Vinyl Flooring Brands

danza

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Hi all,

I've gone though the idea of Karndean, laminate and ceramic tile for my kitchen refit, and am now considering vinyl as a sensible choice in terms of cost and speed to fit (DIYing it).

So far I've seen Wilkie, Tarkett Gripstar, Armstrong Rhinofloor, Napa and Regal and am finding it hard to choose. I imagine the thickness of the wear layer is important, as is wear resistance. Are the aforementioned brands any good? Are there others I should be considering?

Cheers!
 
Cheers. Have all but written off the likes of polyflor, amtico and karndean due to cost.

As for Tarkett and Rhinofloor - the Tarkett warranty is better (7 years vs 5) and it also has a thicker wear later (0.25 vs 0.15), so Tarkett is edging ahead so far.

What's the best way of fitting it? Loose or bonded? Will probably be laying 6mm ply atop floorboards. My main concern is ending up with ripples if it's left loose. Is it always the case that it'll ripple if not bonded?
 
Excellent, cheers for the info. :)

Will be a single sheet. Glad about not having to bond it as it's just another thing to **** up. Also makes it easier for underfloor access if a pipe bursts etc.
 
Cheers for the comments guys.

I will be laying it myself, and will be going over the entire floor of the kitchen (as it's currently ripped out), so under units and appliances etc.

Requested rather a large number of samples from a few ebay flooring outlets, so hopefully will have something worth going with.

I'm glad the floor doesn't need bonding as that at leaast makes it easier to access below the floor should it be necessary.
 
I've found a really nice Tarkett Goliath slate style vinyl at my local Carpetright. Had loads of samples through eBay, but none of them seemed good vfm compared to the aforementioned.

£13.79/m2, 4mm thick with a 0.35mm wear layer.

Still unsure about bonding it though. Might pay to have it fitted. If it does have to be bonded, are there any good repositionable adhesives out there worth looking at?
 
Damnit! The price for that Goliath vinyl was £11-odd ex VAT the last time I looked a few days ago. Gone with Carpetright now at £13.79/m2 inc. VAT for Antia Black.
 
Ah, that's not so bad then!

Frustratingly, my kitchen is 3.02m wide (excepting the doorway), so we have to buy a 4m wide piece. So we pay for 24m2 instead of 18m2.
 
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