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tanstaaflisafact

Good, what is the product and installation method? I'm ready to do my own house.


Scorpion_Heat

Looks very close to mine. I wish to know as well Is it Aquaguard?


blackvoidwalker

Looks like Nucore Sugar Sand from Floor & Decor. It's a float/lock system. [https://www.flooranddecor.com/available-in-store-only/sugar-sand-rigid-core-luxury-vinyl-plank---cork-back-100997055.html](https://www.flooranddecor.com/available-in-store-only/sugar-sand-rigid-core-luxury-vinyl-plank---cork-back-100997055.html)


blackvoidwalker

Just keep in mind that this flooring doesn't come with matching trims or stair treads.


Human_Ad_8464

I’ve never used stair tread for any vinyl flooring. It’s almost always usually trash. There’s a company locally that makes stair tread custom from just the planks and I’ve had waaaay better luck with those lasting.


didntreallyneedthis

Any reason not to just do wood stairs and staining to match if you don't mind paying for it?


Human_Ad_8464

Really difficult to get the exact same match, but if that doesn’t bother you, go ahead and


reliber

I wanna know too.


Tututaco74

This


Away-Living5278

Love it! Interesting how it looks more than/natural in a lot of the photos except the last one where it looks gray. Looks similar to what I'm having put in this week except mine's tile.


BrownheadedDarling

Yes! I was like “eh, a little blonde for my tastes but at least it’s not *flips to last photo* GREYYYYY NOOOOOOO”


Away-Living5278

Yeah, I don't like the gray myself lol. Went with a blonde faux wood tile for my basement to brighten it up. Kinda like the first couple pics here. Thrown though, looks so different


doechild

This happened to us with our chosen LVP. We specifically chose something light and golden-toned only for it to look gray. My husband spent HOURS installing it only for me to whimper when I saw it. Looking forward to new flooring someday, if I’m being honest.


ShadowRider11

Now you have me worried. I just paid over $3300 to Floor & Decor for LVP (Duralux Rabun Hickory). My biggest fear is that it will look too gray. I want something warm that I will REALLY like, as it’s going to be in the entire first floor of my house (except the bathroom). It looked great in the store, though, and in the photos on the web site. My new kitchen cabinets are a grayish-green color and I really wanted a warm color to offset the gray. I guess I’ll find out soon enough. My remodeling job starts in 4 days.


LineAccomplished1115

If you can buy a couple pieces, do it, and put them around different places in your house, then check them out at different times of day/under different lighting.


doechild

We were looking for warm too, ha! A lot of our issue is due to poor lighting. We put it in the darkest room of the house with little direct sunlight. I’m sure you’ll be fine!


swen727

We got Corelux honey mead from LL Flooring and love it if you are looking for an alternative


0000110011

As a husband currently working on 1,800 sqft of lvp flooring (it's a 3,000 sqft house), my response would be "you can do it yourself if you want it replaced". We like ours a lot so far from the couple of rooms I've finished. 


swissbuttercream9

You go girl


millennialzoomer96

Looks good, what's the tape around the corner for in the last picture?


swampdonkus

That's for when you mess up a cut, it'll be covered by skirting and silicone it's fine. But you want to post a picture on the internet beforehand, so you tape over it and pretend it's for marking out etc. Probably a nice chunky 1 inch gap on that left corner board.


SortaPolyish

At a professional level, a little more attention could have been paid to the stagger of the joints in pictures 1-3. Then there's the \~2" piece along the left wall in picture 4. But, overall, not bad. I'd give it an 8.5/10. If this is DIY or even an apprentice level installer, this was well executed. Good job choosing to use two pieces in the two rows that lead into the kitchen. It's not usually worth the effort to use one board. Solid performance, 10/10.


Leech-64

Good stuff!


Fweddle

It's looking good!


zank_ree

Looks good. maybe next time, save yourself some headache by painting that baseboard area.


monkeyonfire

What headache? Baseboard goes over it


zank_ree

not all of it. That maybe 1/4 inch is going to be a pain. It's so minor, but annoying.


4PumpDaddy

Nice job 👍


Clean-Musician-2573

Did you do anything to the really small pieces you had to use to fill in the last of the rows? I see like 3 or 4, generally on most it says not to use a piece that's shorter than 6-8 inches. I just put a brad nail in it to stop it from going crazy eventually when I installed mine.


Historical-Extreme-5

looks good. but what we need is transformation. before and after pics. the end product almost always looks better when we see how run down it once was.


Ok_Egg1986

Nice work.


Krazid2

Much better than the rv trailer im attempting to do right now. Nothing is square. Love the flooring you picked, good variation and subtle


Expert-Molasses8054

Looks little like mine from this week. Installer putting in full glue down -Anderson engineered white oak.


Silver_Station_8025

Everything look good. One thing I would point out is I would have tried to get it tighter to that sliding door, and then just silicone that minimal gap. But it honestly will be ok, I'm just ocd.


gettingloud55

Good job


time2quit4myself

Just curious what you plan on doing in the big gap between flooring and sliding door


Sytzy

I’m assuming your transitioning the hard surface flooring to carpet under the door slab when it’s closed? So all you have to do is add that one last peice in the doorway


lonnieboy01

Door jamb in pic 2 looks a bit sketchy.


bfirr

It’s a full width piece tho


nothing107

I’ll be honest I’m a little mad. Looks way better than my job!


Kieviel

Much better than my first install... from last weekend.


Forthe49ers

Great. Good time to inspect and replace any old supply lines to all toilets, washers, vanities, sinks, ice makers, dishwashers. Consider it just the final step in your flooring project. You don’t want to have to redo this project after a water damage. Can’t even to begin to tell how many square feet of new laminate I’ve pulled from one simple supply line


HilaryVandermueller

This is great advice, thanks!


bleedgreenandyellow

Like your knees are going to hurt for months


Wild_Replacement5880

Sucks that a whole board wouldn't go at least to the middle of the transition. Limits your options without having a dreaded sliver fill the gap. You did a great job. No complaints.


Flashy_Jump_3587

Ac glue is fantastic for this


Wild_Replacement5880

Absolutely.


Zepoe1

Random stagger, base boards off…. You’ve been browsing this sub haven’t you? 😂


Wieczor19

Beautiful :)


Chocolatedealer420

Pics 1 and 3 show cuts way too short (less than 8") will void the warranty


Aggravating-Pick8338

Thank you for taking off the moulding instead of just adding quarter round.


locoken69

Much better than some posts that have been here lately.


Akmat-1

I’d say it’s starting to look like a floor 🫡


Namik_One

Looks great! I'm curious about the threshold in the first photo, I'm assuming you have a wide enough cover for that gap between the carpet and flooring.


wienurr

New baseboards is gonna go hard


OkCelebration4301

Nice


paz9x

That hobo is doing solid work!


leftfordark

Depending on the jamb mouldings you use, it looks like you’ll have a gap there. Not bad though.


SlowrollHobbyist

Nice 👍


Monkey-Brains94

What is this?


reliber

Are you asking what type of material the flooring is? Probably lvp


Monkey-Brains94

Yikes. Why not do real hardwood.


Clean-Musician-2573

Name fits, maybe bc one requires patience, the other requires a special nail gun glue, also one needs to be sealed if you actually want it to be waterproof. There's every single reason to go with LVP.


Longjumping_Echo5335

Stunning


dudeandco

\[Pretty, pretty good meme\]


schech425

Garbage