Anyone used Allure TrafficMaster Laminate plank flooring?

[chevytruckman]

seen it in home depot today. We are going to do our floors soon. Seeing what people thought of this and any experiences?

Im pretty sure i can get this stuff done by myself, and this is going in my home now, soon to be a rental.

If i use this, this will save me a gun or two outta the safe lol

thanks ahead of time.

[mcyclonegt]

First off, if it is going to be a rental, go cheap as possible with laminate. Nothing else makes financial sense in a rental. I have two and can tell you, most renters could give two shits what they do to your house. Not all, but most. 75 cents a square foot plus padding and you can do a whole house for 1000 bucks that will last ten years. I have the special saw that makes it go real fast and you are welcome to borrow it. Just buy me a replacement blade. You don't have to have the saw, but it makes a very nice clean cut that will reduce water damage when something is spilled. It is so easy a monkey could install it. If you need my help, let me know.

[chevytruckman]

this laminate is thin, so it uses a utlitiy knife to cut it. great reviews online and looks easy to install. i might need to borrow a chop saw to do some quarter round trim. Im looking to do it this weekend maybe next.

[mcyclonegt]

Is it the stuff that is basically two pieces of peel and stick stuck together and offset an inch. If so, it is bad ass. I fuckin love it. Best thing since sliced bread. Durable, easy to lay down, water resistant, not glued. I can't say enough about it. Do it.

[lamrith]

Used it in our kitchen, great stuff, and I was able to do a full kitchen in a day and I am NOT a carpenter/handyman type. Be aware like a linoleum floor etc it can get scratched gouged. No sliding your fridge on it, etc.. But for day to day traffic, etc, it is nice. lot of options for patterns, easy to lay down.. Once they are stuck together it is DONE, do not plan on trying to remove or fix a piece of it

[Soldier_Citizen]

I've helped install it before, it's pretty nice stuff, nothing beats the real deal, but it's so much easier to install than pergo if you know what your doin

[chevytruckman]

I think I'm gonna give it a shot

[brian]

I maintain 6 rental houses, and have gone through several kinds of flooring. 3 of them are now wall to wall allure flooring.

carpet gets destroyed
hardwood isn't worth the price or maintenance headaches
linoleum is bomb proof, but can't easily be installed yourself, or repaired easily.

allure is easy to install and doesn't require any extra 'foam' underlayment like the pergo wood-based flooring. I've used the pergo stuff, and it got wet and the entire floor buckled. allure is safe for the kitchen, bathrooms, everywhere. if a section of allure does get damaged (which hasn't happened to me yet), you can cut the piece out and patch it with a new piece. no need to tear up the whole floor and start over when some moron drops a red hot pan on the kitchen floor and melts it. (this happened to a linoleum floor previously, and the whole floor had to be re-done)

[chevytruckman]

I maintain 6 rental houses, and have gone through several kinds of flooring. 3 of them are now wall to wall allure flooring.

carpet gets destroyed
hardwood isn't worth the price or maintenance headaches
linoleum is bomb proof, but can't easily be installed yourself, or repaired easily.

allure is easy to install and doesn't require any extra 'foam' underlayment like the pergo wood-based flooring. I've used the pergo stuff, and it got wet and the entire floor buckled. allure is safe for the kitchen, bathrooms, everywhere. if a section of allure does get damaged (which hasn't happened to me yet), you can cut the piece out and patch it with a new piece. no need to tear up the whole floor and start over when some moron drops a red hot pan on the kitchen floor and melts it. (this happened to a linoleum floor previously, and the whole floor had to be re-done)

What kinda sub floor? Concrete?

[brian]

What kinda sub floor? Concrete?

Vintage hardwood and MDF/plywood

[chevytruckman]

U think I would be ok with my concrete subfloor? I'm sure I'll have to smooth it out a bit

[The DUDE Abides]

I loved it so much I have used quite a bit of it in my house. really durable, in the kitchen/bathroom its waterproof so no bowing up of wood if it gets wet. so easy to install.

[chevytruckman]

Awesome

[Liet-kynes]

It's good stuff. Have a heat gun ready just in case you don't get your seams tight before you stick them together. Warm them up a little and it will loosen up the glue so you can adjust.

Last edited by Liet-kynes on Sat Jun 28, 2014 8:32 am, edited 1 time in total.

[golddigger14s]

You've got me looking at this stuff too. If I do I think I would do the 3-in-1 underlayment too.
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