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One Garage Mat, Multiple Vinyl Mats, Loose Lay Flooring or Fully Adhered Wall-to-Wall Floor Coverings – G-Floor® is Truly Universal Flooring

When it comes to installation options, G-Floor® multi-purpose flooring rolls have a flooring solution for every residential, commercial or transit project. Below are some of the questions we get asked most often about when to use what installation method.    What does loose lay flooring or free floating mats mean?  The simplest explanation is that these types of vinyl flooring mats or vinyl rolls do [...]

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How do I Contain Snow in my Garage?

With winter quickly approaching, this question is on the mind of a lot of homeowners. There’s the option of leaving your car outside until the snow melts, but if temps are low, you’ll be waiting a long time. You can take the time to clean it off before driving it [...]

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How AquaTread® Marine Grade Vinyl Flooring has the ‘Weave Without the Snag’

Woven boat flooring has gained in popularity in recent years because it brings the luxurious textile looks of the land onto the sea. Weaves look great covering pontoon floors, but true woven boat flooring has some disadvantages, especially on water. AquaTread® Marine Flooring is 100% polyvinyl marine-grade flooring that simulates [...]

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When It Comes to Your Boating Enjoyment, 100% Polyvinyl AquaTread® Marine Flooring Matters

Specially-engineered without layers, fillers and laminates commonly used in other vinyl flooring, AquaTread® resists water above and below its surface for years of fun in the sun.   Better Life Technology recently returned from the IBEX marine show in Tampa, Florida. As an exhibitor, we received many questions regarding the [...]

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Printers… Check Out These 10 Hot Prospects to ‘BILD’ Your Customer Base with BILD^® Print Media

At Better Life Technology we are so appreciative of your business and we want to help you attract new print customers and incremental revenue through our innovative floor graphics printing product. BILD® Print Media helps businesses in all types of industries stand out from the crowd, make a lasting impression, [...]

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Is Vinyl Marine Flooring Hot to Walk on in Bare Feet?

Our customer service representatives get asked this question a lot. Unfortunately, vinyl can get hot after many hours in the outdoor sun like most other marine flooring alternatives. It is nearly impossible to find a pontoon flooring that doesn’t retain heat to some extent. Marine carpeting does, and rubber boat [...]

AquaTread

Come See the AquaTread® Marine Flooring Difference at IBEX Booth 1944!

Better Life Technology™ and the AquaTread® pontoon boat flooring team are headed to Tampa, Florida, October 1-3, 2019 for the must-attend marine industry event of the year! We love the annual IBEX (International Boatbuilders Exhibition & Conference) because it brings together marine professionals shaping the boat industry for the largest [...]

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How to Clean Vinyl Flooring

One of the many beauties of resilient vinyl flooring, including G-Floor® Universal and Garage Flooring, is its easy cleaning and care. There are some great tips we can share to increase the longevity of your already durable vinyl floor protector and reduce permanent staining.    For everyday spills and dirt, the vinyl surface [...]

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5 Simple Steps to a Safe Garage and Work Floor

While your G-Floor® polyvinyl flooring is manufactured with slip-resistant characteristics, any floor surface can become slippery if spills are left to accumulate. Simple clean up and regular maintenance will keep your garage and utility space free of moisture and debris, the everyday culprits that cause a majority of slips and [...]

AquaTread

Can I Dent or Tear AquaTread® Marine Flooring?

AquaTread® flooring for boats and pontoons is the most durable marine flooring because it is specially-engineered of seamless 100% polyvinyl to withstand extreme moisture, weather and virtually every element man and marine environments throw at it. It is nearly impossible to dent or tear AquaTread® Marine Flooring. AquaTread® is a [...]

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AquaTread’s Spun Bound Backing Has Your Back Before and After Your Boat Flooring Installation!

One of the many things that sets AquaTread® boat and pontoon flooring apart from other marine flooring options is its inventive spun bound backer, sometimes referred to as welded boat flooring, that offers OEMs, boat owners and renovators an extra bang for the buck. Read on to find out everything our spun bound [...]

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Top 10 Reasons Why G-Floor® is the Best Trailer Flooring Solution for YOU

G-Floor® Trailer Flooring offers the trailer, modular and transit industries durable vinyl trailer flooring that is far superior to other trailer flooring options available through competitors at a comparable price point. With G-Floor flooring for trailers and mobile units, you’ll find beneficial features not normally found in traditional trailer flooring. [...]

