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Category: Cleaner Floors

TORLYS Introduces Everest XP & Cork XP

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Smarter Design. Better Performance. More Sustainable.

TORONTO, ON – February 2022 – TORLYS, a global flooring company specializing in beautiful, responsible flooring solutions, announced today the launch of TORLYS XP Collections– Xtreme Performance 100% natural and waterproof hardwood and cork flooring with unmatched look, construction, and strength.

Front hallway with TORLYS Everest XP Elite hardwood floors in Maple Natural

The latest TORLYS innovation revolutionizes natural hardwood floors. Dubbed “The Pinnacle of Hardwood”, TORLYS EverestXP Hardwood collections offer waterproof surface technology for installation in any residential or commercial space.  Made from 100% natural materials, EverestXP offers more design possibilities with various wood species in wider, longer, and cleaner grade planks that deliver a lifetime of unparalleled performance without sacrificing the beauty of natural wood.

Now get ready to re-imagine natural cork flooring and “Walk on Air” with TORLYS CorkXP program- one of the most sustainable flooring options available with Xtreme Performance technology in traditional, modern, and even HD printed wood grain visuals. Made from 100% natural materials and sourced from responsibly managed forests, CorkXP is one of the most sustainable flooring options available.

Using cutting-edge printing technology to create the beauty of hardwood, the durability of laminate, and the comfort of cork, TORLYS CorkWoodXP collections are the best of all worlds when it comes to flooring.

“These collections offer a combination of benefits never seen before and they really speak to TORLYS ongoing commitment to delivering the best product innovation to our partners in this exciting industry.” said Derek Brooks, Senior VP of Sales & Business Development, at TORLYS.

ABOUT TORLYS

Headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, TORLYS is a global flooring company that specializes in providing beautiful, responsible flooring solutions. TORLYS has been creating and delivering innovative flooring solutions to homeowners, builders and property managers, using the latest technologies for 34 years and counting.

For further information, contact:

Leah Robinson, Digital Marketing & Promotions Manager

Email: Leah.Robinson@torlys.com Phone: 905-696-2399

TORLYS Launches RigidTile™ Firm Designer

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Large format in modern patterns shine above porcelain or stone tile.

Kitchen with RigidTile Firm Designer floors in Allure BeigeTORONTO, ON – February 2022 – TORLYS, a global flooring company specializing in beautiful, responsible flooring solutions, announced today the launch of RigidTile™ Firm Designer, a collection of stunning tile patterns in an impressive large tile format (18”x36” with grout lines); the perfect alternative to large format tile and stone.

Known for bringing innovative flooring solutions to market, TORLYS’ newest addition to the SPC vinyl lineup features 5 SKUs in soft, contemporary colours for an authentic look complete with built-in grout lines. RigidTile™ Firm Designer is completely waterproof and backed by the industry’s only flood warranty.

With transition free installations in spaces up to 70’x70’, RigidTile™ Firm Designer requires minimal subfloor preparation and can be installed directly over most ceramic tiles making it a remarkably stable floor. As with any TORLYS Smart Floor, RigidTile is repairable and is also protected by TORLYS S.M.A.R.T. Warranty, which guarantees a second use from your floor.

Be among the first to see this new collection with full product specifications HERE.

ABOUT TORLYS

Headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, TORLYS is a global flooring company that specializes in providing beautiful, responsible flooring solutions. TORLYS has been creating and delivering innovative flooring solutions to homeowners, builders and property managers, using the latest technologies for 34 years and counting.

For further information, contact:

Leah Robinson, Digital Marketing & Promotions Manager

Email: Leah.Robinson@torlys.com Phone: 905-696-2399

Choosing the Best Floors for Your Kitchen

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The kitchen is the hub of the home, which means both its durability and looks are important. From family breakfasts to holiday dinners, everyone flocks to the kitchen, meaning your kitchen floors will be used more than any other floors in your home. With that in mind, choosing kitchen flooring is an important decision to make. TORLYS can help you find a floor that can withstand your everyday lifestyle and high foot traffic, while maintaining its good looks for years to come.

Kitchen Flooring Guide

Your kitchen sets the stage for the style and function of your space. When finding the perfect floor for your kitchen, keep in mind factors like lifestyle, comfort, durability, maintenance, and of course, your sense of style.

