Vinyl plank flooring , lowes, Home Depot, lumber liquidators ?
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Avalon Flooring, Lumber Liquid. or HD / Lowes?
Comments (7)The problem with Any big box store flooring is this. They get junk wood which they get cheap which allows them to sell it cheap. Every see lumber liquidators 99 cent hardwood. If you look closely thats utility wood. Which means its all scrap that couldnt be graded for sale. I installed a friends floor they bought from HD and while the floor in every aspect was okay. The problem was each box contains roughly 20 sq ft. Out of each box about 5 sq ft was unuseable. The tongue was busted. Boards were scratched/dented or had visual defects. He had 400 ft to install and had to buy around 550 sq ft just to make up with all the junk wood. The other problem i ran into was what to do with that left over wood? This particular HD would NOT take any wood back that was opened. So he was stuck with that. If your big box store will take returns on open boxes then i say ok. But beware that you will probably need to buy more than 900 as your contractor suggested....See MoreVinyl Flooring: Do It Yourself Planks vs. Sheet Vinyl Install
Comments (10)I put a high quality, floating floor in my apt kitchen in NYC to help with pet wear and tear. NOT the best option. If one piece needs to be replaced (and with pet accidents it bubbles very easily), you have to undo a whole section because they are interlocked. Also, they just don't look that great, no matter what we paid. So when it came time to make the rest of the apt floor look decent, we switched to vinyl planks from Lowes. Sounds gross, but they're actually amazing looking. Our apt was built in the 1880's, (the original floor was long destroyed and removed before we got it),and I found a dark gunstock in a wider cut that almost matched our neighbor's original floor exactly. You ready for this? 98 cents a sq foot! If one gets damaged you peel it off (with some effort) and put a replacement. Echoflooring is sooo right about batch colors. Get it all at once and mix up the boxes as you lay it. We have a bunch of mixed ones for replacement and haven't used one, not one, but I know we have them. Lowes will recommend their sealer,but we didn't use it. They self stick just fine. One or two spots came up after we were first done and someone on line told us to use a hairdryer to reheat it and lay a book on top overnight. Worked like a dream. Our apt in NY is 800 sq ft and our current tenant is a photographer with two rescue cats and she loves the floor. Even with her keen eye, we had to tell her they were vinyl and how to replace it if she had a pet accident. She was blown away! I will try to post a picture of our NY apt floor for you. To be fair to our tenant the photographer, I took the horrible quality pics w my cell, not her! LOL! Choose wisely for your space and go with your fave, not what everyone says you should do, incl me. And pls do remember the color batch issue echoflooring brought up. Good luck :) Here is a link that might be useful: NYC vinyl plank floor...See MoreAnyone use Allure vinyl flooring from Home Depot?
Comments (1)I haven't bought it yet, but I certainly intend to. It will be going in my master bedroom where I have my son and his fiancee. My son was so hard on the carpet the previous owner put down (cheap, builder's grade), I put down a laminate floor so I wouldn't have to worry about stains. Laminate wasn't much better and isn't much good overall. Every place where my lazy son has spilled a drink and didn't immediately wipe it up there is a nasty raised area between the seams. Furthermore, even the tiniest amount of "play" in the subfloor can cause the floor to click and pop (at best), or worse it can cause the locking mechanism between the planks to break. I said all of that to say that with Allure you won't have to worry about spills because it is a vinyl floor. If you ever did have to replace a "plank," a razor knife, a scraper, a little finesse, and 10 minutes is all you'd need. If you have laminate, you'll have to remove every plank all the way back to the wall. I've seen this stuff in a completed room and the only thing that looks and feels more like real hardwood is actually real hardwood. I can tell a laminate floor from a mile away. If there's a Wal-Mart near you they may have a similar product on the floor of their shoe department or clothing departments. I've also seen similar stuff used inside Tractor Supply stores. If there is a Lowe's near you, they have an alternative product by Armstrong. It doesn't seem as substantial though. Also, Lowe's carries a vinyl plank called Novalis which is actually a lot cheaper than Allure and I've read really good reviews about it. With Novalis though, it is a traditional "peel and stick" type plank, so the subfloor would have to be prepped much more thoroughly. I've provided a very helpful link I found. The guy putting this stuff down is a real contractor! Here is a link that might be useful: Allure installation...See MoreHas anybody used Armstong's Luxe Vinyl Plank flooring?
Comments (1)Looks exactly like the Allure Flooring from Home Depot but with more color options. We have used the Allure Flooring several times and really like it....See MoreLorenza5064
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