Not only do we thrive to have the best flooring values and the most outstanding flooring services available for Wilmington, N.C. and surrounding areas, but we are always trying to add an offer the most diverts variety in the Wilmington area. We continue to keep our finger on what?s new in the flooring market. We try to keep our flooring showroom updated with all the newest in products lines. We carry some of the most well known brands as well as some of the small unique flooring mills.

Of Course we have most of the large suppliers like Shaw, Mowhawk, Beauliue, Bruce Hardwood, Mannington Floors, Nafco, Kraus, Anderson Hardwood Floors, Stanton Carpets, American Olean, Dal-tile, Tarket, Fiberworks, Courstan, Stainmaster, Smart Strand, WearDated, Anso, and many others. To insure that we can supply Wilmington with the most selection, our Colortile buying group has access to tons of brands worldwide. Also after about 20 years in the flooring industries we have built relationship with mill and vendor and have grow our outlet enough to insure the best buying power on all types of different floor covering.

Many of our clients who manage rental property have figured out the benefits of using laminate flooring for rental property. We have found ways to buy quality laminate flooring at much lower prices than the regular day to day price. We our low price laminate deals, many of our property managers have figured out the value in using a economical laminate floor in place of the rental carpets.

We have been offering the laminate flooring here in Wilmington since 1996 or 1997. We have now been able to measure the difference in the life of a laminate verse the life of a carpet. It is our estimate that a quality laminate flooring will last on average, more than two & a half times longer than your standard rental carpets. As well we are finding that many renter would consider a rental house with laminate in the common areas to be an attractive upgrade.

Commercial carpet tiles often times are worth the upgrade and then some. It seem that most people when looking for a commercial carpet for their place of business, they all seem to gravitate to the standard cheap carpet. The standard cheap carpet is fine for many flooring application and it just may make the most sense for your job. We believe that most people overlook the value that commercial carpet tiles can offer. Commercial carpet tiles can easily last twice as long as some of the traditional broadloom carpeting.

Many people will say that I am just renting this commercial space. I don?t want to put the investment into someone else s property. Most people don?t realize that the commercial carpet tiles are installed with a pressure sensitive adhesive and can be taken up and reuses in another job elsewhere. That detail along is worth the extra upgrade cost. The long term savings will be cheaper than buying the standard cheap carpet.

There are many more pros to using a commercial carpet tile over the standard broadloom carpet. You can capture a unique look with the commercial carpet tiles by rotating the direction you install the carpet tile. This sometime will help distract the eye to traffic patterns and showing spills and stains. Speaking of traffic patterns and spills and stains the commercial carpet tile has some real advantages. The commercial carpet tiles can be rotated and moved around to shift the traffic pattern. As for a bad stain or damaged area in your carpet, NO PROBLEM with the commercial carpet tiles. Just take up the stained or damaged tile and put another one in place. On the other hand with the regular broadloom carpets, good luck. You have to live with the bad area or put in a noticeable patch.

Why are some many of the rental professional turning to laminate flooring for rentals?

With laminate flooring prices getting more economical and the eases of installation on the laminate floors, we are seeing more and more of our rental professional turning to laminate floors for there rentals. Most of our rental clients are installing the laminate floors in the main living areas. They tend to still us carpeting for the bedrooms. One instead benefit to having the bedrooms separated is that you can us carpet remnants which give you extra value. Secondly if one room get damaged beyond repair, you don?t have to change out all your carpet areas just the one room.

Laminate flooring not only gives your property a higher end look, but it will normally last twice or three times as long. Many people don?t consider the cost in the down time between tenants. The laminate flooring tend to be able to clean up quicker than dirty carpet. The laminate floors can also take much more heavy abuse and still look good. The upgrade of laminate flooring seem to always pay off for our customer.

If you are a do it yourself kind of rental property owner or even have cheap help to install your laminate floors, you can sometime put in the laminate floors as cheap as you can standard rental carpet. Rental property investors simply want the best return on their investment. Laminate flooring seems to deliver everything they want.

To insure your investment is protected there is a five dollar investment you must make. It is wise to go to your local hardware store and purchase a pack of felt for you tenant ?s furniture. Then take the time to explain to your tenant that they will be held responsible to not slide heavy furniture on the laminate floors without the felt protection. Sliding heavy furniture on laminate without protection is one of the few things that can spoil your investment.

There are many places to buy your flooring here in Wilmington, N.C. There are many marketing ploys out there that will claim value. We have seen for years where the competition offers something that claims value, but really offer little to help the customer. We have seen free padding with carpet purchase, only later to see that the customer has a low grade product that will not serve them well in the years to come. Recently we see the $39 install for the whole house deal. So many people go for this deal. Many people will ask us if we can offer the same deal. We always tell them that we can not only match the deal but we can give them free carpet, free padding, & free installation but the shipping will be a little expensive. The bottom line is just that the bottom line.

What most people really wants when buying there floor covering is the best value, someone they trust to service them fair, honest, and professionally. That is exactly why we feel that we are the best choice in flooring for Wilmington, N.C. We want to help the Wilmington community to see through all the marketing and look at the bottom line and see why we are the best choice for all their flooring needs.

Crystal Carpet & Flooring Company has been serving Wilmington, N.C. since 1993.