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Visit G-Floor® Trailer Flooring at Booth #229 of the 2019 NATDA Trade Show & Convention

At Better Life Technology, we’re gearing up for a big turnout of trailer manufacturers, trailer dealers and industry vendors at the premier trailer show of the year. We are putting our finishing touches on our tradeshow booth display, getting our collateral together and making sure we’ve got plenty of trailer flooring samples available to help [...]

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Retail Marketing: How to Use Your Floor to Extend Your Brand and Sales

Often overlooked and underrated, your retail floors have the power to completely immerse customers in the shopping experience. With so much focus on what is going on at eye-level, there is little competition on the floor, making it a large, visual canvass to tell your story. More and more retail [...]

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How BILD® Print Media Stole the GlobalShop @ RetailX Show

Earlier this summer the BILD® Print Media team astonished attendees of the largest design and merchandising trade show with our durable custom floor graphics product. One of our favorite shows of the year, GlobalShop @ RetailX brings together successful industry leaders in-store design, planning, architecture, marketing, visual merchandising and more under one roof in Chicago [...]

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Is BILD® Print Media Only a Long Term Floor Graphic? Can I Use BILD for a Short Term Floor Graphic?

BILD® Print Media is designed for short term floor graphics that are repositionable, reusable and recyclable or for long term floor graphics that are permanently installed or free floating and last for months or years. [...]

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Wherever You Want Functional, Eye-catching Floor Protection, G-Floor® Coin™ Vinyl Floor Mats have You Covered

Highly-popular CoinTM G-Floor® Universal Flooring roll out vinyl mats look good while hiding floor imperfections and preventing further floor damage. Coin’sTM pattern is made up of slightly raised circles about the size of a quarter that grip for added traction and slip-resistance, making it a practical choice for garage flooring, commercial flooring and residential flooring. With so many redeeming qualities, [...]

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Direct Patrons Using Promotional/Directional/Wayfinding Custom Graphics Flooring

Custom flooring graphics aren’t new but they are reemerging as a cost-effective marketing tool without the limitations of traditional media. Anything goes with custom image flooring – size, shape, design and color – and it’s easy to install and maintain. With more people looking down at their phones while they [...]

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Why Should I Use Floor Graphics?

Gaining in popularity, graphic floors are a cost-effective, flexible form of advertising, brand building, PR and wayfinding that can actually enhance the overall guest/customer experience at the same time it is helping your business grow. Custom image flooring is an affordable alternative to expensive TV and radio advertising, print media, [...]

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Observe this Independence Day Tariff Free with Premium Vinyl Flooring Made in the USA

Ever notice how many product labels on recent purchases say “Made in China?” If not China, maybe “Made in Taiwan” or “Made in Mexico” or even “Made in India.” Well… with politics at play, you’ll be paying a lot more for some of these products soon if you haven’t already. [...]

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How does G-Floor® help manufacturers and end-users keep trailers safer?

Technically, G-Floor® trailer flooring can’t help you become a better driver or make trailering practices safer. But, we can help keep the inside of your trailer a safer and more comfortable place for you, employees, guests and equipment. So, we still like to think we are promoting trailer safety in [...]

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BILD® Print Media: State-of-the-ART Museum Flooring and Wall Coverings

The best museums educate visitors on the displays they so meticulously house. Whether you are a curator of priceless art, historical artifacts, scientific knowledge or even the habitat of animals and marine life, BILD® Print Media has the floor and wall solutions to augment your guests’ overall museum experience. BILD [...]

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Why Use BILD® Print Media vs. Custom Graphic Floor Stickers vs. Printed Floor Decals?

There is a BIG difference between Better Life Technology’s BILD® Print Media vinyl floor graphics material and graphic imaged floor stickers and custom graphic printed floor decals. We’ll explain what each is, best uses and how these graphic flooring materials differ. The one thing BILD, floor stickers and floor decals have in common is the variety [...]

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How Wide is This Product? How Long is G-Floor®?

Some online retailers and brick and mortar stores display garage flooring, garage floor mats and vinyl flooring rolls, including G-Floor® Universal Flooring, in inches instead of feet. Because we use by the foot measurements (in most cases) on this website for G-Floor vinyl floor rolls, we wanted to do the work of converting for you. [...]

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How to Customize BILD® Print Media

If you are a creative strategist, marketing consultant, project manager or graphic designer, you may have heard of BILD® Print Media by now but are scratching your head about how to move forward with our printable flooring in your brand building initiatives. It’s a whole lot easier than you might think! Imagine any image [...]

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Seeing (and Feeling) BILD® Print Media is Believing! Get Your Free Sample Box Today!!!

