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As the question asks, is it better to lay wooden floors or tiles on the floor of your home?
As soon as this issue comes out, it is estimated that a large number of influencers will be attracted, especially in the two industries of wooden flooring and ceramic tiles, triggering a dispute over wooden floors and ceramic tiles.
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However, the author did not write this article to argue, but to objectively compare wooden floors and ceramic tiles, so as to give a rational answer to the question in the title of this article. Please be sure to read the last sentence, the essence is at the back.
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Advantages of wooden flooring
The advantages of wooden flooring are mainly reflected in two aspects.
First, cultural advantages. Chinese civilization is a civilization that pursues the close integration and harmonious coexistence of man and nature. In the dialogue and exchange between man and nature, the characteristics of wood are consistent with the philosophical understanding of the ancients. In China's five-element culture with a long history, wood belongs to the east and represents growth. It is the only living thing among the five elements of metal, wood, water, fire and earth. It has the meaning of growth, harmony and comfort. Therefore, the Chinese people have had a deep attachment to wood since ancient times. Tracing back to the history of ancient Chinese architecture, wood is the most frequently used building material, with almost allAncient buildings all use wooden structures as the main body, forming the cultural connotation of wooden architecture with oriental charm.
Origined from the long-standing Chinese people’s love for wood and adhering to the profound cultural connotation of wooden architecture, wooden flooring has great advantages in becoming an essential material for decoration.
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The second is functional advantages. Wooden floors are naturally beautiful, which not only gives people a beautiful feeling of harmony with nature in the cultural and psychological aspects, but also has the advantages of all three aspects in terms of practical functions compared with ceramic tiles and other building materials.
Of course, this mainly refers to solid wood flooring: ①The board elasticity is moderate, which can ease the weight load of footsteps and has the effect of eliminating fatigue, especially for the protection of the knee joints of the elderly. It gives people gentle care;②The coefficient of friction is large and it is not easy to slip. Even if people accidentally trip on it, the degree of damage will be relatively low;③It can automatically Adjust indoor temperature and humidityto make it warm in winter and cool in summer.
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Advantages of ceramic tiles
Compared with wooden floors, ceramic tiles also have their own advantages in culture and functionality.
Ceramics are an important symbol of the origin of human civilization and are closely related to the Chinese nation. They have only been used throughout the five thousand years of Chinese civilization history, and even the English name of China is related to it. YesRegarding ceramics, Chinese people also have feelings similar to the Shangmu complex. Ceramic tiles belong to a category of ceramics and naturally inherit the genes of Chinese ceramic culture. This is a cultural advantage.
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Compared with building materials such as wooden floors, the advantages of ceramic tiles, in addition to their beauty, are mainly reflected in four aspects: ① Durable and have a long service life. Not only will they last for thousands of years, but they can also It can be as long as the life of the building, and can be used for decades or hundreds of years without any problems; ②anti-fouling, moisture-proof and high-temperature resistant, without fear of oil smoke, water and fire; ③healthy and environmentally friendly, no No worries about formaldehyde; ④Easy to take care of and simple maintenance. This is a functional advantage.
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Choose wooden floor or ceramic tile
Depends on five factors
After comparison, you will find that wooden floors and ceramic tiles have their own advantages, but it is still impossible to choose. Don't worry, it's not a muddy mess that's offending both wood floors and tiles. The following content is the key point.
PK, high and low can only be distinguished under certain conditions.
Spatially speaking:
Generally speaking, spaces such as entrances, living rooms, and aisles are suitable for tiling, and bedrooms are suitable for wooden floors (I have never seen wooden floors on the floors of kitchens and bathrooms, so there is no need to discuss them here). The living room is the place where most activities take place in home life. Entrances and aisles are also used a lot. Their floors must be paved with durable building materials to last for a long time. Considered from this perspective, it is obviously better to lay ceramic tiles on the floors ofentrances, living rooms, and hallways than to lay wooden floors.
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Although bedrooms are more suitable for laying wooden floors, since the emergence of wood-grain tiles with surface textures that imitate solid wood floors, more and more people are using wood-grain tiles to replace non-solid wood floors. As for why the floors in public places are mostly covered with ceramic tiles, but almost never have wooden floors? The reason is the same.
