Basement upgrades...Allure vinyl flooring is my new best friend:

[MotorSeven]

I first used this stuff last year on a flip house and really like the way it looks. But the best part is the ease of installation. We have company inbound, so I decided to floor half of the basement, then wall off a bedroom. I installed 700ish sq feet of Allure in about 5 hours by myself. Walls go up today.
$1.56 a sq ft at Home Desperate:

Once you get set up, you can run two rows at the same time:

A tape measure, pencil, straight edge and a box cutter with a sharp blade is all you need. No underlayment needed, completly free floating and waterproof:

A chimpanzee coud install this stuff....which is why I am able to get it done....ok I admit, I am more of an Orangutang

 

[MoKelly]

Very nice. Are those Corona bottles I see on the fridge?:licking:

MoKelly

 

[MotorSeven]

Redneck Corona's.....High Life with a lime:thumbsup:

 

[cartod]

I did a small casino in that vinyl plank, including the bar. Most cannot tell it from real wood.

 

[Dutch445]

MotorSeven i have some basement flooring to do soon, and i like that this product
won't get ruined by some water.
my basement has pressure treated plywood glued/screwed to the concrete floor,
and even though it should be rigid there are some places that the plywood must not
be tight to the floor so sometimes you feel a little give to the floor.. i wonder if this
product will be ok to use over that plywood? do you think a little flex will bother it?

nice job btw!

 

[MotorSeven]

Dutch...slap it right down, it has plenty of flex so I don't think you will have a problem.

 

[MotorSeven]

Dutch I shot this for you....bend it all the way, then it goes right back flat with no problem:

If it has any drawbacks it is the weight....the stuff is HEAVY. Also, the boxes they are packaged in are slick. I mean I swear I think they wax them at the plant like a surfboard. I know this because heavy tall boxes will launch right off the back of a flatbed on a moderate incline even though they were wrapped in plastic and strapped down.

 

[djw250]

Yep, we've used this flooring on several projects, including the front porch at our fishing camp. So far it has held up great, even outdoors where it is not intended.

 

[HEC]

Is this something you would put in your living room as we have a 95 lb. dog and would like a vinyl floor as it is water proof and hopefully scratch resistant . We put down a wood laminate in the bedroom and that will scratch but looks very nice , just have to keep the dog off it .

 

[cartod]

It's tough stuff. You just need a clean flat surface and make sure you prime the floor first with there primer.