Kitchen with Marquee by TORLYS Highland Laminate floors in Alderson Oak

1. Lifestyle

If you spend a lot of time in your kitchen, consider the traffic flow and the amount of foot traffic your floors will need to withstand. Think about how much your kitchen will be used and whether your floor needs to be resistant to a great deal of wear and tear.

With your lifestyle and household schedules in mind, you might consider floors that are sound absorbent to prevent some of the sounds travelling from your kitchen throughout your home.

2. Comfort

Comfort is key for your kitchen floors. If most of your time is spent in the kitchen, you’ll want something that is soft and warm underfoot. Nobody likes how hard and cold porcelain tiles can be and how your back feels after standing for long periods of time. Surfaces that act as a natural insulator and have a little cushion to them are the best floors to improve your comfort.

Kitchen with Cork Florence Premier flors in Vintage Sand Stone

We offer innovative flooring options that are high on comfort. TORLYS Cork floors look and feel great, plus they’re a renewable resource and natural insulator, making them an ideal choice for your kitchen. Our TORLYS CorkWood collections combine the beauty of hardwood, the durability of laminate, and the comfort of cork. TORLYS CorkPlus™ Blue underlay is also available with several TORLYS Smart Floors collections, offering natural air cushioning for comfort, sound absorption, and thermal insulation.

3. Durability

Spills, dropped items, and scratches can ruin lower quality floors that aren’t resilient to the demands of a busy kitchen. Durable floors that are waterproof, scratch and dent resistant can help keep your floors looking as good as new. Choose durable floors that will endure your active household and keep their looks for years to come.

4. Maintenance

Constant vacuuming, washing, scrubbing, and resurfacing are all tasks of the past. It’s become more important to consider how much maintenance you are willing to do on your floors. Unlike carpets, lower maintenance floors won’t hold on to dust and dirt. Instead, maintenance can be simple: use a clean, untreated dust mop or vacuum, wipe up spills quickly with a cloth or sponge, and clean as required with TORLYS EcoCare Cleaning Kit.

5. Style

And last, but certainly not least, consider your personal sense of style. If you’re doing a complete home renovation, you have a little more freedom when choosing your new kitchen floors. Create a few different mood boards to see what cabinet, countertops, flooring designs, and colour palettes work well together.

If you’re only replacing your floors, make sure to match them with your existing kitchen. Kitchen cabinets, floors and countertops tend to cover more surface area than your kitchen walls, so the colour and design of these three surfaces has a bigger impact on the look of your kitchen. Make sure to also consider the flooring throughout your house to create a cohesive design. This will create a flow through your home’s décor from room to room, making your space feel more open.

Choose a floor that complements your style and you’ll be happy for many years to come with your decision.

Cleaner Floors Start with TORLYS

We often think some of the dirtiest spots in our home are the surfaces we touch constantly — including doorknobs, faucets and counters — when in fact the area that retains the most bacteria is right under our feet. While you can’t always prevent bacteria from entering your home, you can proactively protect your floor thanks to revolutionary antimicrobial flooring protection available in a wide range of flooring solutions exclusively from TORLYS.

Kitchen with TORLYS RigidWood Flex Elite floors in Abbey

TORLYS antimicrobial protection is offered in most TORLYS Smart Floors. Certain floors feature antimicrobial technology in the finish, core, and underlay, while others feature it in only one or two areas.

TORLYS antimicrobial product protection is available in:

Please refer to our Product Filter page to see which antimicrobial features each floor has.

Choose TORLYS

There is no “best flooring” for a kitchen, but there are certainly options that are better than others. At the end of the day, the choice you make for your kitchen floor should combine form and function. With the number of quality kitchen flooring options available, you should never have to sacrifice looks for durability and practicality.

At TORLYS, we have a variety of flooring options for your kitchen that will look amazing today and for years to come. Find a Trusted TORLYS Dealer near you to find the perfect floor for your kitchen flooring needs.

A Cleaner Floor Starts with TORLYS

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Cleaner Floors by TORLYS answers call for antimicrobial flooring protection.

TORONTO, ON – May 2021 – TORLYS, a global flooring company specializing in beautiful, responsible flooring solutions, is thrilled to announce the launch of Cleaner Floors by TORLYS, a campaign focused on educating consumers on how to protect their flooring investment with antimicrobial product protection that helps keep floors 99% cleaner between cleanings, 24/7.

