your home has elderly and young children?

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As compared to the conventional glue-down method, modern vinyl flooring is designed to ‘float’ freely as a whole. As such, tiny gaps are often found at the perimeters of the flooring space to give it room to do so.

The natural movements of vinyl planks are so tiny that you hardly feel them beneath your feet! Nevertheless, it is crucial not to restrict their natural movements so they don’t end up buckling over time.

That being said, flooring gaps are often unsightly if left uncovered. This is where floor skirting or wall skirting comes into play. With both functional and aesthetic purposes to complement your flooring, here are four benefits of floor skirting for your home’s vinyl flooring.

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# 1 Protects The Wall

Have you ever seen markings on the walls that were left behind by very old furniture? Observe the marked areas and you may notice that in those particular areas, there was no floor skirting installed at all. Floor skirting provides a functional gap between the furniture, flooring and the wall. This is important for the long-term protection of your house walls.

#2 Covers Gaps Between Flooring & Wall

Sometimes, it may seem like your home’s flooring has not been installed well, as there are visible gaps between the flooring and the wall. Before you call up your contractor to fault them, know that the gaps were intentionally created to accommodate the expansion or contraction of the flooring.

Floor skirting helps to cover up these tiny gaps for a seamless flooring surface and prevents water from seeping in as well. Made from fully waterproof vinyl material, floor skirting ensures that the foundation of your floors and walls are not affected by the negative impacts of humidity in Singapore. Its vinyl material makes it resistant to termites as well.

#3 Beautifies A Home

Floor skirting can make a lot of difference to a blank piece of wall and brighten up a barren house. Done tastefully, it can even be considered as a design highlight of a house’s interior. With PVC, laminated uPVC and vinyl floor skirting products that come in a wide range of colours and designs, one can certainly mix and match the design of their floor skirting with their home’s trendy flooring design. With different types of materials available as well, the sky’s the limit.

#4 Barrier Between Wet Mops & Wall

Constant contact with a wet mop may ultimately damage your walls with ugly wet patches! When moping the floor, a floor skirting acts as a useful barrier between your wet mop and the wall, preventing those ugly wet patches. The Floor Gallery’s highly moisture-proof and durable Eco Resilient Vinyl Floor Skirting  gives walls an extra layer of protection.

Never underestimate the importance of what floor skirting can do for your home. With the right design and colour, this simple furnishing can add beauty to your house and protect those precious walls as well.

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Eco Green

You are definitely doing your part for the environment when you go for Eco Resilient Skirting, especially when the skirtings are certified with relevant eco accreditation. It may means nothing to you, but do you now that having an Eco Green flooring makes your air fresher? Reason being that Eco Resilient Skirting uses natural wood that does not  accumulate dust mites.

With this in mind, Eco Resilient Skirting is actually safer for kids and elderly in the house, where the young has low resistance to dust, while the elderly might have lungs issues.

Fully waterproof

With total waterproof of the material, it is close to impossible to have water dripping inside the skirting. This is especially useful when your wires or cables are hiding inside the skirting. With having a waterproof skirting, it also means that no moulds can grow or moisture can enter into the skirting.

This simply means there is one less chance of having electrocution happening at your own home. Water and electricity are never good friends, are they? You can now have a peace of mind when your kids are playing near the skirting.

Termite Free

Having termites at home may seem nothing to some people. But do you know that termites can actually cause respiratory issues, like asthma? They are definitely not the guests we want at home. Having a moisture free environment will help to keep the termites away from your house, or the skirting at least.

Termites are not a good guests for elderlies who are already having existing respiratory conditions. Getting rid of them is not easy, but why not prevent than to get rid?

Easy to Clean

Just like any other eco resilient products out in the market, eco resilient skirting are considered relatively easier to clean. You can just wipe it with a damp cloth to avoid having layers of dust collecting on it and it will be clean, just like before.

Having an easy to clean skirting means that you can involve your kids or elderly to clean too! It is not too much of the hassle and they will enjoy it.

Long Lasting

Having an Eco Resilient Skirting is, in a way, a good investment as it is long lasting and durable. It helps to save a lot in the long run, in terms of economical value. You will have ease knowing that manufacturers have gave lifetime warranty for the skirting.

There are many skirtings out there in the market today. Why not choose the better, safer option for your family today?

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Here are the reasons why eco resilient skirting is important for your home.

#1 It is 100% Waterproof

Ever encounter changing of your skirting after years or even months when it had been installed. Moisture and water (watch that mop!) will cause the wooden skirting to lose its natural feature and be damaged in the longer run. With eco resilient skirting, you no need to worry about it being caught in water or in a highly humid environment (air-conditioned room) since it is 100% waterproof due to its core and covering.

#2 Safe and Eco Healthy!

Since waterproofing of skirting is a concern, some contractors may suggest home owners to install conventional pvc floor skirting. Well, that solve the water issue, but in case of air quality in enclosed areas issue, it may unlikely be solved. Eco resilient skirting (ERS) is manufactured with the stringent GREENGUARD gold certification guidelines and European Union’s REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) Regulation, which focuses on indoor air quality contribution as well as the eco friendliness of the product material. In other words, by installing eco resilient skirting in your home, it’ll naturally improve the air quality and eco friendliness of your home. Therefore, it is recommended for homes with young children and elderly!

