The Advantages of Standardizing Your Flooring Specs With Urban Surfaces

Managing flooring specifications across multiple properties or units can be a significant challenge for property managers and developers. Urban Surfaces understands this – we specialize in partnering with professionals like you, offering flooring solutions that are consistent, reliable, and tailored to your needs, no matter how diverse your property portfolio may be. Let’s explore the advantages of standardizing your flooring specifications.

1. Streamlined Maintenance and Repairs

Using consistent flooring products simplifies maintenance and repair operations. We offer multiple installation formats to suit different needs. For example, InstaGrip LooseLay flooring with Traction Subfloor Grip Coating allows quick repairs and replacements, while our GlueDown options, such as SoHo Square, deliver exceptional durability in high-traffic areas. These solutions provide reliability while remaining serviceable, ensuring long-term satisfaction. Our support team is always ready to help you select the optimal products for your project.

2. Reduced Risk of Mixing Batches

One of the most overlooked flooring challenges in multi-property management is the risk of mixing flooring batches, which can lead to visible variations in shade, texture, or milling. These differences often result from manufacturing tolerances and become noticeable when products from different batches are installed side by side. Urban Surfaces mitigates this risk through dedicated Project Success Managers who coordinate with property managers to ensure proper material staging and batch consistency throughout projects.

3. Cost Efficiency Through Bulk Purchasing

By standardizing specifications, property owners can take advantage of bulk purchasing, reducing costs per unit. We support this through project-duration pricing and maintain consistent product availability via careful inventory management and strategically located warehouses.

For the quickest and most convenient ordering experience, use our Urban Access online user portal.

4. Consistent Aesthetic Appeal

Creating a uniform look across properties reinforces brand identity and provides a seamless experience for tenants. Urban Surfaces offers product lines such as Main Street, which combines residential aesthetics with durability, and Sound-Tec, offering aesthetic appeal paired with superior sound reduction capabilities ideal for multi-story applications.

5. Quicker Installation

Using consistent flooring products across properties simplifies installation. Installers only need to be familiar with a few methods, which speeds up training and reduces the likelihood of errors during the process. For instance, InstaGrip LooseLay flooring with Traction Subfloor Grip Coating ensures faster installations without adhesive, while our Floating Floors feature clip systems that can also accelerate timelines. Uniformity not only improves project efficiency but also ensures better-quality installations.

Urban Surfaces also provides easy-to-understand how-to videos that reduce the need for additional training.

6. Efficient Property Turns

Quick turnovers are essential in multi-family housing for maintaining occupancy rates. Urban Surfaces’ variety of installation options, combined with our project staging capabilities and technical support, ensures efficient installations and repairs. Whether using InstaGrip with Traction for rapid installations or Sound-Tec‘s clip system for reliable floating floors, properties can minimize downtime during unit turns by having the right materials at the right time.

Conclusion

Standardizing flooring specifications with us provides more than just consistent products – it delivers a complete solution for multi-family and commercial properties. Our specialized focus on B2B partnerships, combined with comprehensive product lines and support systems, makes standardization across properties easy. With over 20 years of expertise serving the multi-family market, Urban Surfaces continues to be the trusted partner for properties seeking to establish and maintain high standards in flooring.

Ready to streamline your flooring solutions? Contact us today to see how we can help simplify your property management and enhance long-term value. Visit www.urbansurfaces.com or call us now to get started!

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Adam Milecki

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Adam Milecki has been writing professionally for well over a decade and has been writing for the love of the craft for nearly his entire life. Adam is an expert in multiple styles of writing but prides himself in his ability to learn completely new things very quickly. When he’s not constructing beautiful walls of text as Marketing Writer at Urban Surfaces, he’s spending time with his wife and two wacky kiddos, playing and making video games, and attempting to be handy around his home.