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Blogger Birmingham, AL on Mar 07, 2012

Armstrong Exquisite Vinyl Plank Flooring- Good, Bad, Ugly?

Anyone have experience with this type of product? We are trying to cover about 2100 square feet of a botched sheet vinyl installation in an open area of a church. Wondering about the durability and slickness of this product. I know laminate is slick when wet. I'm assuming since this is an LVT it won't be as slippery. I'm also concerned about buckling over time since it is a wide open area. See floorplan attached - hatched area will be replaced with this product.

Thoughts?

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LandlightS Roswell, GA

As this is an adhesive backed product, the existing floor MUST be perfectly attached to the subfloor or you are looking for problems. How "blotched" is the sheet vinyl. Additionally, if the sheet vinyl has an embossed pattern, it will show that pattern thru the new floor. That was a major complaint from many customers when I ran the flooring dept at a big box retailer.
I would strongly recommend a laminate "floating"floor.

on Mar 07, 2012 · Like 0
Beth B Birmingham, AL

Hmm.. I was under the impression that the Armstrong Exquisite is a floating floor similar to Konecto. I will investigate further. I've used a glue-down LVT before so I would agree that the sub-floor must be perfect in that case. I was told this Exquisite is a floating floor, though, so it would only attach to itself. I will investigate further. Thanks for the input.

on Mar 07, 2012 · Like 0
KMS Woodworks Nederland, CO

I laid a bunch of the Traffic Master Allure...I think these products a very similar.
The traffic master stuff I used was very easy to lay and has held up well
http://www.homedepot.com/webapp/wcs/stores/s...

on Mar 08, 2012 · Like 0
LandlightS Roswell, GA

I may have spoken too soon,,,,,I think the adhesive is only where the planks meet each other, and it is therefore a "floating" floor. I still feel that the sub-floor should be in perfect shape. Again, how "blotched" is the existing floor???
Gary

on Mar 08, 2012 · Like 0
Laura Hurst Calentine Amesville, OH

This is an easy to use product, I have laid rooms by myself in a few hours. It cuts with a straight edge and box cutter/exacto knife. It must go onto a flat surface but as long as the floor is flat, it will go down. I know a person who put this in a vet's office and she loves it!! If it can take that, it should hold up well in the church. It looks nice going down and if you take care, don't rush it, you can do it yourself. Just be sure to read the directions. This is MUCH easier than ...»
laminate flooring. There are some really good videos on youtube that show exactly how to do this.

on Jan 27, 2013 · Like 0