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Designers Image Vinyl Lock planks at Menards

13 years ago

Has anyone installed this product in the last few months?

We liked it for the embossed wood look and feel and the below grade application for our lower level. It looks great where it actually lays down as it should.

Bought it and had it installed by a professional who has done our wood floors and ceramic tile entry.In less than 2 weeks I counted 30+%butt joint and edge defects in 3 rooms and a hallway.After many moons of emails and complaints to Menards and to Unika USA,the manufacturer, the material was replaced at no cost. This time we hired a floor installer recommended by Unika USA. He was in constant contact with them and took 3 days to do the job following their instructions on the phone. This installer does several acres of floating floor (Pergo, Armstrong etc etc) every year.this time the result was even worse, 40% defects after the install week, and now at 50+%.Length-wise curl,curl across the plank (cupping?), lifting off the adhesive and underlay.

We just had 600 sq ft of red oak floor installed for about what this Designer Image project has cost me so far, even taking into account the free replacement material.

Did we have two consecutive some bad batches? Any alternatives out there?

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