Karndean, yes or no.

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Just undertaking a complete house renovation. Last house we used tiles, in hallway, kitchen and bathroom, but no matter what we used to clean them they never looked pristine. So thinking of using Karndean in the same rooms this time, but also wondering if it would work in reception rooms & bedrooms.

We have it through most of the downstairs on recommendation of our builder and absolutely love it- very easy care, forgiving of our pets and rural lifestyle and looks great!

Herringbone Karndean in our hallway looks great 3 years on.
I'm really confused about all the maintenance comments - should I be doing something other than hoovering and mopping with a bit of warm water?!

No it's horrible, just hyped up lino.

Love ours in hallway and kitchen/ dining area. Very few scratches despite heavy wear. We don’t use special cleaning products and would highly recommend

Our whole downstairs has it, we have the parquet tiles of it and it's been down since 2019 and we love it. I brush it, give it a mop every now and then. Job done. It does need to be put down by a very experienced fitter though,

Its not
Lino is a very different product, made from cork, linseed oil and sawdust.
Karndean, Amtico, Rhino floor etc are made from Vinyl.

No, it really couldn’t be lower maintenance.

Agree, the fitting makes a massive difference.

In what way? Other than both being floor coverings surely they are totally different products

I'm also interested in the comments about high maintenance, I've had mine for about 5 years and can't see any difference from day one and I use warm water with a normal floor cleaner, is there some kind of change over time?

I used to work in flooring.
Decent Vinyl flooring can least 10/15 years or more if fitted properly and looked after.
Just a light mopping is fine, it can get wet but best not to get it soaked in case water gets into the joins.
Lino is very different, has to be fitted and maintained differently.
I think most people use the word Lino to mean sheet vinyl

Thank you, I was told by the fitters not to use hot water and not too much water but nothing was said about special products so I was hoping I wasn't doing something wrong as it wasn't cheap

It's strange that some powers have such a different experience

If you used boiling water you could in theory soften it temporarily but it would probably be ok.
There is a wear layer on the top thats pretty robust, its better than laminate in that it won't chip. It can scratch but you can repair it as long as its not too bad