Regionally speaking:
Winter in the north is cold and dry. Originally, it stands to reason that solid wood floors are good for keeping warm, but this natural warmth is not enough to withstand the cold in the north, so most northern families install floor heating. After installing the floor heating system and then laying the wooden floor, although the thermal insulation effect is better, the only choice is the composite wooden floor. If you lay solid wood flooring, over time, it will arch due to long-term exposure to high temperatures; if you lay ceramic tiles, you can completely avoid this situation, and if you lay heating tiles, the heating problem will be solved.
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The South, especially places with Hui Nantian, will always be very humid for a long time. In view of the lack of moisture-proof performance of wooden floors, especially for those southern families who find it troublesome to take care of wooden floors, laying the floor with ceramic tiles is a wiser choice. .
From an environmental perspective:
Anyone with a little common sense knows that the main sources of formaldehyde and other harmful substances in decoration are furniture, wooden floors and walls. Furniture and floors use a large amount of glue. Glue is composed of adhesives. Formaldehyde is an important raw material for resin, the main raw material for the production of adhesives; and the organic solvent of paint is usually formaldehyde. Knowing this, you will understand that wooden floors contain formaldehyde to some extent. There is no need to go into details about how harmful formaldehyde is. I think most people understand it.
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There is no formaldehyde pollution problem with ceramic tiles. Of course, ceramic tiles, like natural marble, also have a certain amount of radiation, but modern technology has already reduced the radiation of ceramic tiles to so little that it can be ignored. In fact, everything contains radiation, and humans can bear a lot of radiation.
As for using less wood flooring is equivalent to making a contribution to protecting the natural environment, then we need to discuss whether production determines consumption or consumption determines production. This is beyond the controllable range of consumers, so I won’t bother with it here. The discussion started.
Safety wise:
Let’s first talk about the safety of wooden floors and ceramic tiles themselves. Why are ceramic tiles so durable? Because it has been calcined under tens of thousands of tons of high pressure and over a thousand degrees of high temperature, it has become one of the few things that can last for tens of millions of years without decaying. Wooden floors are wooden building materials after all, and they lack resistance to both water and fire. In real life, there are many mosquito-repellent incense on wooden floors that are ignited (the mosquito-repellent incense does not burn out ashes or the entire mosquito-repellent incense falls directly onto the wooden floor)(above) There are cases of burning black, and it is hard to say whether it will even cause a fire; there are also cases of wooden floors being damaged by water.
The issue of wooden floors being damaged by water must be highlighted because this is a case close to the author. The author has a friend who bought a finely decorated house with wooden floors in the bedroom. When he was customizing furniture for the whole house, one day, the furniture customization and installation worker forgot to close the window of a bedroom of his house. As a result, it was windy and rainy that night, and the rainwater drifted into the window, causing the wooden floor to be soaked. In the end, the room had to be Renovated.
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Let’s talk about personal safety on wooden floors and ceramic tiles. No matter how high the friction coefficient is on wooden floors and ceramic tiles, it is difficult to avoid slipping and falling. Of course, in theory, a fall on a wooden floor will cause less damage than a fall on tiles. But this is just theory. In a sense, wearing a pair of non-slip shoes and walking carefully is more important than having non-slip wooden floors and ceramic tiles in your home.
Economically speaking:
As far as wooden flooring is concerned, the price of laminate flooring is generally more than 60 yuan/square meter, the price of solid wood composite flooring is generally more than 120 yuan/square meter, and the price of solid wood flooring is generally more than 300 yuan/square meter. As for floor tiles, the price difference is relatively large according to different categories and specifications, ranging from forty to fifty yuan per square meter to hundreds of yuan per square meter.
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“The economic base determines the superstructure”, which also determines shopping demands. Whether to choose wooden floors or ceramic tiles for decoration, in addition to considering the factors such as space, region, environmental protection, and safety mentioned above, it also depends on financial capabilities.
Finally, what I want to say is that whether it is better to lay wooden floors or tiles on the floor of your home depends on the actual situation in all aspects. There is no absolute good or bad.
However, the author still wants to summarize: comprehensive consideration, ceramic tiles are still more suitable for most people's needs than wooden floors.
