Types include solid vinyl, backed or cushioned vinyl, rubber, cork and linoleum. It comes in ribbed, coin or other raised patterns. Carpet made or cut and bound into room dimensions and loose laid. Rugs, mats and matting made from sisal, a natural plant material. Available woven and dyed in various colors, as well as machine and handpainted.
Similar flooring is made of jute, coconut and seagrass.
It is usually a topical treatment but may also be inherent in the fiber. Produced in either square tiles or sheet goods. A carpet installation term for the give in carpet when it is pulled over pad onto tackless strips. Strip flooring wider than inches is called plank flooring. A smooth multicolored floor made of marble or stone chips embedded in a cement binder, then highly polished.