Certified TORLYS floors inhibit bacteria growth with Microban badgeWith the need for a cleaner home more important now than ever before due to Covid-19, it has become more critical to think about solutions for the area that retains the most bacteria right under our feet, flooring. As part of a decade-long partnership with Microban®, the global leader in antimicrobial technology, to provide innovative flooring solutions that contribute to a cleaner space, TORLYS is expanding on this commitment by offering its revolutionary built-in antimicrobial protection on most TORLYS Smart Floors.

“We are excited to showcase our antimicrobial flooring coverage through Cleaner Floors by TORLYS, where we will highlight how each of the antimicrobial features inhibit the growth of bacteria, mold, and mildew to provide customers with a floor that stays cleaner for longer,” says JF Pelletier, TORLYS Director of Product Management, adding, “While you can’t always prevent bacteria from entering your home, you can have peace of mind knowing you are proactively protecting your floor with antimicrobial technology.”

In the middle of the floor is TORLYS™ Smart Core with Microban® ensures the core remains protected from product degrading bacteria. Underneath the floor, CorkPlus™ Blue & FoamPlus™ Blue Underlays with Microban® protect the areas you can’t see and helps prevent mold and mildew under the floor.

To help explain each value-added antimicrobial offering available in most TORLYS Smart Floors, visit the Cleaner Floors by TORLYS landing page at  https://residential.torlys.com/cleaner-floors/ which includes background on antimicrobial technology, graphics on how it works on applicable layers, FAQ, as well as a News section with recent media features and blogs.

ABOUT MICROBAN

Part of Barr Brands International (BBI), Microban® International is a global specialist in antimicrobial, odor control, smart surface and disinfection technologies. Our proactive systems keep products cleaner, and control odors better by preventing problems before they start. Microban drives innovation by combining science and creative solutions that enhance high-quality consumer, textile, industrial and medical products around the world. Today the Microban brand and technologies are featured on thousands of products worldwide. The company is headquartered in North Carolina with operations in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific. For more information, please visit www.microban.com.

ABOUT TORLYS

Headquartered in Toronto, Ontario, TORLYS is a global flooring company that specializes in providing beautiful, responsible flooring solutions. TORLYS has been creating and delivering innovative flooring solutions to homeowners, builders, and property managers, using the latest technologies since 1988.

For further information, contact:

Leah Robinson, Digital Marketing & Promotions Manager

Email: Leah.Robinson@torlys.com Phone: 905-696-2399

Hygienic Products in the Midst of a Pandemic

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TORLYS featured in Floor Covering NewsA cleaner home is more important now than ever before. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed the way that people live, and the way they buy. Notably, we are more concerned with maintaining hygiene in our homes to reduce the chance of infection.

This is made evident from Floor Covering News‘ article “Hygienic products come of age in the midst of a pandemic” featured in their first issue of 2021.

TORLYS is proud to be showcased in the article as an innovative hygienic product for our top-to-bottom antimicrobial product protection offering. One such offering is TORLYS CorkPlus™ Blue underlay with Microban® antimicrobial protection. CorkPlus Blue offers natural air cushioning for comfort, sound absorption and thermal insulation. It also works to keep your space fresh by preventing odours caused by mold and mildew. With TORLYS flooring in your home, you can live more and worry less.

If you would like to learn more about TORLYS CorkPlus™ Blue with Microban® antimicrobial protection, visit: https://residential.torlys.com/corkplus-blue/.

You can read the article, and access the entire issue of Floor Covering News, by clicking here.

Creating New Living Designs After COVID-19

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Our guest blogger Alison Jacobson, The Safety Mom, is back again this week to talk new ways to thing about designing the interior of your home now and in the future as a result of stay at home orders. Read on for Alison’s tip towards home redesign ideas that families will be thinking about in the future.

A lot of how we live our lives is changing due to the pandemic. More companies are realizing that work-from-home situations are not only possible but might be necessary in the future. We’re learning how to find our personal space and manage when the entire family is home all day. While we all hope that we never need to be under a quarantine like this again, it’s quite possible that we will and it’s making us take a look at how our homes are set-up.

“Cozy and Calm” will be more important.

