Subscribe Feed (RSS)Novalis Vinyl Plank Flooring and Trafficmaster Allure Update
April 2nd, 2008 by Connie | Filed under Building Materials & Products, Rehab.Rooting around online, I found more pictures of Novalis Vinyl Plank Flooring:
Novalis Vinyl Plank Flooring in Golden Oak.
A different installation, Novalis peel-n-stick vinyl plank flooring, also in Golden Oak.
Both of these were posted recently on the GardenWeb Flooring Forum which is a terrific place to research consumer experiences with all types of flooring and building products. The ease of installation combined with $1/sq ft price point makes this a front runner for rent houses and rehabs.
And here’s a photo of Trafficmaster Allure, also from the GardenWeb Flooring Forum:
Random reports of scratching and peeling edges for Trafficmaster Allure keep cropping up online, but the floating floor/edge-to-edge technology has promise, particularly for problem subfloors. Hopefully, Trafficmaster will get the kinks worked out sooner rather than later.
We’ll keep watching 
For more indepth information on these two floors, check here.
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In Phoenix everything is built slab on grade and I have been a big fan of 16 inch tile at $0.79 a square foot from Home Depot. I can get it installed for $1.25 a square foot, and it’s good for at least 10 to 15 years. You have to seal the grout, though, and over time the dirt will set in and it will discolor. Light grout is for resales only.
I have never used laminate because I can’t get a good price on the installation and because I always wondered if it would hold up with tenants. I assumed that spilled liquids would seep in and delaminate the planks at the seams and that it would scratch easily. I could see using it in a resale if the price were right.
How funny to see my floor on this site! I’m still trying to decide what to do with the rest of my basement, but so far the TrafficMaster is holding up in my laundry room.