Has anyone got any first hand experience into whether it is any good long-term? It sounds great, but feels a bit too good to be true. Something like this:
Discover our Looselay Wood and Stone collection | Karndean
We've got a bungalow, approx. 120m^2. We fully refurbed it a few years ago and currently have Polyflor click type vinyl tiles all way through with no joints. They haven't really lasted but that is mostly due to my error when laying. The error on my part was we have underfloor heating, but its an overlay system. So its polypipe cement type boards with the pipes laid in. The vinyl tiles have cracked and deformed slightly where multiple pipes come together and leave a slight void in the surface. I thought they would be strong enough to bridge the gap. Over time they have gone with traffic. So I need to lift and replace. At the same time I will locally fill the voids and make the subfloor flat and level.
We need to replace with something. Don't want ceramic tiles as its a suspended wooden floor underneath (albeit now with approx 35mm of 'board') and I'd be constantly worried about tiles cracking. Don't want to replace like-for-like as I don't want to have to take all the skirting off (I put it on and it isn't going to come off easily!), and don't want beading. Would like engineered oak, but don't want it for previous reason. So, after researching, looselay looks like the answer to our prayers, but it does sound too good to be true. Anyone offer any experience?
Discover our Looselay Wood and Stone collection | Karndean
We've got a bungalow, approx. 120m^2. We fully refurbed it a few years ago and currently have Polyflor click type vinyl tiles all way through with no joints. They haven't really lasted but that is mostly due to my error when laying. The error on my part was we have underfloor heating, but its an overlay system. So its polypipe cement type boards with the pipes laid in. The vinyl tiles have cracked and deformed slightly where multiple pipes come together and leave a slight void in the surface. I thought they would be strong enough to bridge the gap. Over time they have gone with traffic. So I need to lift and replace. At the same time I will locally fill the voids and make the subfloor flat and level.
We need to replace with something. Don't want ceramic tiles as its a suspended wooden floor underneath (albeit now with approx 35mm of 'board') and I'd be constantly worried about tiles cracking. Don't want to replace like-for-like as I don't want to have to take all the skirting off (I put it on and it isn't going to come off easily!), and don't want beading. Would like engineered oak, but don't want it for previous reason. So, after researching, looselay looks like the answer to our prayers, but it does sound too good to be true. Anyone offer any experience?
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