I am considering having Karndean flooring fitted in my living room, does anyone have this? It's the wooden floor full plank design that I am interested in. What exactly is it, does it look good, is it hard wearing, are there any negatives points about it?
Knight Planks are laminated vinyl planks that look just like planks of wood. I had it laid to my gamesroom kitchen dinning and entry 2 months ago. It looks great just like real wood flooring and it is easy as to clean. The only I found out after I had it laid was it actually needs to be cut and polished after being laid (Carpet Hotline didnt actually include it in the price grrrr) you can do this yourself but the cost of the products is not cheap or have a professional who uses Karndean products to do it for you (this is what I did and it was a 3rd of the price of doing it myself) The only other thing you need to really consider is if you have pets especially dogs that live inside as it is very slippery for them and they have a lot of trouble walking on it, mine had so much trouble I ended up buying foam anti slip matting to run through the house so she can get around.
Karndean is a well respected manufacturer of vinyl both sheet and plank. Plank vinyl is almost exclusively for commercial use so I assume that your floor will be a sheet vinyl with a wood plank pattern. Karndean makes some of the best looking vinyl floors I have seen. The patterns are realistic and the textures match. It is sometimes hard to distinguish a high quality vinyl from wood until you walk on it. In comparison with other vinyl floors, there are no negatives. In comparison with real wood there are a few, such as lower durability. Vinyl cannot be refinished and look good after 80 or 100 years. It will hold up well though with good maintenance. You can probably count on 15 years. Vinyl is superior to wood in that it is not sensitive to water. All in all I am sure you will be satisfied with the appearance and quality of a floor like Karndean.
