We've been installing Global Gem products for a few years now and have had nothing but success in all applications. We've used it in both commercial and residential properties and everyone seems to love it. The only down side so far is when a customer wants vinyl to match existing traditional looking colors or floors. And the moldings to match arent the best so what I do is buy unfinished and custom match stain for each floor when needed. But the flooring itself is amazing!

Yikes, we just had a local Flooring Contractor begin our flooring project. We're replacing the carpet that was original to the home, and ripping out the tile in several areas to install LVP over slab. The Contractor talked a great game, telling us about his 15 years experience and his "5 Star" reviews. When I asked about getting the old carpet glue up, he assured me he had a "power scraper" that will take the glue right up. Asked about filling nail holes from tack strips, he said he had self leveling stuff to fill those. My wife and I knowing we were getting new flooring began removing old carpet and tack strips where accessible. I filled the little craters left by pulling up the tack strip and scraped up what I could with the glue. Figuring this would save some time for the contractor. Well when it came to do the actual prep, he suddenly changed tune saying he's never fills those hole in the concrete it doesn't affect the floor at all and is a waste of time. I can see that might be true with the small holes, but pulling up the tack strips left from pretty sizable "craters." The next "red flag" was when he changed his tune on scraping the glue, he claimed the underlayment would take up any imperfections and we'd never notice once the floors are in. He said something interesting, when he said that when he's installing he asks himself if the floor will feel good under foot to the customer. Which we took to mean, if the customer never knows he didn't do a proper prep or follow manufacturer installation requirements, it's a win. When it came to following Manufacturers installation procedure, he claimed that's just CYA stuff and he does it his way. Running the underlayment perpendicular to the direction of the LVP, nah, he said you don't really need to do that, besides it takes more time. Then there's the logistic accommodations we went over with him from the get go, due to our pets. He agreed to 3 phases...until he began work then he suddenly claimed he never agreed to 3 phases, just two, then went into how he's never had a client who couldn't just put the pets in carriers and put them all in one room, then he questioned why we would adopt feral cats. That was not his job to judge our choice to rescue some cats. Oh it gets worse, with him not respecting our property. When he was taking up the tile in a bathroom, he put the toilet in our Jacuzzi shower. Did not cover the glass shower doors to protect them from "flying" mastic and tile chips. When we called him on it, the excuse was "I know what that shower is made of, and putting the toilet in there won't hurt it." We said that wasn't the point, the point was you didn't respect our property. Anyway it was excuse after excuse, argument after argument about how we trying to tell him how to do his job. Well in the end he was pretty pissed off that we expected he followed through on things we discussed and do a proper surface prep, so he quit the job. We now have a living room with basically a pallet of LVP, boxes of QuietWalk and bundles of base board. We've got another contractor coming in a few days to give us a quote on completing the project.

Hi Eruggeb - what is this a picture of?

How many times have we seen cabins updated by painting the walls white. It happens all the time. Of course the BEST option, if this is low-grade paneling, is to remove it and use drywall + paint. You are about to pay $4-$8/sf for CoreTec. You probably have a little more than 1000sf. That's $4-$8K JUST for the materials. That does NOT include the subfloor prep (always needs to be done...and carpet hides some SERIOUS horror so expect the $2-$4/sf for subfloor prep). Then the labour costs = $3/sf for the install. If you pay everything 'at market value' you could be looking at costs of $9 - $15 for the Coretec. Let's look at that over 1000sf of cabin. That's $9,000 - $15,000 for flooring. I can guarantee you it will be HALF that cost for pro painters to cover your walls. You don't have to do it this year....but think about HOW LONG you will put up with the walls. Then make your decision. And realize, men PREFER THE LOOK of wood. Don't think you'll get any help there.