Hi I plan to lay luxury vinyl flooring throughout our new kitchen extension and into existing lounge and dining room, about 50sq mtrs. It’s Moduleo flooring. Has anyone had any experience of using this before, good or bad. Any tips and advice on laying it etc Thanks Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Thanks Spacey for your advice. I’ve laid lots of laminate floors before and laid LVF in the bathroom. It is the click style floor so more suited to the Diyer I think. I’ve just never laid this amount over a large area just wondered what gaps I should leave for expansion etc as it will be laid throughout kitchen dining room and lounge . Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Listen to the bigger boys and get in a decent fitter to do the job Sent from my Moto E (4) Plus using Tapatalk
If it's the click like ya say do it youraelf not many of us like fitting that stuff anyway, like you said specifically designed for the diy market and should be treated as such, undercut aechitrave with a saw leave an expansion gap of 5/6mm and put some Scotia round it jobs a goodun
I had Moduleo Lvt tiles installed in my kitchen 2 years ago , sadly I'm not happy with it . The floor was level within the required specs however within a year some tiles have yellowed and certain tiles seem to be slightly raised at the seam . The store where I bought it had an independent inspector come to my house to check it out , took measurements , pictures etc .but the company would not stand behind their product , $2200 later and almost 3 years I have to look at this floor every day . The dealer will not carry this product anymore . Eventually I will be tearing it up again and replacing it , any suggestions ?
Yellowing is normally caused by extreme temperatures on the surface of the floor or very high levels of UV from sunlight constantly shining on the floor or plastercise migration when two different vinyl products are fitted on top of each other and the different plastercisers react causing discolouration ! Tiles being rased at the seams is an installation issue Sounds like there possibly expanding and peaking due to incorrect adhesive or it may be cuts where a concave blade had been used to cut which is a big no no Only straight blades should be used. Just speculation but theres definitely something else going on here and Im pretty positive its not a problem with the product because tbo it rarely ever is Who was the independent inspector ??? Any pics ?
My kitchen is on the north side and I live in the northeast , the floor was not installed over another vinyl floor so that pretty much rules that out . Independent inspector was from the Albany NY area . My dealer tried very hard to help me and lost the case . There was the required space around the floor perimeter and I have another lvt floor adjacent to the kitchen floor from another company which is fine . I had pictures but have since deleted them and moved on but this floor will eventually be replaced , you win some and lose some I guess.No adhesive used on this floor . My old Armstrong treadway floor held up much better for 30 years.
really concaves a big no no? I only use concave blades besides from doing border work which happens once in a blue moon, never had an issue with any of my cut edges lifting due to using a concave, if a cut edge is lifting then its more likely to be due to the fitter not deburring his cut before laying it into the glue or not enough transfer on the edges, I only ever had an issue with concs on border work hence why I use straights for that type of work.
I hate them mate wall cuts I'll let you off fitting Amtico but for anything else there's really no need they tare up the ware layer rather than cut it and can cause delamination. I use straight for everything
Use concave for joins on vinyl doesn't tent the joints as much . Or for cutting weld off external mitres . Or for picking out that stinky stuff from under your toe nails . That's all they are good for ! Sent from my Moto E (4) Plus using Tapatalk
No concave blades were used , this is a click together vinyl installed by the dealer. The only satisfaction I got was a $500 check from the dealer because he felt bad that the company wouldn't back their product , frankly I'm done as is he with Moduleo flooring even though the reviews are good , there are better products out there I would think.
I've heard of other issues where tiles turn yellow, some manufacturers are better at keeping a tile white than others. In America look for mflor or metro floor be no probs with any of that
That's fair enough each to their own, I've always found I have more controll over my knife with a conc than a straight
Yep, exactly what he says. I've seen some fitters think they got to cut the plank in one swipe and the end result is ugly! Can be done cleanly with a concave if you just keep scoring half a dozen times but why do that when you can get a nice neat cut with a straight without the wear later feeling 'lipped'. Some fitters don't and havnt noticed or bother seeing the difference by switching. I used to use concs 90% of the time up until around 10 yr ago when I'd completely ran out on a job and only had straights to use and havnt looked back since.
Thanks Adam , I will most definitely look into that , I have 800 sq ft to lay down in a lakeside camp.
