Flooring Products

Consider Carpet For Your Home Flooring

A well balanced home decor should include a variety of flooring. All the flooring should flow together with related colors and patterns following the same decorating theme. Some rooms need hard surface flooring for cleanability and high use. Other rooms need the warmth and comfort of good quality carpet. Still other areas do well with the rich look and feel of wood flooring. All of these floorings can be purchased at Mertel Carpets in San Rafael, California in Marin county. The design and installation professionals at Mertel Carperts will help the homeowner choose the best flooring for each room, and then install each flooring with expertise and care.

Residents looking for Marin County carpet and Marin County flooring will find the highest quality carpet and flooring at Mertel Carpets. This company has been in business for over 50 years serving Marin County's floor covering needs with style and excellence. Mertel Carpets has earned the reputation of providing excellent quality flooring choices with fast, clean installation. They have a long list of satisfied customers from their long history of business furnishing San Rafael flooring.

The advantage of using a high quality, locally owned business is that they are there in your area if any problems arise with your flooring. Mertel Carpeting is a neighbor as well as a business. The choice was made years ago to employ and train a crew of reliable flooring installers who will always do the best installations for each flooring product sold in the store. This has led to many satisfied customers. Mertel Carpets sells high quality carpets, hardwood flooring, cork flooring, vinyl and laminate flooring and a variety of fine area rugs. All of Marin County flooring needs can be met by this one store.

Marin County carpet choices at Mertel's include high quality brands like Camelot, Catalina, Fabrica, Masland and Tuftex. These brands of carpet offer choices of patterns, berbers, sisals, natural fiber carpets and dense plushes and pile carpets. The sales associates at Mertel Carpets will answer all your questions and guide you to the best carpet choices for your home. Remember that a cheap carpet is not always a good buy. Better quality carpets can last twice as long and look better for much longer making them the better buy.

Hardwood Floors Are A Good Choice for California Living

Over the years, California residents have found that hardwood floors are a good choice for their homes. Hardwood floors come in different types of woods with many unique stains and finishes. Hardwood floors are a perfect flooring for the warm California climate. They are easy to maintain and long lasting, while looking beautiful with all styles of decor. If looking for hardwood floors for your Marin County home, look no further than Mertel Carpets Inc.

The hardwood floors carried by Mertel Carpets are of the best quality, and are installed by only well trained installation professionals. Some of the well known brands available are Anderson, Mannington, Lauzon and Legend pre-finished hardwoods. Hardwood floors in San Rafael, in Marin County, are best furnished and installed by Mertel Carpets. This beautiful hardwood flooring is a good flooring choice because it is easy to clean, durable, rich looking and versatile. When a hardwood floor is installed in a home, it is there to stay for years to come, showing off its durable beauty. Because hardwood flooring is so long lasting, it is important that it be installed properly to look its best. The installers with Mertel Carpets know how to install all types of hardwood floors to the best advantage in your home

Hardwood flooring comes in three basic types. First there is solid wood flooring that is unfinished and installed permanently as interlocking planks, using nails. It is then sanded, stained and finished on site. This type of wood floor can be refinished as it wears over the years. It is used in new homes and major remodel projects. It is the thickest wood floor. The second type of wood flooring is engineered wood flooring. It has a veneer of real wood on a core of plywood or composite material and is designed to lock together. This floor comes pre stained and finished, and is good for use in existing homes. The third type of wood flooring is laminate wood flooring. This product is made to be a floating floor and uses no nails. It is a photographic wood layer protected by a durable finish layer and laminated to a wood composite layer. It is designed to lock together to form a floating floor that is long lasting, but can be removed if necessary.

Hardwood floors are beautiful in most rooms, but can be damaged by water. If a room has the possibility of water leaks of spills, another flooring option may be better. Bathrooms, laundry rooms and kitchens may do better with water proof flooring, but many kitchens do have success with wood flooring. Hardwood floor in Marin County and hardwood floors in San Rafael look beautiful and last for many years when installed by Mertel Carpets, Inc.

