Can LVP floors be installed "backwards?"
seb225
7 years ago
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Comments (1)The "reverse" install will cost you 3-4 TIMES the amount of time to install. Your experience with 125sf of install after several hours is NORMAL. I've seen professionals do this. They managed 300sf in 12 hours. You can keep going (your husband is upset because of the frustration) knowing full well that a 500sf install by DIYers = 3-4 days worth of work (with HIGH frustration and damaged planks). If you have enough waste (500sf of flooring should have 10% waste = 50sf of "extra"...so PLEASE check your order) you can stop your install and start again. You will lose the first run and any weird cuts you will have made. The other full planks should be salvageable. And BTW: not everyone likes the look of cork (it is an aesthetic thing and there isn't much you can do about someone thinking it looks "cheap"). That's why only 1% of the world's flooring is cork...it is expensive and not to everyone's liking. Please ensure you put down the vapour barrier properly and that the concrete was flattened properly (garages are notorious for have a "slope" towards the door). The slope must be removed before you lay your flooring....See MoreLVP install on stairs when bottom and top floors different color
Comments (1)OK...the design concept is: the stairs *should match the main floor. That is to say, when you have guests and they are walking past the stairs (usually going up into the bedroom spaces), the stairs will be the same material/colour as the floors they are standing on. Now that is said, you have carpeted stairs. These are the most expensive type of stairs to resurface. By that I mean switching from soft coverings (carpet) to hard (vinyl, wood, tile, cork, etc). The treads need to be trimmed out (not a fun project...gets expensive just for this). Be prepared to see the STAIR costs almost 'doubling' the cost of your flooring project. Nope. Not kidding. A set of stairs can cost $200/tread (labour + material). We've seen LOW BALL figures around $1400. We've seen 'real life' costs (when done properly and to code by a finishing carpenter) $2800 - $4,500. PLEASE CHECK YOUR QUOTE! If it looks TOO GOOD to be true, then it probably is. What is cheap will end up costing you huge amounts of time, headaches and, in the end, money. The other piece of advice I will offer: find the VINYL FLOOR that has STAIR TREADS in their line-up. You will pay close to double the cost for the vinyl....but you will SAVE MONEY on the stairs. The treads will be expensive. There is NO WAY around that. The SAVINGS comes with the REDUCED LABOUR costs because it is an easier, faster install for the HIGH-END PRO. Please tell us the square footage of your project, the PRODUCT name AND how many treads you have (do you have a landing?). And then tell us the quote they gave you. We can break down the math for you. We see 'hack stair installs' on a daily (if not hourly) basis on Houzz. It is heart breaking for homeowners, and those of us watching the train wreck, to go through. The biggest issue homeowners say, "No one TOLD me!" I'm sorry to say, I'm telling you now. Please take time to look into this....See MoreLVP Flooring installation
Comments (3)Where are you planning for your expansion breaks? Start there. You can’t run all of that continuously without thresholds and gaps for expansion. You’ll get an unholy buckling separating mess that isn’t warrantied. Same with the industry standard required floor prep. You have to get the floor flat within 3/16” in 10 first. Grind down high spots and fill the low spots. A week or two of that, and figuring out the expansion breaks, and you’re ready to begin....See MoreANY photos of installed Flooring Liquidators brand LVP in Baton Rouge?
Comments (5)I love the style & color of your current floors We have same hardwood engineered floors with same coloring We wanted to use the same flooring upstairs but they didn’t make it anymore. That’s the risk of going with things other than hardwood . We are in process of selling our house and moving to NV. And now need to find floors for new house. I wish I could afford hardwood but I’m getting quoted 30k to 50k for hardwood with installation for a 2k sq ft house. So looking for other alternative choices. Everyone is telling me to go LVP. I want the same warm reddish brown color but haven’t found any yet...See Moreseb225
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