Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering Re: Upgrade to vinyl flooring 9Oct 12, 2018 3:26 pm bestbuyfloor123 vinyl is durable, low maintenance, and easy on the budget. Vinyl floor has more depth and texture today than it did a generation ago, so it can look like hardwood, tile, and stone, and it comes in a variety of colors. Thanks for the info. I'm sold. We are going to go for vinyl! Re: Upgrade to vinyl flooring 11Oct 23, 2018 1:26 pm Lisa Hughes bestbuyfloor123 vinyl is durable, low maintenance, and easy on the budget. Vinyl floor has more depth and texture today than it did a generation ago, so it can look like hardwood, tile, and stone, and it comes in a variety of colors. Thanks for the info. I'm sold. We are going to go for vinyl! Did you finish your project? Re: Upgrade to vinyl flooring 12Oct 23, 2018 3:47 pm Hi, no we have our appointment on Thursday to discuss the flooring. Re: Upgrade to vinyl flooring 13Oct 26, 2018 10:07 am Hi Lisa, Hope it went well yesterday. In my own personal renovation i used the same Karndean planks as IamSAM. The colour was called Savannah, most people confused it for real timber. I was VERY impressed with this product. Make sure your builders includes silicon in the price, nothing worse than vinyl without a nice bead of silicon to finish off the flooring. I always choose a colour to match the skirting. In regards to the cost. You should expect to pay around the $95-100/m2 installed for this product. Being a new house there should be minimal to no floor prep. Tile credits, you should expect $45-$50/m2 for the labour component (including materials) and whatever the cost of the tile is, being builders range, probably $10-$15/m2. So around $55-$65/m2. Your contract might note the PC value of the tiles? Hope this helps. All the best! Danny Re: Upgrade to vinyl flooring 15Nov 03, 2018 6:25 pm RenoMentor Hi Lisa, Hope it went well yesterday. In my own personal renovation i used the same Karndean planks as IamSAM. The colour was called Savannah, most people confused it for real timber. I was VERY impressed with this product. Make sure your builders includes silicon in the price, nothing worse than vinyl without a nice bead of silicon to finish off the flooring. I always choose a colour to match the skirting. In regards to the cost. You should expect to pay around the $95-100/m2 installed for this product. Being a new house there should be minimal to no floor prep. Tile credits, you should expect $45-$50/m2 for the labour component (including materials) and whatever the cost of the tile is, being builders range, probably $10-$15/m2. So around $55-$65/m2. Your contract might note the PC value of the tiles? Hope this helps. All the best! Danny Hi Danny, It went Ok. The cost for vinyl was really high with Di Lorenzo, well over the $100 mark! We went with kronoswiss aquastop instead at $64/m2. It has a 25 year warranty and states that it is engineered to withstand topical moisture such as everyday household spills for at least 48-72 hours. Our tile allowance was $27. We received the quote yesterday and it was a lot higher than we expected, but we don’t want tiles throughout the downstairs part of the house, so we feel this is the best for us given our already extended budget! We haven’t even had our kitchen selection appointment yet! Your info gave us a good idea of what to expect so thank you. Re: Upgrade to vinyl flooring 16Nov 03, 2018 6:27 pm Wow! Your floors look amazing! Great colour and so natural looking. I appreciate the pics, I love seeing what other people have done. Thanks! Re: Upgrade to vinyl flooring 17Nov 27, 2018 3:04 pm I looked at the Karndean vinly planks today and they look great. Then went to another store and they tried to steer me away from vinyl and toward hybrid. He stated he wouldn't touch vinyl as it ends up with gaps due to expansion and contraction and then showed me showroom vinyl which had about 2mm gaps at ends of planks as he suggested. Now I'm confused...... Re: Upgrade to vinyl flooring 18Nov 27, 2018 7:37 pm Hi robdridan, In my opinion, I think the second salesman is likely just trying to move you into their product by ‘badmouthing’ the competition. My construction company has probably done 300 or more jobs using vinyl and not once have we been called back because of expansion. I have seen cheaper products with gaps in saying that though. I believe it comes down to the quality of the product. I had the Karndean in my house and couldn’t have been happier. We laid it under the skirting boards and gave it a couple of mm to the gyprock so if it did expand it had somewhere to move. Others do it hard up against the skirt. I prefer under with a nice bead of silicon as I think it really finishes it off. I’ll see if I can find a picture of the vinyl in my last place. Hope this helps! Re: Upgrade to vinyl flooring 19Nov 27, 2018 7:38 pm RenoMentor Hi robdridan, In my opinion, I think the second salesman is likely just trying to move you into their product by ‘badmouthing’ the competition. My construction company has probably done 300 or more jobs using vinyl and not once have we been called back because of expansion. I have seen cheaper products with gaps in saying that though. I believe it comes down to the quality of the product. I had the Karndean in my house and couldn’t have been happier. We laid it under the skirting boards and gave it a couple of mm to the gyprock so if it did expand it had somewhere to move. Others do it hard up against the skirt. I prefer under with a nice bead of silicon as I think it really finishes it off. I’ll see if I can find a picture of the vinyl in my last place. Hope this helps! Like ⋅ Add a comment ⋅ Pin to Ideaboard ⋅ Re: Upgrade to vinyl flooring 20Nov 27, 2018 8:00 pm RenoMentor Hi robdridan, In my opinion, I think the second salesman is likely just trying to move you into their product by ‘badmouthing’ the competition. My construction company has probably done 300 or more jobs using vinyl and not once have we been called back because of expansion. I have seen cheaper products with gaps in saying that though. I believe it comes down to the quality of the product. I had the Karndean in my house and couldn’t have been happier. We laid it under the skirting boards and gave it a couple of mm to the gyprock so if it did expand it had somewhere to move. Others do it hard up against the skirt. I prefer under with a nice bead of silicon as I think it really finishes it off. I’ll see if I can find a picture of the vinyl in my last place. Hope this helps! Thanks, it was a slight gap on ends between planks but yes he was dead against them. 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