vinyl flooring for kitchen, thoughts?
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Comments (14)We're an Amtico house (Amtico Spacia Xtra ). I love it. Looks great, cleans easily, and our is slightly textured so feels nice underfoot. Our 'planks' have very slightly bevelled edges so that also gives the impression of real wood. I agree that it does 'ding' relatively easily, but we've only had one. It's been down coming on 3 years now (3 kids, 1 dog, 1 puppy, and lots of parties) and still looks as good as new. The fitters had to put some self levelling down throughout the downstairs, but the final finish is fantastic. Expensive, but IMO well worth the money. There are a few pictures of the process towards the end of one of my threads if you're interested: [Link to discussion[(https://www.houzz.co.uk/discussions/its-go-go-go-kitchen-diner-project-dsvw-vd~3911398)...See MoreKitchen with no kickboards on vinyl floor?
Comments (12)In our experience, it is better for the floors to be fitted first. We always ask for this for several reasons: Firstly, it would not give the best finish to cut the floor to fit around the parts of the cabientry that run to the floor, including the end panels and 'legs' of the cabientry in the above photo. Secondly, for long term maintenance - it can be problem to slide in/out appliances such as dishwashers and fridge freezers if they are not on a continuous floor, and some appliance brands insist that they sit on a solid floor for warranty purposes. Thirdly, it will future proof the kitchen if you ever want to change the layout of it. There are other reasons too, but all in all I would go with their advice and make sure it is properly protected. The only time it could be a problem is where the floor (e.g. timber) moves significantly after the cabientry has been fitted, but this should not be the case if the floor is well fitted. If your floor is tiled or is e.g. vinyl, there should be no movement....See MoreLuxury Vinyl Tiles in kitchen...advice
Comments (0)Hello, considering installing these floor tiles in our new kitchen: https://bit.ly/2TYNSkG The sample I’ve received looks good but always hard to know how it would look in the final project. We like the concrete ‘look’ but I would really like to hear people’s experiences of using such tiles or similar: Does it ever look tacky/ aka.....it’s ‘mock concrete/wood/porcelain’ etc How has the quality fared: this would be a high traffic area for us so what have people’s experiences been/would you need to install special underlay, etc The price seems too good to be true so I’m dubious/very keen to hear from people who have used! Thanks in advance :)...See Morevinyl flooring for conservatory?
Comments (7)Thank you everyone for your comments. Most helpful. I contacted Amptico and they replied very quickly. They said to rely on the lifetime guarantees. I then checked out the spec for the ranges they recommended and came across the light fade scale…which was 6. One thing lead to another and I ended up reading the eu rules on light fastness tests, done using the blue wool scale. This goes up to 8 but crucially, the test conditions of the scale stated that the tests were not done in direct lighting and any windows had uv filter protection. That answered my question. I would have liked amptico or Karndean but I would always be looking for the fading!...See More- 9 years ago
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