Anyone install their own floor?
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Anyone install their own floor?
I watched a You Tube video on DIY installation of vinyl plank flooring. It looked pretty easy. I want to pull up the old carpeting in my soon-to-be new sewing room and put down the vinyl plank flooring. Anyone with experience in doing this?
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no but when we built this house I put down the vinyl tiles and my husband did the hardwood flooring, we bought lots of books and tapes and did all the inside! good luck
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i've done lots of different floors, but not vinyl plank... always wanted to, though. the most important part of doing any floor is to make sure you start with a perfectly straight line.
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We had vinyl plank put down several months ago. It did not look to hard if you are able to get down on the floor. We just can't do that anymore. They smeared glue on the clean concrete, which was the color blue, then when the blue disappeared and turned clear it was ready to put the plank down. It was sticky of course and they started at the door and worked in. It turned out real nice and I just love it and it is so easy to care for. We used to do all kind of home projects but some just cannot do any more.
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We (or should I say DH) put the vinyl plank flooring from Home Depot - Allure - in our dining room. They have 2 grades - 10 yr warranty and lifetime warranty. We did the lifetime. The only issue he had was needing to cut a hole to go around the pipe for our hot water baseboard heating in that room. Since we have 'big boy toys' on the property, he eventually got sometime to punch the correct size hole. He did an excellent job. No glue...it's a floating floor system. My understanding is that they did have some issues with the product when it was initially released but those have been resolved. He actually did the entire room in only a few hours. Cutting to length where necessary was not nearly as problematic as trying to punch the hole. It, apparently, does take a couple of minutes to get used to how it correctly fits together but once you get the hang of that it goes very quickly. We are planning to put the same flooring in our bedroom as well, just different color. The overall job will look much better if you take off the existing baseboard trim, put down the flooring and then replace the trim. We did the dark walnut with a somewhat 'distressed' look. You really have to look closely and feel it to think it's not wood.
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Well, i put the "bug" in DH ear....he was not confident that I could tackle it myself.....i expect him to come around in a few days tho. It usually works this way. . I do think I could do it myself tho. Like cutting out quilt blocks!
Yes, the floating system.
sandy
Yes, the floating system.
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I have installed Allure vinyl plank flooring. It is very easy to do.
My brother and I installed Ikea flooring at Dad's house and I installed maple flooring in Mum's dining room.
The Allure was the easiest and I will probably put it in two rooms in the basement.
My brother and I installed Ikea flooring at Dad's house and I installed maple flooring in Mum's dining room.
The Allure was the easiest and I will probably put it in two rooms in the basement.
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