SDiscover Better Life Technology’s (BLT) revolutionary BILD® Print Media custom vinyl floor graphics material and capabilities in our special edition Sample Box.  You’ll learn how you can use BILD niche graphic flooring and cool printed vinyl countertop graphics in your marketing and branding strategy, in your commercial location, in your retail environment, in your event planning and [...]

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A Clean Pontoon is a Swimsuit Ready Watercraft

It’s hard to get excited about pontoon boat cleaning when all you want to do is cruise around the lake or catch some fish. Follow this boat cleaning guide and you’ll find you’re working smarter instead of harder, ultimately enjoying the boating life a whole lot more. #1 – Cover [...]

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G-Floor® Clear Solid Vinyl Floor Protector Goes Above and Beyond

Just as its name implies, our G-Floor® Clear Solid Vinyl Floor Protector “protects” your flooring investment. But there is so much more than meets the eye with our American-made, 100% premium polyvinyl clear vinyl floor rolls. This is one time where it is okay to boast about the exceptional value [...]

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Why Use BILD® Print Media for Indoor Floor Graphics?

Architects, interior designers, graphic designers and ad agencies are always looking for ways to alter the indoor landscape and enhance the space below our feet. Graphic image flooring and custom printed flooring allow you to be as creative as you want without space or project limitations. Once an overlooked space, the floor can [...]

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Today on this 49th Earth Day and Every Day, We Care about the Planet and our Environment

As the manufacturer of vinyl garage flooring, multi-purpose flooring and vinyl wall coverings, Better Life Technology (BLT) exists to fulfill the needs of Earth’s growing population. As a company, we strive to successfully meet this challenge in an environmentally-sustainable manner. Today, on Earth Day and on every other day of the year, BLT continues to improve [...]

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Make a Plan for a Garage Makeover Before You Start

If you want to complete a dream garage makeover, upfront planning will save you time, money and a whole lot of stress. Before you even begin the de-cluttering and garage renovation process, consider these: What is the main purpose of my garage? Your garage might be simply a place to park cars and other [...]

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Better Life Technology Brands Are Proudly Made in the USA!

When shopping for vinyl flooring, it is imperative that you understand what your prospective choices contain and how they are manufactured to make the most informed purchasing decision. There is a principal reason why G-Floor® is considered the Gold Standard of polyvinyl flooring, and it is one that is critical [...]

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Better Life Technology Celebrates National Mom and Pop Business Owners Day!

Every great business starts with a great idea and dedicated entrepreneurs to see it to fruition. The story of Better Life Technology (BLT) isn’t all that different from the millions of other small businesses that were created to solve a problem or fulfill a need. We are excited to celebrate [...]

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Unique Tradeshow Booth Ideas 2019: Use Free Space Above, Below and Around

BILD® Print Media is helping event planners and marketers make great use of the valuable free space available on tradeshow display walls, floors and everywhere in between. [...]

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Visit Us At World of Modular

G-Floor® heads to Las Vegas for the World of Modular show this week! You can find us at booth #606. World of Modular is an open forum for anyone interested in the modular construction industry. For suppliers of building products, services, and financing, the MBI trade show remains the best [...]

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Breathe New Life into Your Pontoon Boat with a Simple Switch to Vinyl Marine Flooring

Refurbishing a pontoon or renovating a boat doesn’t have to be expensive or time consuming. By simply replacing your outdated, worn out, stained, ripped or faded boat carpet with smart marine flooring, your pontoon takes on a new life all its own. With so many options available in boat flooring, which floor is right for you and [...]

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At Better Life Technology, We Keep Making Your Life Better with G-Floor®, AquaTread® and BILD®

It all started 20 years ago with a goal: Engineer an extremely durable, 100% premium polyvinyl flooring product that’s simple to install, easy to clean and serves as an attractive floor protector for commercial and residential uses. Better Life Technology has gone far beyond its first indoor garage floor mats, [...]

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G-Floor® Receives Rave Review in Hemmings Motor News

See how to transform your garage or workspace into an attractive and inviting space using Hemmings’ recommendations for G-Floor roll-out matting and garage floor tiles. [...]

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It’s Boat Show Season! Look for the Many Boat Dealers Carrying AquaTread® Marine Flooring as their Pontoon Flooring of Choice

The premiere Miami International Boat Show marks a high point in the boat show season which spans February-March. If you are attending a boat show in your region, look for pontoon boats and boat dealers carrying premium, durable, great-looking AquaTread® Marine Flooring. [...]

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Ask For It By Name… AquaTread® Marine Flooring – The #1 Pontoon Boat Flooring

You have a choice in your pontoon boat flooring. Ask your boat dealer for the most durable boat flooring available, great-looking AquaTread® Marine Flooring. [...]

