Allure Vinyl Plank "Click together"

Fruitloops

l've never laid this product before and l am a genuine customer...It cost me $4500 to just purchase the product and yes it was hard to start but with time and patience it does work. l am not ,or ever have been part of any company associated with this product....

mopardude

I might have just dodged a bullet then...we are doin a 24X34basement over dri core subfloor......we originally picked out a marble look alike style gluetype allure....i read so many negatives abotu the seams coming apart and it was not water proof...just resistant.....we switched to the allure ultra click together....plus i thought i could install it myself and cut down on cost of the project...well after some bad info at the store we bought it from...the click together style is NO were the same texture or look...its a perfectly flat product...no grains...or conture....we did not like it....so we returned it and NOW are back with the glue type allure in a pattern we do like....BUT im having the company install it...then that way if i have any issues...its there baby...not mine...."oh u installed it wrong" kinda deal....money wize....its very close to what we were goin to spend just on the alllure ultra....its alot more costly....so we can buy the other and pay them to install it. and be in around the same cost anyway.....less time im sure too .......just my experience....hope this helps someone.....by the way...the wood lookalikes in the ultra are grainy and have texture..but none of the marble or stone styles are....and we jsut didnt personally like that.......

RWCustom

Do the people with the seams coming apart know that you have to roll this type of flooring with a 100+ lb. flooring roller right after installation? There is a very good reason as to why the manufacturers who pioneered this type of flooring added that vital step to their installation instructions a long time ago. Does it say to roll the entire floor anywhere in the installation instructions? I think that in their attempt to copy other types of flooring they evidently forgot to copy the proper installation instructions.

rusty baker

And don't forget, the manufacturer admitted that they produced some product with bad adhesive.

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polartech

This product is a maintenance problem, (defective locking joints) I still have joints separating after 2 years, seriously don't wast your money!!!

dirtopian12

I am a licensed GC that has been installing flooring for years. The original glue strip Allure flooring is a total joke. The seams never stay down, and then crud gets built up under it and makes it worse. It is a durable product though. You can take a utility knife and score it, then take the butt end of the knife and rub the score right back down making the "mistaken" cut almost invisible. The click together does seem to stay together after many attempts to get it in. It also cuts easier than the previous version. If it clicked together as fast as some of the laminate floors out there, it could put GC's like me out of business!

zakany

The Allure Ultra I installed had a very pronounced grain and surface texture.

operagost

Did you use a 75+ pound roller after installation?