#3 Pet Friendly

Eco resilient skirting (ERS) contributes towards a more pet friendly environment due to its indoor air quality compliant standard as mentioned earlier. Not to forget it is waterproof and easy to clean. Unlike conventional pvc or wood skirting, anytime your paw friend pee (“do business”, you know what we mean, yeah?) against the wall and skirting, that’s it! The skirting will be good together with the flooring if the flooring is not waterproof. With a patented clean joint technology, any water or stain liquid will not be able to seep through the gap between the flooring and the installed eco resilient skirting (ERS). Furthermore, ERS is highly waterproof, thus making it pet proof. So don’t worry about your furry friends!

#4 Highly Durable and Long Lasting

Generally, eco resilient skirting (ERS) solves one of the most important issue of conventional wood or pvc skirting – that is long lasting. With its precision engineered technology, it make it more long lasting especially when it comes to wear and tear in the long run.

#5 Easy to Clean and Maintain

Literally, this is the easiest to clean and maintain floor skirting to date, as compared to the traditional pvc or wood skirting. As it is 100% waterproof, you will have less to worry whether if the skirting will be affected by water or moisture. Hence, making this skirting easy to clean and maintain!

#6 You’ll Know What’s Inside

Ever approach your flooring vendor and ask him or her what is the content inside their pvc skirting? Whether the material is okay for enclosed environment or the macro environment? Probably, you may not have the answer, (or not that fast). Eco resilient skirting (ERS) is manufactured in compliant with strong adherence to EU’s REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) Regulation. What it means to the content of the material used to make ERS had been strictly regulated to assure its eco quality and safe in enclosed areas.

#7 It’s Termite Proof!

For landed homes especially in areas near forested vegetation, chances of termites infestation may be relatively higher. Traditional wood skirting will definitely be a “no-go” here since it is edible for the termites. Eco resilient skirting (ERS) on the other hand is inedible to termites, therefore making it 100% termite proof, and therefore recommended for the above-mentioned homes!

So there you have, the 7 reasons why eco resilient skirting (ERS) is important for your home!

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#1 Fully Waterproof

Finally, there is a skirting product that outweighs the water resistant capibilities for traditional wood skirting and pvc skirting. Firstly, eco resilient skirting (ERS) is waterproof in its material, making it relatively better than wood skirting. Secondly, eco resilient flooring is fully covered and engineered with its ‘clean-joint installation’ to prevent water droplets and moisture from entering the gap between the skirting and the flooring. Therefore, making it a good substitute to traditional pvc skirting.

#2 Best for Enclosed Areas

Eco resilient skirting (ERS) is the first type of skirting that reach the stringent European REACH guidelines as well as being awarded Greenguard Gold certification. What it means to the home owners is that, better air quality is ensured especially in the enclosed areas; thus ensuring a better and safer environment.

#3 Termite Proof

Eco resilient skirting (ERS) is completely termite proof, therefore home owners who installed it with resilient flooring and vinyl flooring in landed or ground floor units, will not have to worry about potential termite attacks.

#4 Easy to Clean

Eco resilient skirting’s easy to maintain and easy to clean feature, in one way or another, makes your life easier.

#5 Long Lasting

With its strong durability and highly resistant feature, eco resilient skirting (ERS) is hence a long lasting skirting product. Therefore for resilient flooring products which give lifetime warranty to residential projects, installing ERS will be a better choice for a long lasting home!

In short, the advent of eco resilient skirting (ERS) makes the home owners and contractor look further into better ways into making the home a safer, healthier and more durable place!

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Here are 7 key features of Eco Resilient Skirting

#1 Waterproof

The flooring may be either water resistant or waterproof but what about the skirting? Often skirting used on resilient flooring products has low resistance in waterproof, resulting in long term damages of the skirting. Hence with the waterproof eco resilient skirting, the home owner need not worry much about it in the long run especially when the flooring is installed in high moist areas such as the kitchen, basement or dry sanitary areas.

#2 Termite Proof

This is one reason why eco resilient skirting is a much better option to traditional wood skirting. It is simply inedible to termites. In other words, it is termite proof, thereby recommended for areas near forested vegetation such as landed houses and ground level units.

#3 Better Indoor Air Quality

Eco resilient skirting adhere strongly to GREENGUARD Gold guidelines when it comes to indoor air quality and emission levels. With this strong certification, it makes itself a strong substitute to traditional PVC floor skirting.

#4 Environmental Friendly 

Another important feature is eco resilient skirting (ERS) adhere to the guidelines of European Union’s REACH (Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of Chemicals) Regulation. With that, it assures the home owners a environmental friendly, safe and healthy homes. Adding another reason why eco resilient skirting is a much better substitute to traditional PVC floor skirting.

#5 Clean Joint Installation

One of its advanced installation technology for Eco Resilient Skirting (ERS) include an additional protection layer against water and moisture from seeping into the flooring and skirting gap.

#6 Easy to Clean and Maintain

As it is waterproof, home owners need not have to worry if the floor skirting will be affected by water and moisture. Moreover, it makes the skirting easy to clean and maintain.

#7 More Long Lasting

Eco resilient skirting solves one of the most common problems for most skirting products in Singapore today, which is not long lasting. With its high precision engineered technology, eco resilient skirting (ERS) is relatively more durable and long lasting when it comes to wear and tear in the long run.

In summary, eco resilient skirting is a recommended floor skirting option in Singapore today due to its waterproof, safe, eco friendly and long lasting features. So, if you are installing resilient flooring or vinyl flooring for your home, consider ERS!

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