The Best Flooring Options for Your Outdoor Spaces | Floor Coverings International Lexington

While your options for outdoor flooring may be somewhat more limited than those available for your indoors, that doesn’t mean that you can’t get creative and stylish with the floor coverings for your outdoor spaces. From patios to pool decks, pathways to porches, there are plenty of excellent flooring designs and materials that will bring beauty and durability to your home in Lexington or Nicholasville. Whether you like wood, stone, tile, or brick, you’ll be sure to find something that fits your style, with these awesome outdoor flooring options from Floor Coverings International of Lexington and Nicholasville, KY!

1. Wood Flooring

Wood is a material that can be used for flooring both indoors and outdoors. The way the wood is treated, installed, and which species are used, is going to vary depending on whether the wood is being used as flooring inside or outside. There are a number of design options that you can choose from, ranging from wood planks, to wood tiles, or even parquet styles. Wood is easier to install than other outdoor flooring options, and is a very popular outdoor flooring choice. While the installation is easier than some other outdoor floors, wood requires more maintenance. It must be cleaned and sealed every year or two or else it can become damages through warping, rotting, or splintering. Wood will naturally become weathered and grayed in color over time, as it is exposed to all of Lexington’s seasonal changes, but it still makes for an excellent and traditional outdoor floor covering.

2. Natural Stone Flooring

Natural stone is an incredibly popular and attractive outdoor flooring option. There are a variety of different types of stone that can be used in outdoor setting, including slate, limestone, Granite, and more. One of the main drawbacks to natural stone flooring is that it is very expensive. Including labor and installation, installing natural stone flooring outdoors can cost around $25 to $35 per square foot. You can lessen the costs slightly by using local Lexington stone, rather than carting in expensive and exotic foreign imports. Once natural stone is installed though, it is very low maintenance and easy to maintain. It is also incredibly durable, and can be used anywhere from pool decks to patios.

3. Brick Flooring

For a beautiful and rustic look, brick makes an excellent outdoor flooring option in places like walkways or garden paths. The warm, red look of brick floors will add a traditional look to your yard or garden, and it is a very non-stick and non-slip surface, so you won’t be slipping and sliding on it in the snow or rain, a risk that comes with other outdoor flooring options like ceramic tile. While brick flooring is fairly low maintenance, its surface can become irregular as the ground shifts over time, so keep that in mind.

4. Concrete Flooring

Concrete is an excellent inexpensive and cost-effective outdoor flooring option that offers excellent durability, versatility, and long term quality. There are a number of different types of concrete flooring. There is poured concrete, concrete pavers, and even stamped or stained concrete, which gives you the opportunity to get creative with your outdoor floors. Incredibly easy to maintain, concrete will last you for years with little to no hassle, and even if there is damage done, if you have concrete pavers you need only replace the damaged one.

5. Ceramic Tile

While ceramic tile is much more common as an indoor flooring option, it still makes for a good outdoor flooring option in certain areas. Be careful though, tile gets very slippery when it’s wet outside. Also, you should only use tiles that are specifically made for outdoor use. They must have a very low absorption rate and be very dense in order to withstand the seasonal and temperature changes of the climate in Lexington. Porcelain tiles are a good option for this, as porcelain has an absorption rate of less than 0.5%.

To learn more about your outdoor flooring options, call Floor Coverings International of Lexington today!

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