Sometimes you have to look harder...

Being part of a small family owned business in a small (getting bigger) town there are many return customers, new customers that come in.  Some we help with more than the floors that we install.  For a floor that we did not install, we did help our customer with a solution.

When LVT (luxury vinyl tile) first came out, there were no moldings.  Some companies have come out with matching moldings, and some have only got corresponding moldings (that sometimes are not the favorite of the consumer because they do not correspond very well).  But when you look really hard, you can find what you are looking for.  The LVT (like tile) can chip on the edges if it is not protected. LVT is more soft than tile and installed differently so tile usually wont need a molding.  But... in the cases of LVT when you do need a molding, look at other brands, sometimes they will have what you are looking for.

This tile, molding combination are not the same brand.  They are made from similar material so it is okay to combine, but check and do it SMART.

As far as the pictures go... I think it looks spot on!

So long story short, take the time to look around.  Sometimes you have to settle and sometimes you don't.  There are many options even though sometimes they are not "by the book".

Cleaning Tip ~ tid bit~

Cleaning is only fun to do when after you are finished cleaning, you feel accomplished.  What you cleaned looks A-M-A-zing!  Believe it or not, I feel this same way.  Being that we have posted LOTS of things on the LVT/ LVP I just wanted to share some secret things that we have discovered in our cleaning ventures.  

A bit of a back story for you...

So there I was ( that is how great stories start) at work sitting at the desk probably writing emails, or sending bids and it is time to clean the new-er floors.  This is something of interest to us being that when we installed our flooring they told us that with the rolling office chairs the floor was not warranted.  Being the dirt and other things get into the rollers and grind into our floor, it is really hard on the finish that is on the LTP.  I got on my hands and knees and I scrubbed and wiped.  After the floor was clean, I stood up to look at the final product. TA DA... looked a little more dual than I was hoping.  

Later that week I was doing some cleaning and I found an old vinyl cleaning friend that I had forgotten about.  Being that LVP/ LVT is in fact a vinyl product LVT ( luxury vinyl tile)/ LVP (luxury vinyl plank)... VINYL! Shine keeper was something that would bring back the SHINE believe it or not.  

So this is what the shine keeper looks like! It is made by Armstrong.  

Miracle worker!

The next picture is of the floor.

The top is the floor that I have washed and dried.  The bottom is the floor that I used the shine keeper on.

The picture was taken on the same day just after the product dried.  

super SHINY!

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!

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.

Elegant and Amazing

This formal living room is beautiful.  The elegant pattern that was put in really gives a suttle but not over powering depth to the room, the solid color leaves room to decorate with many different colors.

Shown

Royalty: Style: Cedar Grove

LVT: Adura: Athena Cypress

This is a closer look at the pattern piece installed.  Like I said before I love the way the carpet looks in this room, really pulls everything together with out being over powering.  

Twisting for the better...

You may be suprised by what I may tell you but this is 2 differnet colors of floor.  Beautiful right!! When I first looked at this job and how the pieces might lay out, I must be honest, I didnt like it. But I took a minute and laid it out fell in love! It turned out beautiful! Also a LVT but who could tell. Easy matinence is all you can ask for!