Good Reviews...

We always love it when we hear good things from our customers.  The positive feedback make us love our jobs.  We appreciate when our customers let us know how we are doing so that we can continue to grow.
Just because we read this and our heads grew, we felt the need to share.

These pictures are of my Adura Vinyl plank. I LOVE MY NEW FLOORS. We live in a mountainous area of Utah. We get lots of snow, or sometimes not at all, but our area is usually humid or really windy. I have 2 kids and a dog/puppy. Because of the humidity in our area, our Mannington laminate floors were peaking and peeling very badly, not to mention the 2 kids and dog are rough on the floors as well. My laminate floors were so bad you had to wear socks or they would scratch your feet. The cute gals at Johnson carpet, Diana and Kyra worked with Mannington and my warranty claim, to get my floors replaced and looking good. I owe them a huge credit of appreciation for all the work they did and getting that resolved. When I first contacted Johnson's carpet I loved the mom and pop hometown feel. I had contacted my home builder, RC Willey and several other flooring agencies, and I felt like a number and no one cared. Diana and Kyra were always on top of returning my emails or calling me. Their customer service was wonderful, and no matter how dumb of a question or repetitive, I had in regards to my warranty claims or installation, Diana or Kyra always answered.

When Diana and Dan came up to measure we started talking about flooring options, we thought we had to choose from laminate or engineered wood because of the humidity and my kids, which is not the case. Diana suggested the Adura vinyl and how vinyl flooring has changed over the years and how much better it is. At first my husband and I were really iffy on the idea of a vinyl floor in our home, but eventually came around. After doing extensive research and watching as many Youtube videos we could on vinyl plank resiliency and external conditions, we decided to go with Adura vinyl. It is water resistant, scratch resistant and very durable to dings, and dents. I have dropped water bottles, milk, spaghetti, flour, sugar, glitter, slide chairs, shoes, mud, acrylic paint, face paint, and numerous things. It has all cleaned up beautifully, you would never be able to tell I just cleaned up a gallon of milk or dropped a bottle of acrylic paint. I am clearly a klutz. With our old laminate floor or engineered wood, you could see pits from dropped items and scratches from the dog, and something’s just never cleaned up very well, without leaving a residue or stain. With our laminate floor, if you were to drop something and it got in that unsealed seem, it warped the plank or would stain it and it just looked awful. Cleaning the Adura planks is beautiful. You can get down on your hands and knees and wash by hand, or use a wood floor cleaning apparatus, as long as not a steam vac. I use my Hoover floor vac with just water, because I get nervous with chemicals.

Dan took about 2 ½ - 3 weeks to do my floors, but that too included a holiday weekend. My husband and I like to work on home projects and so to help Dan out and to help cut costs a little bit, my husband and I removed the old laminate flooring and base boards. When we approached Diana of having Dan install new 6” baseboards for us instead of the old 2 ½”, she said that was no problem and Dan didn’t see any problems with it. We did have to pay an additional cost, but to us it was worth it. It made our home so much more classier and our vaulted ceilings not so high. Strange I know.  Dan did an incredible job, I just cannot thank him enough for the great job he did. The corners look awesome on the bullnose and where the baseboard would meet a cabinet, the transition is wonderful. The contractor my builder hired to install the previous baseboards, not so much. Everything that looked bad on them was. Dan also did an awesome job on the transition from carpet to vinyl in our living. Dan also went above and beyond with the pattern of the planks. You cannot see the pattern unless you sit and stare and really look for one. The planks came in 8 patterns, I swear Dan made it a 24+ pattern.

We are beyond happy with our floors. Everyone who has come to our home always compliments us on the floors first. The Adura plank is beautiful and looks like real scrapped and knotty wood which is the look we were going for without the western country feel. We are beyond impressed with the time and dedication Dan put in the installation of our floors. He even worked when he had a wicked head cold. The time took a little longer than we had anticipated but with the amount of detail Dan put into making sure the planks were down solid and the pattern looked perfect, we won’t complain at all. We will be using Johnson’s carpet again in the future.