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New Technologies Enhance Cannabis Production in Large Grow Facilities

Two emerging products are making news in the cannabis cultivation industry. An innovative greenhouse flooring and an advanced greenhouse design are producing some big rewards for industrialized cannabis and large greenhouse growers. Let’s take a look at both in more detail. High-Tech Hybrid Greenhouse The latest in greenhouse design includes [...]

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Choosing the Best Containers for Plants and Grow Rooms

For most beginners wanting to grow indoors, this is one of the first questions asked. The choice of your indoor growing containers will depend on your growing style and the final size of your plant. First and foremost, it’s all about the roots here. You want to give them the [...]

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New Technologies Enhance Cannabis Production in Large Grow Facilities

Two emerging products are making news in the cannabis cultivation industry. An innovative greenhouse flooring and an advanced greenhouse design are producing some big rewards for industrialized cannabis and large greenhouse growers. Let’s take a look at both in more detail. High-Tech Hybrid GreenhouseThe latest in greenhouse design includes a [...]

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For Cannabis Cultivation… Cleanliness is Next to Godliness

Better Life Technology’s (BLT) groundbreaking greenhouse products are helping indoor growers keep contaminants, debris and pests out of grow rooms resulting in a much healthier crop and more prosperous yield. Combining GrowFloor® greenhouse flooring with GrowWall™ greenhouse wall covering creates the ultimate growroom experience. Cultivating a clean harvest is important [...]

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G-Floor® and Better Life Technology celebrate 20 years covering the world’s garage floors and more by innovating above and beyond

Our Founders Don and Brett Sneed first decided to concentrate on a solution for tracking winter grime from the garage into the house, creating the first G-Floor® Parking Pad in 1998. Don’s daughter-in-law, Brett’s wife, had just installed white carpeting throughout the house which served as their initial inspiration. Brett [...]

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BILD® Print Media Makes an Impression at the SGIA Expo

BILD® distributor Veritiv uses Better Life Technology’s cutting-edge polyvinyl custom imaging product to build up its brand at a recent trade show in Las Vegas .   Thousands of attendees got to look at and walk on our one-of-a-kind print imaged flooring at the Veritiv booth during the October SGIA [...]

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From Floor Graphics to Graphic Floors… G-Floor® Graphic officially becomes BILD® Print Media

Better Life Technology proudly announces the rebranding and name change of its polyvinyl flooring graphics line,G-Floor® Graphics to BILD® Print Media. The G-Floor® Graphics product family officially becomes BILD® Print Media, allowing customers to transform floor graphics into graphic floors (and more) even easier than ever before! BILD Print Media [...]

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GrowFloor™ Hits the Cannabis Industry

Cannabis is a hot topic everywhere you turn. From various oils and medical treatment to recreational use, the growth of the cannabis industry is occuring rapidly. Whether you are on the consumer end or doing the growing, quality is most likely at the top of your list. When HOW you [...]

G-Floor

Introducing AquaTread 2018 Improvements

The best is now even better! Introducing AquaTread® Marine Flooring for 2018 – the leader in marine flooring!   AquaTread®, a product of Better Life Technology, is the leading ultra-durable and seamless polyvinyl flooring brand for boat manufacturers in the recreational marine industry. AquaTread® is available in over 22 colors [...]

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Special Buy of the Day

G-Floor Universal Flooring will be featured in Home Depot's Special Buy of the Day on April 27th. [...]

BILD

Turn Some Heads!

Turn some heads with a custom printed graphic by BILD print media. Submerge your customers into a world of captivating, eye-popping colors. Create a wonderland with floor to ceiling imagery, all printed on 100% polyvinyl. With BILD print media, you can take the most stunning scenic photos and turn them [...]

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Give your Garage a Showroom Look

The appeal of a car showroom is often one of the mitigating factors that can dictate whether or not a consumer purchases a new car. Presentation does matter, and a showroom’s special flooring, lighting and the shape of the car can help sway a customer. Purchasing a vehicle is a [...]

AquaTread

Why AquaTread?

AquaTread is the most durable marine flooring available to recreational boat manufacturers today. Created out of composite polyvinyl, it won’t peel or snag. AquaTread has superb moisture protection thanks to an improved top coat that also offers improved UV resistance, meaning it’s stable for long term sun exposure. Spend time [...]

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New BILD SF Product Bringing Innovation to the Graphic Printing Industry

Better Life Technology, a leading innovator of vinyl surface coverings, announced today their BILD Print Media line has a new product on the market. Set to change the sheet fed, stream fed, and offset printing worlds, this vinyl substrate is perfect for quick, mass printing of graphics.   BILD SF [...]