Mississauga, Ontario, July 20--Torlys is introducing eight new “easy living” ceramic and natural stone-look STEPS™ LaminateTile floors offering a solution for homeowners who love the look and feel of ceramic and natural-stone floors but are uncomfortable with the high cost of installing natural stone and ceramic floors.
“Ceramic and stone floors look very attractive, but they are not easy to install and their cold, hard surfaces are uncomfortable under foot. Especially in task rooms such as kitchens where homeowners may stand for long periods of time, and in entrance foyers where people often remove their shoes or boots” says Tino Couto, Senior Product Manager, Torlys Inc.
“Our new STEPS™ Laminate Tile series duplicates the textured look and feel of ceramic and natural stone, while offering the comfort, warmth, and ease of installation and maintenance. When these floors are clicked together, they have high visual appeal, are comfortable to walk on, and they are virtually indistinguishable in appearance from real ceramic or natural stone,” says Couto.
STEPS™ Laminate ceramic tile-look floors feature highly detailed Living Surface motifs with textures and designs that create a very realistic appearance, including tile grout lines. STEPS™ Laminate Tile natural stone-look floors feature Perspective 4 bevelled edges on all four sides. This creates a subtle v-groove between tiles when they are clicked together with the Uniclic® joint system, enhancing the look of individual stone tiles.
STEPS™ Laminate ceramic- and natural stone-look tiles are an “easy living” alternative to real ceramic and stone. Once a natural stone tile is installed it is for all intents, permanently in place. Also, ceramic tile and natural stone floors can be difficult floors to install because they are labour-intensive floors requiring special tools and equipment, adhesives and bonding agents to lay. As well, they are difficult to repair if ceramic tiles or stones break.
Featuring the patented Uniclic® joint system, STEPS™ Laminate Tiles simply click together, and are held in place by constant pressure on the unique tongue-and-groove joint. Tiles can be easily installed over existing floors and subfloors, in basements as well as in rooms that are at and above grade level.
Engineered with a décor layer on top of a High-Density Fibreboard (HDF) core and a melamine backing, STEPS™ Laminate Tile floors are extremely durable. STEPS™ Laminate 800 Series (8 mm) Tiles have a 25-year Wear, Fade and Stain Warranty, and a Lifetime Structural Warranty. STEPS™ Laminate floors can be lifted and reinstalled multiple times under full warranty, and can be installed in basements as well as in rooms at and above grade level.
“These days, people want to redecorate every five to 10 years. With STEPS™ Laminate from Torlys, you can actually lift and change the pattern of your tiles or reinstall them in another room. Homeowners can easily create custom looks by combining colours of ceramic- or stone-look STEPS™ Laminate Tiles, and clicking tiles together into mosaic or checkerboard patterns,” says John Kocemba, Vice-President of Marketing, Torlys Inc.
