Allure Flooring for Rental?

[mdavis6890]

Thanks again everybody!

Allure it is!

I'm choosing Allure over laminate for the fact that it is completely waterproof.

[selltheburgh]

I also agree with not putting in carpet. It ends up getting pretty dingy in a few years.

[jea6321]

are you doing the click lock allure or the grip strip type?

be aware that the grip strip types have been known to lift if they get wet multiple times. But overall it goes down very easy and fast. It also has proven to hold up under tenant abuse ( south oakland college kids) pretty well.

I will never install carpets in a rental. My goal is always to have all solid surface flooring in any rental unit.

[sparrowmint]

Originally Posted by jea6321

are you doing the click lock allure or the grip strip type?

be aware that the grip strip types have been known to lift if they get wet multiple times. But overall it goes down very easy and fast. It also has proven to hold up under tenant abuse ( south oakland college kids) pretty well.

I will never install carpets in a rental. My goal is always to have all solid surface flooring in any rental unit.

The previous owner of this house had allure flooring in the bathroom and kitchen (will be replacing it at some point this year, hate the golden oak colour). It has held up well against moisture. No lifting anywhere. The specific colour they chose is ugly, but I can't hate on how sturdy it is.

I know that's the specific brand it is because there were some leftover boxes in one of the closets. A pretty good advertisement for the brand, holding up to my idiot golden retriever splashing water in his bowl and such.

[jea6321]

Originally Posted by sparrowmint

The previous owner of this house had allure flooring in the bathroom and kitchen (will be replacing it at some point this year, hate the golden oak colour). It has held up well against moisture. No lifting anywhere. The specific colour they chose is ugly, but I can't hate on how sturdy it is.

I know that's the specific brand it is because there were some leftover boxes in one of the closets. A pretty good advertisement for the brand, holding up to my idiot golden retriever splashing water in his bowl and such.

good to hear. I have personally seen it have lifting issues on two occasions, both times it was in a basement though. Perhaps there was some moisture trapped under it.

[sparrowmint]

Yeah, that might be it. I think my mother had some problem like that in their basement with vinyl plank flooring, but that's in Canada so I'm not sure if it was specifically that brand or not.

[Tallysmom]

We have it in our kitchen... and there are issues. If your tenants continually slide something over that flooring, the color will wear off. In no time. Yeah -- we did it. And in places where you are walking a lot -- like in front of our kitchen sink and stove area -- some white is peeping through.

Its cheap as heck... but it's cheap as heck for a reason.

[sparrowmint]

Haven't had that problem at all in high traffic areas like the kitchen (and I cook at home the vast majority of the time). Plus it's the exit to the outside, so the dogs are running through pretty often. Not sure of the time length being spoken about, but it's four years here, plus whatever time the previous owners lived with it. No color loss or noticeable scratches. Same in bathroom.