Luxury vinyl planks in foyer adjacent to real hardwoods?
Karen Marcely
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Comments (19)We did LVT as well, but after about a year are noticing some issues. Namely some high traffic areas are end-buckling, and some areas around multiple wall intersections are gapping. We're okay with it overall since hardwood likely would have done the same, but it seems like with the floating floor (which ours is), that there's been some shifting around as the house dries and cures this first year. A little sad, but they've held up amazingly well with the pets and fact that we track all kinds of dirt into the house. Some scratches (we're pretty hard on floors), but the DH husband reminds me it would be WAY worse if it was real hardwood. Most people can't tell the difference to be honest....See MoreLuxury Vinyl Plank - Armstrong & Mannington
Comments (4)We have the Mannington Adura in Essex Oak, which was installed precisely 8 days ago. Ours is also glued; our vendor does not recommend the click-lock feature and in fact will not agree to use it no matter whose product it is. The Adura plank is an excellent product, EXCEPT.... Mannington is moving its factory from China to the US. The machinery was installed, the "switch was flipped", and.....nothing happened. Nada. Zip. In the meantime, people across the country are ordering the Adura line and paying their money. Like us, many had install dates already scheduled for mid-September. Those install dates - ours included - could NOT be met. In fact, the Mannington factory called our vendor late Friday morning to tell them our Monday install date was off. To say our vendor was pi$$ed was putting it mildly! Mannington put in an emergency order to the China factory to start back up mfg'g the Adura line. They shuffled existing stock in the US to be shipped to those dealers who were screaming the loudest. Fortunately our dealer was one of them, and sufficient Essex Oak planks/stairs were found on the East Coast to fill our order. We were lucky that our install date was only delayed one week. The vendor said some folks were being pushed out 4-6 weeks from the original install date. We did have to go back to the store to select some coordinating LVT for our closets. The new US-made Adura tiles are not going to be shipped until December! The dealer offered us anything in the Armstrong LVT line, saying it was slightly more expensive but they would eat the difference. The dealer has put up a large sign on the Mannington Adura displays that the company is experiencing SIGNIFICANT shipping delays. They are telling potential buyers that unless they can wait, it's recommended to purchase Armstrong instead if time is a factor for install....See MoreCan butting vinyl plank floors to real hardwood work?
Comments (16)I realize this is an old thread, but I got here because I mentioned in another thread that I was planning to lay LVP in my kitchen and adjoining living room (replacing linoleum in kitchen and gross carpet in living room). I have what I think may be red oak floors throughout the rest of the house. My question is, should I scrap the idea of LVP altogether, or is what I have different enough that it doesn't look mismatched/be a no-no, etc. I kind of have my heart set on the LVP at the moment but it hasn't been bought yet, obviously. link to other thread: https://www.houzz.com/discussions/help-needed-on-colors-for-kitchen-living-room-dsvw-vd~5474173 photo shows LVP under consideration butting up to wood floor - the planks will be perpendicular to the hardwood as shown here but I only have these small samples: Transition from hallway to front entrance of kitchen transition from kitchen to dining room...See MoreEngineered Vinyl Plank (EVP) vs. Luxury Vinyl Plank vs Engineered Hard
Comments (24)@V M sorry, just seeing your post above. We are just now finally breaking ground on our home so I don't have pics of the flooring to show you from my house. I will come back and post when I do but that will be some months from now. But we are paying, I think, 15K for our Multi-Length Rigid Core SPC floors in color Sandhill. Our house will be 2975 sf and this floor covering will be throughout the home, except in 3 of the full baths and the utility room. I'm not exactly sure how many square feet that leaves but hopefully you can do some rough math. Everything goes through my builder so I don't have an exact price per square foot to provide you. I also am not sure if this includes labor to install....See MoreC Marlin
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