Does anyone have a LVT floor in a kitchen or dining room?

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What do you think of it? Is it tough enough without being too plastic? Where did you get it from? Thanks!

@sluj we put those felt stick on things on the chairs to stop them scraping. Works well.

[quote NeedAHoliday2021]@sluj we put those felt stick on things on the chairs to stop them scraping. Works well.[/quote]
Thanks. Don't they just come off though?

@sluj husband sticks the felt sticky things on the feet of the chairs with a bit of nomorenails and then they stay put.

This is the clic lock. Been in kitchen diner one year and had bucked due to.not knowing that furniture affects the ability to shrink and expand. It's a dangerous liability and a very costly mistake! Getting polyflor glue down laid in the next month

[quote BonnyandPoppy]@sluj husband sticks the felt sticky things on the feet of the chairs with a bit of nomorenails and then they stay put.[/quote]
Great tip, thank you

Thank you for your messages, particularly recommending stick down instead of click. The builders wanted click together, but maybe I should get flooring specialists to do the stick down instead.

We used a specialist local flooring company to do stick down (Amtico signature) and they were brilliant.

For what uts worth thats what we did - builder recommended click down but didn't know much about it. When it went wrong we had no recourse. 15 Yr warranty not valid as builders weren't approved. Builder blamed product. Noone fixed it. Get specialist floorers in. It will be worth it in the long run

I must be very unlucky with mine! I hate it! It's the biggest mistake I've made in our renovations. It's a tile look grey one and it is impossible to get clean! It has a slightly rough surface and all the dirt just stays in so badly. We had a cleaner quit over it! (we do live on a farm with dogs and small children in and out of the house though!)

@expensiveshite - please don't tell me you have Karndean Opus Fumo??? That is what we are about to have installed, but haven't yet ordered.

I have Amtico throughout half of the house. Its been down over 3 years & its not perfect, but not bad. Ours came included with a new build so not guaranteed if we have any issues, luckily we haven't. It isn't great with staining because when you rub the flooring the pattern underneath comes away so have to be careful cleaning it. No breakages though & had a fair few things dropped on it. Looks like new still pretty much. Its lasting better than I thought it would.

We have moduleo in 2 rooms and it's bombproof. Looks as good as the day it was laid 5 years ago and that's with some fairly heavy abuse from dcs.

Another vote for the stuck down stuff. We have Moduleo click vinyl now, laid by our kitchen fitter, and it's buckled.

The difference in price is massive though.

Top end sheet vinyl might also be worth a look, especially if you want tile effect rather than wood. Some of them are really good now.

@sluj I’ve replace one but we’ve had them on for 4.5 years and have 3 dc. All the others are still fine.

We have polyflor colonia English Oak in the hall, dining room and kitchen.

6 years old and looking fine -a few scratches here and there where we were careless with prams and bikes etc

Supplied and fitted by local flooring company (ironically the exact same flooring as my gp surgery so must be durable!)

Those who have had issues with the click fit, the problem is more likely with the installation not the actual product. We installed LVT click fit ourselves throughout the whole of the ground floor with an underlay and have had no issues whatsoever. So pleased with it. It would have cost us at least double to have the stick down version installed but I know not everyone would feel confident to do that kind of project.

What do people use to clean the Karndean and Amtico? Can you just use Flash with a mop or do you have to use expensive products?

We have glue down LVT moduleo right through down stairs...been down years looks as good as new....don’t get the clic stuff.... have it properly fitted and your floors properly prepped....the cost for this is as much if not more than the LVT but very necessary.....people who say LVT is shit....are those who cut corners....we bought it local and had local fitters

Getting it fitted and floor prepped properly is the main thing - one of our floors is moduleo click fit and the other is glue down. There's no difference in how they've worn over 5 years (ie neither has moved or deteriorated at all)

I’ve just had Malmo click planks fitted in our kitchen, dining room & hall and I don’t like it. Our floor wasn’t perfectly even in places so it feels ‘clattery’ - stick down would have been better in hindsight. Concerned now that the weight of my dresser etc is going to be an issue.
Ideally we should have dug out the existing floor and put real wood down - I don’t like the look of the LVT either

@ILoveAllRainbowsx

What do people use to clean the Karndean and Amtico? Can you just use Flash with a mop or do you have to use expensive products?

We have Amtico covering around 60% of the ground floor. It's been down over 5 years and is still looking good despite a hard life. We care for it by sending the robot hoover out to do his thing most days, then I give it a quick mop each week with one of the mops that holds the liquid in the handle (I use diluted multi purpose cleaner) and you squirt it out as you go. I use the steam mop on the lowest setting every so often too, but I'm nervous about it lifting the tiles so only do this every 6 months or so, and keep it moving.

Hmmm we need to have chipboard down over our basement conversion so need to see what my options are as want stick down 🧐

I’m about to have glue down Karndean in my soon to be refitted kitchen, plus running into hall and loo, plus bathrooms (currently carpeted, yuk, actually the kitchen currently has carpet too!).

Local carpet fitter recommended it as being easy to clean, and ideal for dogs too.

Having read this, feel I’ve made the right decision!

Not a fan personally.
Too much like vinyl.
Although it seems like the market leading hard floor and we are stumped about what else to get for a ground floor including kitchen. Can’t find a fitter willing to install click bamboo. So not sure if we will have no choice but to get this LVT.

We have something our kitchen company said was equivalent to Karndean. Fitted by a specialist on screeding and has lasted well in terms of not lifting but, over about 5 years, the surface has worn away badly where the kitchen chairs are, leaving large and very obvious white patches despite using felt pads under the furniture.
I didn't want tiles as I felt they were too hard and cold but am wishing I had got them now as the flooring was a lot of money to replace so soon