Thank you to Diana, Kyra and Dan for all of your help, hard work and dedication. My flooring looks amazing.  

Thank you, thank you to our wonderful customers and for making us feel so wonderful. We hope that you love your floor as much as we do! I appreciate all the kind words. I hope this floor makes you very happy for a very long time.

Beautiful flooring

There was a new install and of course we want to show you everything that we do... so here are some photos of the new LVT/ Wood plank flooring.

These are all a work in progress.  The prep on this floor is very important.

All the same floor at different points of progress.  Works well with water/ humidity.  Granted nobody wants a soggy floor and that isnt ideal, all that I am saying is that the floor can handle it with out warping. 

The finished product. Different camera, different lighting. The floor looks amazing to me.  The character in the pieces really bring a unique look and a rustic appeal. LOVE IT!

Radiant Floors

Radiant flooring is becoming more and more popular. People are installing them in their new houses as a source of an efficient way to heat the home.  Being that this is the way that the construction is moving, being a individual that is involved in the flooring industry education is the best thing that I can offer when you start looking for a flooring.

Radiant flooring…

Until recently radiant floors was a type of floor that we knew about to  a point, but we were not very educated on the flooring Do’s and Do Not’s until a recent client was looking into the flooring and enlightened me with a bit of information.  At that point I needed a bit more so that I could share it with you!

There are a few different types of radiant flooring but whatever the type not all flooring loves to be installed over radiant flooring.

First off, if you have a radiant floor and you aren’t sure about the compatibility be sure to contact the manufacturer for their recommendations.  This will ensure your warranty and allow the manufacturer to let you know how they would recommend the install of your flooring.

1.       The first and ideal choice is TILE or STONE.  These flooring's conduct heat very well, and they do not expand or contract and are very resistant to warping or cracking.

2.       CARPET works well for radiant flooring.  Although they do not conduct heat as well as the tile and stone.  Low pile carpet with a thick pad is ideal.

3.       LAMINATE flooring;s should be used with caution.  Installation is important to make sure that the underlying concrete is dry for minimal changes due to heat and moisture.  This should help avoid getting warps and cracks in the flooring.  The adhesives are also important to consider when thinking about the install of your flooring.

4.       Although vinyl is not an ideal choice for heat conduction there are some vinyl flooring's that can be installed on radiant floors.  The radiant flooring needs to be set to the manufactures specifications that will limit the temperature.

5.       The last choice that should be considered is WOOD and BAMBOO.  This isn’t saying that wood and bamboo cannot be used. It is just stating that you need to be very careful, and keep temperature/ humidity control.  Wood is not a static material meaning that it can swell and contract with temperature and moisture in the air, causing warping or cracking.  Knowing this if you let your flooring acclimate accurately, letting your radiant floor run for 72 hours before taking the delivery of the flooring but the heat for the flooring should never exceed 85 degrees.  Then store the flooring in the room that it will be installed with the radiant floor turned on helping the floor acclimatize to the moisture content in the air.  Another thing to take into consideration is that not all wood species are ideal.  Look at what species suits you and your needs best.  For example moisture fluxes affect maple different than it does Oak or even Brazilian Cherry.  Another thing to consider is narrow planks adjust better to the heat than the wide plank flooring, that is ¾ inch thick. 

a.       Recommended wood flooring's are OAK, MESQUITE, TEAK, AMERICAN WALNUT, AMERICAN CHERRY these woods are more hard and resistant to the moisture fluxes.  Soft woods like pines and firs are less resilient/ stable with the moisture but are easier to secure to your floor

                                                               i.      ENGINEERED WOOD is made up of several different layers of wood or fiberboard that is much like plywood or particle board.  The way that this floor is constructed makes this a better option because most of this type of floor can be ‘floated’ and use a moisture barrier pad, this can make the install over concrete ideal.  Make sure you check the adhesive and wood construction will be compatible with your floor. 

