Flooring, Kernersville, NC

Should You Splurge on Flooring?

At Walk About Flooring, our primary goal is to make certain that you are happy with your new flooring. While we never want you to feel like you have to purchase the most luxurious flooring product possible or go over your budget unnecessarily, we do want to address whether it might make sense to splurge at least a little. Flooring is a bit different than many products on the market where supply and demand set the price. Instead, quality does, in many cases. Hence, sometimes it isn’t a bad idea to splurge a little, especially if you know there is an excellent reason to do so.

Here are a few situations in which it can be a good idea to consider investing just a bit more in your flooring.

• You are going to be looking at your flooring for a very long time. If you are afraid that you’ll soon be wishing you’d gone with the one you really love, go ahead and get a full project quote for both. It never hurts to look at all your options. It might not be as much difference as you expect.
• The total quote isn’t significantly higher. When you consider that the labor is often the same between different levels within the same material class, it might not affect your total quote as much as you might think to upgrade to a higher quality product. This is especially true for small to medium-sized rooms. For example, a 10’ x 10’ room is just 100 square feet more, so $1 additional per square foot of product is just a $100 investment.
• You want better performance. Some materials, such as tile flooring, can vary widely in terms of endurance and ability to withstand traffic and weight. If you want something that will last many years without chipping or other issues, it is often worth investing in flooring that is rated higher. You save money in the long run when you don’t have to invest in replacing it down the road.