Browse Forums What's New Re: Karndean looselay vinyl planks - any good? 65Oct 16, 2013 4:16 pm Hm, so you're the same as us really. We've had Karndean agree to replace some planks, strip and seal others and we've asked the builder to fix the really bad part of the slab in the kitchen. However they won't agree to anything until the planks are up and they can see how bad it is underneath. To Karndeans credit they are fine with leaving all this until our 6 month maintenance is due with the builder as I just cannot deal with anymore upheaval in my life right now. Sooo over the next 3 months I will enjoy our new home and sit back a little. Then in February we will shift all the furniture and have the main living area seen to. I have no clue how long the planks will be off in the kitchen though, as that part depends in the builder. I agree all slabs should have a compulsory levelling compound applied. (They tried to tell me this would cost well over $5000 - yeah right, I guess that's easy to say afterward to put the customer off) Re: Karndean looselay vinyl planks - any good? 66Oct 16, 2013 4:19 pm Ps: when I'm wearing socks I can feel the many 'dips' a lot so I try to wear shoes now so I don't get annoyed and reminded too often haha. Re: Karndean looselay vinyl planks - any good? 67Oct 16, 2013 4:29 pm Good idea to enjoy your home for now. Ours aren't small ones rather then waves I noticed when stepping from fridge to pantry the other day I dipped down a little. Generally it is actually quite nice and smooth to walk on. We have a nice list of issues I will be emailing our CL tonight that we have noticed since we have moved in. And will wait for the 'you should have notified us sooner' or 'you should have raised them at PCI or before handover' at least if they say that I can raise the fact our SS said our floor was fine and then we have since had it taken up and relaid! Re: Karndean looselay vinyl planks - any good? 68Oct 16, 2013 4:34 pm Yes we have a list too fmac but nothing new since handover so that's good. Still have sh!tty paintwork and noisy fans but neither will be a 6 month thing but rather just a do it yourself project. I shudder when I look at our doors/frames Re: Karndean looselay vinyl planks - any good? 72Apr 22, 2014 7:33 pm Hi dexx I was very keen on the Karndean looselay at first and am still convinced its a great product and I know there was someone who put this down recently or at least was planning to but I cannot for the life of me remember who it was. If I were to go for the product I would still glue it down and also use more than just the glue. Your floor needs levelling unless you've got the perfect slab. If you're picky like me you would feel the dips and hollows. The colour I liked was country oak or summer oak, I can't quite remember. It was multicoloured and I thought if scratched it would be hardly noticeable. However the colour wasn't quite right for us in the end and we reluctantly went for the Van Gogh. Now that we have a more solid colour (walnut) the scratches are very easily noticed. LeanneR said she only sees the scratches with the sun coming through the window and maybe if you don't have a lot of direct sunlight it would be ok regardless of which colour you go for. Our house has windows east, north and north west in the living room alone, so I just can't win here I'm afraid haha. Re: Karndean looselay vinyl planks - any good? 73May 31, 2014 9:51 am We have used Karndean glue-downs in the entries of our physio clinics. They have been down for 8 years in one and 6 years in the other. No signs of wear at all which is why we are considering a vinyl plank throughout our upcoming KDR. We like the looselay planks though as the extra thickness (4mm up to 7mm) makes them slightly softer underfoot whilst still retaining a hard wearing layer. All of the different reps we have spoken to swear that it is just the same as glue down except that it is easier to replace a damaged plank in the future. And they say that if it laid properly then water still won't get down the joins. Would like to hear from anyone who has done looselay already, otherwise I'll let you know in 12-18 months how it all went Seksui KDR in Sydney (2015-2016) Links --> | H1 thread | Final plans | Timing of works updated 9/3/16 | Re: Karndean looselay vinyl planks - any good? 75Jan 12, 2015 3:57 pm LeanneR Interesting. We were told feather finish is a screed to make floor flat. My quote says includes screed and they spoke of making floor flat so that's what I'm getting. http://www.ardexaustralia.com/products/repair-mortars/ardex-feather-finish I'm in WA. Very happy with the price, another company quoted $3k more (weird since it owns cheaper quote company haha) Hey Leanne, do you mind sharing where you got your great quote from? Re: Karndean looselay vinyl planks - any good? 76Jan 25, 2015 11:17 am deeps LeanneR Interesting. We were told feather finish is a screed to make floor flat. My quote says includes screed and they spoke of making floor flat so that's what I'm getting. http://www.ardexaustralia.com/products/repair-mortars/ardex-feather-finish I'm in WA. Very happy with the price, another company quoted $3k more (weird since it owns cheaper quote company haha) Hey Leanne, do you mind sharing where you got your great quote from? Yes it was WA Carpet Supermarket Re: Karndean looselay vinyl planks - any good? 77Jan 26, 2015 4:27 pm So reading online, there seems to be a lot of people that recommend that once Karndean is installed, that it get stripped back with the solution, and then 2 coats of Dim Glow be applied. What is the reason for this? Surely it is ready to go out of the box? Who has done/hasn't done this and what are their thoughts? Our flooring place did not mention this at all. Re: Karndean looselay vinyl planks - any good? 78Jan 26, 2015 4:52 pm Never again ! Large dogs and vinyl floor do not mix. Expensive mistake twice in a row. Stripped and resealed, worse than ever. Mad as! Re: Karndean looselay vinyl planks - any good? 79Jan 26, 2015 4:53 pm Actually no, not mad anymore, just so disappointed and upset that we will need to find money to start again Re: Karndean looselay vinyl planks - any good? 80Jan 26, 2015 7:30 pm Quote: Never again ! Large dogs and vinyl floor do not mix. Expensive mistake twice in a row. Stripped and resealed, worse than ever. Mad as! I could have told you that before you laid the floor. Large dogs are very hard on nearly any floor - vinyl in particular. Stewie Hi l plan to install a self adhesive vinyl plank floor. l first need to attach masonite boards underlay to by plywood subfloor of my house. 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