LVT (luxury vinyl tiles)

[Taz]

Apart from Kardean and Amtico are there any others worth looking at.

These two seem to be in the PXG price range of flooring !

 

[Rooter]

not sure on brands, but just to check your floor you are planning on for this is perfect under yeh? LVT needs a perfect base or it will just break.

Apologies if you knew that already lol! I wanted LVT, but where i have gone from 4 small rooms to one massive space, i had too much variance in floor heights, lumps and bumps and was too far in to re level the lot. So went for an alternative.

 

[Taz]

We've had it fitted before, but looking to do it ourselfs. Kardean do a Quicklok tile in the range now but not in the colour we already have so we may have to try and get a good match somewhere else.

 

[fundy]

Apart from Kardean and Amtico are there any others worth looking at.

These two seem to be in the PXG price range of flooring !

We fitted Amtico in the last house and have just done Karndean here (and more to do in a few weeks time)


The entry level isnt that expensive, we paid less than £20 sq m for Karndean recently, the real cost is in the floor preparation unless you already have a perfect sub floor and also the fitting costs unless youre doing it yourself (even more dependent on a good sub floor!).

Depending on how much you want can often get it cheaper on ebay too where fitters have some volume they dont need anymore

 

[Bunkermagnet]

We had Luvanto click together in the new side conservatory we had about a year ago, in a washed grey ok. I didn't fit it, for the money it was we had a flooring company supply and fit it. It is very nice

 

[HowlingGale]

Have two types. Glued on polyflor in the kitchen and LG Hausys click flooring, which is technically a floating floor. Would personally only do the floating floor in future due to the nightmare of getting the glued stuff up.

As mentioned before the floor needs to be perfect for either installation. We got our builder to put the polyflor stuff down and he didn't properly screed it and you notice the few imperfections.

 

[Ye Olde Boomer]

I've never seen "vinyl" and "luxury" in the same sentence before.
I suppose that a Linn LP12 turntable is a luxury way to play a vinyl phonograph record, but other than that....

 

[Deleted member 23270]

I had Karndean installed last year in a large kitchen/diner. Cost £1500 in total for materials and labour. The guy poured down a latex base material that forms a perfectly level surface. Very hard wearing, glad I did it rather than skimp on something cheaper.

 

[Jon321]

Karndean can be picked up on the net for around £100-120 a box, considering a box usually covers about 3.3 square metres it’s not too expensive.

if you know what colour you want have a look on https://internetflooringsupplies.co.uk/

 

[fundy]

Karndean can be picked up on the net for around £100-120 a box, considering a box usually covers about 3.3 square metres it’s not too expensive.

if you know what colour you want have a look on https://internetflooringsupplies.co.uk/

Can get it for just over £60 a box

 

[Jon321]

Can get it for just over £60 a box

Where from? That’s a bargain

 

[Blue in Munich]

Which way does the room face? I ask because when we were looking at Amtico, the salesman actually said he wouldn't sell us one of the Amtico range because of the way it would look with the setting sun playing on it. Wish I could remember exactly what the reason was but I can't, suffice to say we had laminate instead.

 

[fundy]

Which way does the room face? I ask because when we were looking at Amtico, the salesman actually said he wouldn't sell us one of the Amtico range because of the way it would look with the setting sun playing on it. Wish I could remember exactly what the reason was but I can't, suffice to say we had laminate instead.

Used to be that it discoloured, the fitter we had this time said thats not an issue anymore but that you do need to use the heat sensitive adhesive in going to be in direct sunlight

 

[fundy]

Where from? That’s a bargain

last lot we got from carpet barn locally who price matched the internet

https://lifestyleflooringuk.co.uk/vinyl-flooring/karndean-flooring/karndean-knight-tile

 

[fundy]

if you want honey maple it gets even cheaper

https://www.flooring.uk.com/karndea...n285x8UckLYp9BHdnSiVyhuyJxVXoDrUaAs2LEALw_wcB

 

[Jon321]

last lot we got from carpet barn locally who price matched the internet

https://lifestyleflooringuk.co.uk/vinyl-flooring/karndean-flooring/karndean-knight-tile

some good prices there. I’m going to need around 20 boxes in a few months. Colour I want is £27 a metre on there though.

 

[fundy]

some good prices there. I’m going to need around 20 boxes in a few months. Colour I want is £27 a metre on there though.

Did 22m in the kitchen/garden room last month, another 14m in the hallway/bathroom end of February, not at the 20 boxes level thankfully!

If its a Knight tile you are looking at can usually be found at £20m somewhere if you search around, just depends if youre choosing one of the other ranges?

 

[Blue in Munich]

Used to be that it discoloured, the fitter we had this time said thats not an issue anymore but that you do need to use the heat sensitive adhesive in going to be in direct sunlight

Mrs BiM says you're right. Treasure that, it's not a common occurrence...

 

[Jon321]

Did 22m in the kitchen/garden room last month, another 14m in the hallway/bathroom end of February, not at the 20 boxes level thankfully!

If its a Knight tile you are looking at can usually be found at £20m somewhere if you search around, just depends if youre choosing one of the other ranges?

It’s Van Gogh. Distressed oak. I love the stuff so doing the whole of downstairs in one lay. Screeding it all will be the fun part.

 

[williamalex1]

A proper vinyl floor, Thanks to Bill, Maninblack for the help