Floor and Decore Grey Blonde Luxury Vinyl
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Prints left on luxury vinyl plank floors!!!!
Comments (484)MY SOLUTION! I just installed tabacco road coreluxe and had the same problem for a months. i decided to start research and this seems to be a big problem. We used to use Bona mop and cleaner. The mop head never looked dirty after we cleaned the floor and thought it was odd and we always would see our footprints just after we cleaned it. My wife was so aggrivated that she wanted to rip them out. One day after cleaning the floor she spilled a little water in the kitchen and wiped it up with a peper towel. The paper towel came up filthy. We decided to try another solution so we went with the swiffer wet jet with disposable mop heads. We cleand the floor once and the mop head was filthy so we decided that we would keep cleaning it and keep changing mop heads until we didnt see any dirt on them. It took about 3 runs. Sure enough after the floor dried we started walking on them NO MORE footprints. Sorry to tell you but the smudged footprints are just dirty floors. let me know if this helps?...See MoreAnyone use Floor and Decor Luxury Vinyl tile ?
Comments (2)I have used Karndean loose lay vinyl floor planks with good success. No adhesive and very easy to cut with a simple box cutter. It's not cheap, but when you remove the installation cost you would have had to have paid someone to install a regular flooring product, I thought the pricing was okay. A lot of colors to choose from and it looks great, no one thinks it's vinyl....See MoreLuxury Vinyl Plank Interlocking Vs. Peel and Stick Floors
Comments (19)OK....so here is what I WOULD DO: Pull the carpet and lino BOTH and FIND OUT what's underneath. Carpet hides the WORST subfloors (both in prep and in materials) on the planet. Builders KNOW they can mess up the subfloor because carpet will hide everything. So....once carpet and line are GONE...I would then choose an installation material BASED ON the subfloor material that is in place. Example, if you have PERFECT PLYWOOD (which is EXPENSIVE....so I HIGHLY DOUBT IT) then you can think about peel and stick vinyl (which will be cheap, cheerful and require replacement rather quickly = 5 - 7 years). If you have PERFECT CONCRETE SLAB (again...HIGHLY DOUBT IT) then you can think peel and stick. See above. Now back to reality. The chances are you have bad subfloors. As in laun or fibre board or OSB (oriented strand board = looks like the plywood has been made from potato chips). If this is your substrate, peel and stick will NOT STICK. That means you NEED TO LOOK at floating (click together). The price will go UP because of the price of the locking system (royalties, manufacturing machines are expensive, etc) but the INSTALLATION will be faster/easier. Or you have horrible concrete (lumpy, pitted, sloped, etc.) and you need SERIOUS repairs on the concrete. That type of repair isn't going to come cheap. And it is a gut-wrenching DIY project. And vinyl is great for dogs....but PLEASE WORK with a product that is NOT MATTE. We have dozens of threads with people CRYING over their matte finished vinyl....and HATING IT. And NO, the finish is not defective. Which makes them even MORE upset....because there is no warranty covering "angry". And just for fun, a rental unit will have a different life expectancy for flooring. Rental units have a 7 year life cycle for flooring. Yep. That's sever (7) years and the floors need replacing. So....choose what YOU LIKE today. Get it as tough as your budget can allow (high-end laminate in the living spaces + decent vinyl in kitchen/bath/laundry) and then realize it will only survive a few more years (2-4 years) as a rental floor. That's it. And LAMINATE (especially the high end one's) are EXTREMELY tough. They are STUPID-EASY/cheap to install as DIY and require LESS PREPARATION to the subfloors than vinyl. Because rental property is in your future, don't think anything beyond "seven years"....See MoreLuxury Vinyl (LVF / LVP) vs hardwood floors
Comments (28)I bought Downs H2O LVT. It is made by CoreTec from James Duty at Cloister Flooring America in Lititz, PA. I think you and I might be in the same area - not sure if there are any other Cloister Flooring Americas except the one's in Lititz and Ephrata.. One of the other brands I looked at was Kardean, but it was quite a bit more expensive and took me over budget. Price check other stores in your area. Flooring America, Carpet One, Pro Source, and Floor Trader Outlet will have the same "Exclusive" product with a different name.. Different stores in the same chain can and most likely will have different pricing. Flooring America in Etown was more expensive than Cloisters. Carpet One in Annville/Cleona was the highest price when I did my comparison. I really like the people at Cloister Flooring America and love that they offer assistance getting started if you are wanting to install yourself. Again - COVID may be limiting the service, but when I got mine they offered for someone to come to the house for an hour and show you what to do there was a cost, but something like $100.00. They also rent some of the supplies. Everyone else I talked to pressured me to have it installed and pretty much said "You're on your own." Also, if you can wait till after the holidays, flooring should go on sale. Generally everyone wants flooring done by Christmas and then the market hits a lull and stores are trying to drum up business. I don't have a clue how COVID may change things this year. If we are dealing with the same "Cloister Flooring America" ask if they will be having an anniversary sale in March. I think that is an annual sale for them....See Morerfharmon
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