Vinyl Floors in Rental Appartment

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  wizzy on 23/09/2019 - 09:11

  +7

  This is just my opinion, but vinyl flooring always looks cheap to me.

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    boomramada on 23/09/2019 - 11:10

    reminds me of kitchens in 70's

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  thatonethere on 23/09/2019 - 09:18

  +2

  Vinyl can wear worse than carpet in high traffic areas. In apartments it can be more polite to have carpet rather than a hard floor to reduce footstep noise for other people.

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  oscargamer on 23/09/2019 - 09:29

  +4

  Commercial grade vinyl can be amazing.

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    savage bargain on 23/09/2019 - 21:38

    +1 for commercial vinyl. Not cheap, but so hardy.

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  Kaz0551 on 23/09/2019 - 09:46

  +1

  Vinyl likes dead flat subfloor… Being an apartment I assume concrete floor so should be right.

  Vinyl is much more durable than floating or carpet for a rental, waterproof, easy to replace panels etc

  Most brands will be about the same, just settle on looks.

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  ms_caz on 23/09/2019 - 09:50

  We installed vinyl planks through the kitchen, dining and family areas of one of our rental properties. It looked amazing. However, we were told to make sure that the occupants never wet-mopped it as it was likely to lift. Fast forward to just under a year later and we find that the builder/plumber did not install the dishwasher properly and we have had a water leak - the result of which a very large area of the planks needed to be lifted and replaced because they have buckled and warped due to the water. Still under warranty fortunately but it would have been expensive to remedy if it wasn't. It was just a small (although constant) leak and it really did warp and buckle the planks. I don't know that you can rely on tenants to not wet mop floors - and it really does seem that it is affected by water.

  In another rental, we have vinyl flooring that looks like wide floor boards. It still looks fresh and modern - has been installed for four years. I'd go with that again instead of planks if I had the choice to re-do the planks. It's also much quieter than the planks, as heeled shoes don't echo on it.

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    [Deactivated] on 23/09/2019 - 11:10

    Friends of ours renovated their kitchen a couple of years ago and installed b&w checkerboard vinyl flooring that looks great. Very durable and practical from a noise perspective, as you mentioned, as their kitchen is on the upper level.

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  bobz79 on 23/09/2019 - 11:30

  +1

  Have a look at the new hybrid flooring - they are thicker than vinyl and better water resistance. We installed this recently and good so far:
  https://www.heartridge.com.au/hybrid-vinyl-plank/

  For hybrid flooring you want the following things to be assured it’s a good product:
  1) 80% or more stone composite (middle) layer.
  2) 0.5 mm or more ( upper) wear layer.
  3) foam ( or rubber) backing NOT cork or any other material
  4) 6mm thickness

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  gooddealmate on 23/09/2019 - 16:20

  Vinyl Planks warp, bow and buckle. The high traffic areas will also start to show signs of wear after only a few years.

  In my opinion, as a tiler, you'd be better laying ceramic tile, wood style planks.

  Shop around and you can get them for around $25-$30 per m2 and a tiler for around $70 per m2( about the lowest price to expect). So around $100 per m2 all up

  Yes it costs more than vinyl but it will Outlast it ten-fold.

  If you're in a apartment block with people below, your body-corp may also request you install acoustic underlay as well. Worth checking this out before before you lay any any kind of flooring otherwise you may have to rip it back up again.