ALWAYS consult the manufacturer to determine whether your flooring type is suitable for installation over radiant flooring and whether the installation over the radiant floor will affect product warranty. 

There are so many sites with so much information... These are just a few that I used.

Sources:

Thanks to google.com for the images

http://www.hoskinghardwood.com/radiant-heat/

http://learn.builddirect.com/flooring-info/heat/radiant-heating/

http://www.ehow.com/info_8031097_flooring-radiant-heat.html

A little moreT... on a DIAMOND!

In the hopes of not forever repeating myself I would like to just take a few moments to stress on preparing your floor.  I can only relate it to preparing your walls for paint, there are few people who actually enjoy doing it but it is a necessity to make your paint last or in this case your flooring.

Hard surface needs a perfect floor (for the most part but we wont go into that right now) it contours to every bump, crack, etc. This is because there isn't a padding or a forgiveness layer to make spots that may seem small a bigger problem.  (< I may have to post something about that!)

When installing this floor, we had to spread a patch over the wood so that all the spots that were low would be filled in and the high spots would be noticed and taken care of.

Also we installed the baseboards under the LVT. 

(Usually with hard surface you install the flooring under the baseboards.  It can be done other ways but this way is how we prefer to do it.)

 We did the same to the entry way.

 After allowing the patch to dry, we started the install. The angle that the flooring is put is for the carpet that will be installed and it gives it a pleasant flow and not an abrupt stop.  

 As we installed we taped.  This was a large area and we did not want to have to worry about anything slipping while we were working.

We also used a roller to make sure that all parts of the LVT were in contact with the adhesive. 

This is the floor primarily finished.  Still needing to get back to see what the flooring looks like with the carpet.  But notice that we did not grout and we did the LVT on a diamond.

LVT + Carpet

I can only guess that every time you look at this blog you see LVT (luxury vinyl tile) this and LVP (luxury vinyl plank) that, honestly it is because we LOVE the stuff so we sell it.  The durability and the clean-ability... but we wont go into that just yet.

This job was fun because I got to help install.  When I mean help, I can help explain the process because I know those boys make it look WAY easier than it would be if say I was going to install it on my own.  

Before starting the job I got to sort 'patterns' in the flooring.  Because these are not a natural stone, There is a pattern repeat (of about 8) patterns.

The installer (who just so happened to be my father) had prepared the floor with self level to make the floor... Level.  After that dried, we went back and started setting out the pattern that we want and from there started to apply the glue.

The glue is applied with a trowel.

 Because this floor was to be grouted, we continued to lat it out with spacers and glued the LVT to the concrete.

The LVT is pretty neat because you don't need a saw to cut it.  LVT only needs to be scored with a utility blade then broken.  

The Grout used is a non-stain able polyurethane grout... it is applied here (Drying a bit before we scrub it off).

I didn't get to be there for the final reveal, but I am looking into going back to get pictures of the carpet we installed and the final reveal of the bathroom.

Cyber Death

So there was a mishap with the computer, hard drive RIP and a number of other problems that can cause you to have a cyber death.  So now that we have been revised with a new computer (that I am still learning how to use) you should be seeing more posts.
On another side note I took a few pictures of jobs that we did while suffering from cyber death so the next few posts will be of those jobs.  Some I even got to help install. I am pretty sure that makes me a master installer now ( totally joking!).

Carpet problems...

Carpet has problems here and there like everything else.  Nobody likes it, but that doesn't stop it from happening.  This carpet has a side match meaning the color changes a little through the roll of the carpet.  The problem that this causes is when you seam the carpet together, there is a noticeable difference in the color. The way that you can fix this is by using a serpentine seam and cutting the carpet from the same side of the roll.

This is an obvious eyesore!

And fixed!!

When we first looked at the carpet we were going to have her pick out a new carpet.  She loved this so much that she really wanted to avoid doing that. Problem solved!