Polyflor LVT

[Mosaic123]

Hi, Having recently moved in, we are going to change the beautifully stained carpet in our flat for some kind of hard wearing LVT (Luxury Vinyl Tiles).

I have been looking at Amtico, Karndean and just recently Polyflor.

The Polyflor is so very much cheaper and it appears it doesn't need "dressing" like the Amtico does.

Does anyone have LVT Polyflor tiles and can tell me how they are?

We don't have dogs or small children (grandchildren one day I hope...) but we are not the most careful of people, we do drop stuff.

I am thinking of this for most rooms in our flat which includes a hall, lounge/diner, kitchen/diner and two bathrooms so really want to make the best choice to last a very long time.

Does anyone have opinions on Polyflor LVT please?

I’ve had it in my hallway, clock room and kitchen for a few years.
Very happy with it. I must admit I haven’t used the Amtico restorer which we were advised to use every year or so (can’t remember).

I just use a floor mop and a dash of washing up liquid in hot water to clean it.
Only negative is that I have a wood effect look and dirt does seem to get trapped in the ‘grooves’ and is hard to get out if you don’t wash it as often as you should.

Overall, I highly recommend it.

Thank you. So do you have Amtico?

I have LVT flooring too, mine is Neobo
I got it all installed upstairs except one bed room and I did the hallway too but not bathroom
It was 2900 ish

I've got Polyflor Camaro, hallway was laid about 8 years ago and kitchen/conservatory/utility was laid in the last few weeks - same style as I've got in the hall.

The fitter calls it tiles but it is long very thin plank like wood effect strips, although there are lots of styles.

I REALLY like it, hence getting the kitchen etc done with the same.
I've got a dog and it cleans easily, no scratches etc.
It's much warmer than the ceramic tiles which were down in the kitchen etc.

You do need a good fitter, there is a lot of work goes into the floor prep before the tiles start going down.

My fitter says he lays Karndean and Amitico as well and the only real difference is the significant price difference.

Thank you, I hadn't heard of Neobo so will look at that too.

Chasingsquirrels, you are saying exactly what I want to hear! Especially what the fitter says about price.

Choosing Polyflor would potentially save us a huge amount of money (can spend on new sofa) and if it's just as good as the more well known brands (or perhaps even better) then how fabulous.

We are just too messy to have carpet!

We have polyflor in our kitchen, and all through the hallway/spare room. Overall, I am very happy with it. It looks really smart, and feels lovely to walk on - so much warmer under foot than the nasty laminate that was there before.

We've only had it for about 9 months though, so I can't comment on the long term durability.

My only comment would be that I wish I had gone for the glue down stuff rather than the click together one - we've found that, as the heating came on in the autumn, the subfloor expanded a bit and a few gaps have opened up, which is really annoying. This is, however, likely a unique issue for our house, which is (apparently) constructed really weirdly in terms of the joists and subfloor.

I wouldn't hesitate to have it again, and in fact, we'll probably put it in the lounge too when we redo it next year.

It’s Polyflor Camero that I have.
Exactly like chasingsquirrels floor

Karndean house here, and we went for glue down. I think these things are to an extent, much of a muchness, it's a good fitter and level screed that makes the difference.

With Amtico you are largely paying for the name, the product spec is pretty similar to polyflor and Karndean ( used to work for a huge floor manufacturer)

We have polyflor camaro, DH is a floor layer by trade so does loads of LVTs, he always says Amtico you pay lots for the name and it's no better than Karndean, and Karndean is only slightly better than camaro.

Interesting. Thanks for all for help. I think I'm going to look at the Polyflor LVT ranges. We need over 100 sq meters so I'm going to choose very carefully indeed.

I have Amtico click which is a rigid lvt designed for the diy market. Can be laid over existing tiled floors and suitable for underfloor heating, bathrooms etc. No sunken joints/plank effect joints for dirt to get trapped in.

I’ve laid 100 sq metres over timber, concrete and ceramic tiles. Quick and easy to fit, took 4 days in total for an amateur to do 6 rooms.
Wood or stone effect.

Can buy it from Magnet.

We put polyflor down in our previous house, loved it!
Going to start our next project soon and will be def going with them again

Thanks everyone. Very useful.

We had Polyor fitted last week, it’s gorgeous. My tip would be make sure you get a really good fitter.