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Anyone use Allure vinyl flooring from Home Depot?

13 years ago

Would like to know if anyone has used the Trafficmaster Allure vinyl flooring from Home Depot? If so, how do you like it? We are debating whether or not to use it in our kitchen but my contractor husband is wary of it. Thanks!

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stercaland
13 years ago
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
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