Laminate Flooring May Be The Flooring You Need

One of the best low cost flooring alternatives is laminate flooring. Laminate floors can look like wood, ceramic or stone at a fraction of the cost. The most commonly used laminate look is wood. Laminate flooring is made in layers that are laminated together. First there is a very durable aluminum oxide wear layer covering a realistic photo layer. The core of laminate floor is made of high density fiberboard. There can be a thin layer of dense foam cushion attached to the back of each laminate plank. The layers are laminated together with adhesive and heat with realistic texture added to the surface. The planks are manufactured in a click together system, so the floor can be installed without nails or glue in a floating floor.

For California residents the best laminate flooring supplier is Mertel Carpets Inc. in Marin County. Mertel Carpets is a locally owned and operated company with 50 years business experience. They sell carpet, area rugs, hardwood floors, laminate floors, vinyl and cork floors. Mertel Carpets carries the best quality of each flooring type. The owner has his own well trained installation crew for each flooring product, so you will get the best looking and performing floor, no matter which product you choose. Mertel Carpets has been collecting satisfied customers for decades. You are guaranteed satisfaction with every job.

Mertel Carpets has the best laminates Marin County residents can choose. We've been supplying laminates out of San Rafeal, CA since the 1990s when laminate floors came on the market. Mertel Carpets Inc. has the best brands of laminates including Bruce, Formica, Mannington, Uniclic, and Wilsonart. These brands offer a very extensive collection of wood choices in many stains. Laminates in Marin County are the right look for the area, at the right price. Laminates save the homeowner money with easy installation and competitive pricing.

Why use laminate floors instead of real wood? Some home owners cannot afford real wood flooring, but love the look. Laminate floor planks are a way to get the look and warmth of wood at a fraction of the cost. Many existing homes are not set up for the addition of solid wood flooring and the thickness of its planks. Areas that may have issues with wear or water can use wood laminate floors successfully. Laminate floors will go over any flat, hard substrate without expensive removal of old flooring. Laminate floors go down much more quickly in time sensitive situations. For many, laminate is the best way to go for home flooring.

Vinyl Flooring

Vinyl floors may be the perfect addition to your home. Mertel Carpets offers Vinyl Flooring in Marin County and has a wide selection of vinyl floors, including some that look like expensive ceramic. Whether you are considering vinyl for the lower cost, or because you simply prefer it, you are sure to find the perfect selection of Vinyl Floors in San Rafael at Mertel Carpets.

For Comfort, Convenience and Safety
Vinyl flooring is warm under your feet where other options are cold. Even in the dead of winter, you won’t have to wear slippers all the time, because vinyl is a warmer option. In addition to being warmer than other choices, it can also make the cold floors in basements and on slabs significantly warmer.

There are no grout lines to scrub, making the maintenance easier. Having the vinyl installed professionally will help you ensure that all seams line up perfectly, eliminating any unsightly gaps. The seams can also be sealed to prevent any dirt from entering them.

They don’t get slippery when wet, unlike many other flooring options. Marble, ceramic, and other tile options are notorious for getting slick if they get wet. Even when wet, however, vinyl retains a high level of grip for stability. And if you drop something on the floor, you won’t be left calling someone to come replace an individual tile. Vinyl floors hold up beautifully to abuse, active families and even pets.

Installation
Vinyl can go where tile and wood cannot. Basements that may have higher humidity levels are great candidates for vinyl. Concrete slabs that would require a grid system for wood flooring can take vinyl. Finally, floors that are unlevel, or simply have dips and small rises in them can not be set with tile. Luckily, vinyl can be used to make these floors more attractive to customers.

Mertel Carpets in Marin County knows how to properly install the flooring. It begins with filling any little holes in the floor, and sanding out any spots that are too high and too rough. This sanding and filling process can be time consuming by itself. Next, a high quality glue must be laid on the floor. Mertel Carpets in San Rafael is the perfect choice for handling your flooring installation. Our team are highly experienced and more than happy to show and explain anything you may need help with. Finally, the floor can be laid. It must be pushed down and smoothed completely flat. Making errors during this stage can result in items being left under the floor where they will cause a bump, or the vinyl can become damaged. Choose Marin's vinyl floors experts for your vinyl installation needs. We're just a phone call away.

Choosing the proper installer is vital to your project. Someone who is inexperienced, or rushes through the process, can damage the floor. Choosing the right flooring contractor in Marin County will ensure that you are left with a floor that has neatly done seams, and that the entire floor is properly secured. You will be able to then enjoy all the benefits of a vinyl floor, without having to navigate your way through the installation process.