Especially when you have young kids you’ve been entertaining all day, a place to escape to is critical to maintain your sanity. This could be redesigning your bathroom with a spa tub and skylights or adding small items such as a plant (studies have proven that indoor plants reduce stress levels and boost your mood) or a wall hanging or just a fresh coat of paint. Consider turning a small area of your bedroom into a meditation area or even redesigning a closet. Once again, some paint, a meditation pillow and a small table for a Buddha statue and some candles can transform it into a Zen oasis.

You can even update your floors with TORLYS’ soft and warm cork floors to warm your space. Formal dining rooms have been less important than casual gathering spaces for quite some time, but now more than ever people will be looking for places where the entire family can do activities or watch Netflix. Outdoor spaces will also become more important. We just created an area in our backyard for a firepit where we can all chill out as a family and roast s’mores or my hubby and I can have a quiet time with a blanket and a glass of wine.

Click here are a few more home redesign ideas that families will be thinking about in the future.

How to Prevent Mold in Your Home

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Maybe you’ve noticed it in the shower. Or maybe, while in bed at night, you caught a glimpse of it in the corners of your ceiling. Maybe you found it hiding in your paper towel holder. The where may vary, but one thing is for sure, mold and mildew are commonly found throughout the home.

While you can reverse the effects of mold after it’s been established, it can be costly and usually require professional help (and plenty of your precious time!). Which means the best course of action is prevention. Below are five ways you can help prevent the growth of mold and mildew in your home.

Invest in antimicrobial products

The best line of defense is investing in products with antimicrobial technology that protects against mold. These products, like anything that features Microban technology, are built to become inhospitable to microbes, meaning mold and mildew don’t ever have a chance to start growing. Plus, Microban protection works for the life of a product, so whether you’ve used it for 10 days or 10 years, you can rest easy knowing mold won’t have a chance to make way into your home.

Your floors should be no different. TORLYS flooring is backed by Microban’s antimicrobial product protection, keeping floors cleaner between cleanings!

Read more for 4 more tips to prevent mold in your home! 

Cleaning Tips for an Organized Kids Room

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This guest blog about cleaning tips is brought to us by The Safety Mom, Alison Jacobson

I don’t care how old your kids are, their bedrooms always look like they’ve been ransacked. I’ve tried to be Zen about it and just let it go but every time I walk by it makes me crazy! I mean how hard is it to put dirty clothes in the hamper that’s five steps away from where my daughter has decided to drop it on the floor?!

Whether they’re 7 or 17 chances are you sound like a nag even to yourself asking them to clean up and organize so manage your expectations. Understand that they’re kids and neatness just doesn’t rank as high on their priority list as yours.

Having said this, here are a few cleaning tips for helping keep your child’s room tidy and germ free, including investing in TORLYS floors backed by Microban’s antimicrobial product protection.

Creating a Stylish (and Cleaner) Home Office

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This guest blog is brought to us by The Safety Mom, Alison Jacobson.

I’ve been an entrepreneur for over 10 years now and have worked from a home office the entire time. I’ve moved four times in those 10 years and each time I’ve done a serious upgrade to my office.

The first time it was a chair with an ottoman in my living room. Then it was a small desk in my bedroom. Next, I did a serious upgrade and had an area of my basement. Finally, I have a true home office – with a window, plant and even a door!

For me, the trick has been creating a good vibe no matter how large or small my home office is. There are also some things you can do to be sure it’s healthy as well.

Click HERE for a few tips, including why you should give your hard surface flooring an upgrade with TORLYS flooring backed by Microban’s antimicrobial product protection.

10 DIY Nurseries

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Decorating your little one’s nursery is an exciting time, but it can also require an excessive amount of creativity and craftsmanship. But no fear, we gathered our favorite bloggers to share their best nursery DIY tips and tricks since we all know the nursery can quickly become one of the messiest places in the house.

From bedtime accidents to diaper changes, odors and germs are probably also calling the nursery home. Pairing your nursery with the durable hard surface flooring from TORLYS backed with Microban’s antimicrobial product protection is a great way to keep bacteria and mold from growing with a beautiful finish.

These ten projects will add the cutest, most imaginative details to your baby’s space. Let’s get in DIY mode, you have a nursery to build!

Dive in here!

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