Wood Laminate
When choosing a flooring solution for your home, there’s nothing like the look of a our laminate floor. As you can see from the photo gallery below, our laminate floors enhance the ambiance & create a natural, warm, welcoming feeling in the home as well as the commercial environment. Our Laminate floors offer you durability, health benefits & ease of cleaning. These features are possible with a choice of many different timber products, including floating timber floors & our laminates, depending on your budget, the practicalities of the application and of course, the look you’re creating. The colors & textures that are now available in bamboo, floating floors & our laminates are quite amazing! laminate floors are a our composite manufactured to survive significant wear from usage & maintain its original beauty & function. The laminate manufacturing process uses pressure to fuse multiple layers into a single long-lasting surface that is laminated flooring. We invite you to come in to our Happy Feet Carpet and Hardwood shop to really experience the difference. We have samples of every color & style. Look, feel, compare!
Cork floors
Do you ever wonder if your floors could be made out of an allergy-free, environmentally safe, natural material? Something that is warm in winter, yet cool & comfortable to walk on in summer? A practical flooring product that is gentler than tiles for high traffic areas & wet areas–that cushions the fall when a family member happens to drop a cup or a dish in the kitchen? Flooring that looks good, with a choice of natural contemporary shades & colors that is also durable & hard wearing? Happy Feet has the answer. CORK FLOOR. And it’s a corker of an idea!
Take a fresh look at natural cork. Cork is a hard wearing, durable floor covering & a whole new generation are rediscovering cork & falling in love with this versatile flooring all over again! This is due to the many benefits of cork that cannot be matched by other floors. Cork is currently back in vogue in a big way—being the creative choice of savvy interior designers for floors in prestige residences & commercial buildings. Cork is also perfect for residential use. You’ll find cork is a natural insulator, so it feels warm in winter & yet cool underfoot in summer. Cork is an ideal choice for just about any flooring solution in your home, fitting right in when used in your lounge room, rumpus room or bedrooms. Cork floors are also well suited to wet areas such as kitchens, bathrooms & laundry because spills simply wipe up so easily. A cork floor is resilient and most indentations will recover. Cork flooring provides a natural cushion for your feet & is very comfortable to stand on. Try it for yourself. Come in, take off your shoes & stand on a cork tile at Happy Feet Carpet store in BC. Feel the difference!
Cork is fire-resistant & a flame inhibitor which will not spread fire. It is both a thermal & a sound insulator as cork particles are filled with air, retaining a warm feel and reducing noise (great for the space where cork hang out in your home!). Because of the uniform shape &cork tiles are easy to lay. Cork flooring is an ecologically sustainable material obtained from the bark of the tree, without damaging the tree itself. It is actually made from the unused cork left over from making corks for wine bottles!
Cork is anti-microbial & strongly resistant to mold & mildew. Cork also happens to contain Submariner which is a natural insect repellent. This will even keep termites away! Is your carpet causing allergies for someone in your family? Replace it with cork & alleviate the suffering, giving your child or loved one a better quality of life in the comfort of their home.
Did you know that the cork flooring installed over 100 years ago in the Library of Congress in Washington, DC is still going strong? Cork was the flooring of choice used in many designer Wright designed homes,. Cork has also been installed in high traffic areas to reduce noise levels in many public buildings & large popular spaces such as libraries, hotels, courthouses, churches, cinemas & universities. If well maintained, your cork floor will also last for decades & still look good.
