Advantages: durable, practical and versatile Disadvantages: quite expensive
...rich homely feeling. Karndean is a cutomised vinyl flooring which replicates natural forms of flooring without the recognised drawbacks. With it being a form of vinyl I have also found it is very much warmer than other products such as laminate. It is suitable for any room including bathrooms and conservatories and it is hygienic as it will not hold dirt and bacteria. We have found that this brand is also durable it has not chipped, splintered or ... ...can be very noisy whereas Karndean is quiet underfoot and with a 1year old Staffordshire Bull Terrier in the house this is a great advantage. It is low maintenance, as opposed to natural flooring products this will not need sanding or repairing. All the ranges within this brand have differing features, attributes and durability but all are suitable for any rooms within the home.
Karndean is supplied in either planks or tiles in various sizes the ...
nome3 12.11.2005
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Advantages: Easy to install on Karndean subfloor Disadvantages: Subfloor cost more than the floor itself
...had to buy the correct Karndean subfloor from local plumbing centre, but directflooring2u.co.uk does not seem to be interested to give me refund. They did send a courier to collect the wrong jumpax floor. They are also quite rude on the phone. Will never use this company again, they are many other places that give better service. ...
veke77 05.12.2008
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...20sqm of Island Limestone Alderney Karndean flooring from DirectFlooring2U, had great service and the flooring is great. I've had laminate in my kitchen before but I couldn't mop it!!!!! It drove me mad. So i went to my local retailer who showed me this stuff. Its waterproof so i'm able to mop it, they even offer a range of cleaners that i use on both my laminate and my karndean it works really well and once again my kitchen is clean. Its also really ... ...foot making it much better suited to English winters. The only problem was the one i liked was the dearest of the lot and although i saved a fortune (£400) by buying online it was still expensive for a floo. But then again I did pick the dearer one. I'm now saving to get the laminate replaced in my hall and i'm telling all my friends to do the same. ...
baloki 08.01.2009
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...A friend of mine recommended karndean as an alternative as it doens't scrath and looks very realistic. I then went top me local retailer and was impressed by the look and feel but not the price i couldn't believe how much they wanted to charge me for such a small room!!! I sourced the products online and arranged the fitting with a local trader who did a fantastic job saving myself over £300 pound. Its been down for 6 months now and still looks brand ...
AHAGUE6 17.01.2009
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Advantages: None Disadvantages: Scratches, becomes dull and gets huge gaps
We ordered the karndean da vinci flooring and what a RUBBISH product. After paying £2800, The installer came to fit, after the day was done, we had "gorgeous" floors. After a few days the gaps started to show on all the boards. We ordered the most expensive of the product range available so expected it to be the best, this is almost £1000 more expensive than wood. The gaps have gotten worse than ever and we have 2 - 3 mm gaps almost on every board ... ...you are looking at which flooring option to go for is misleading and incorrect. The Karndean customer services are even worse than the product as far as sorting problems - they are coming up with all sorts of excuses as to how it is not there error. ...
purplegarnet 07.08.2008 (01.08.2008)
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Ive used the Eletile EleEase system in my hall and with the handy tips from the flooring shop I brought it from it went down a dream! So easy to clean. The trick is to make sure the sticky strips dont get contaminated by dust, etc. They stick really well. Im doing the kitchen next! ...
smithey2008 20.08.2008
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Advantages: Looks fantastic, quiet and warm underfoot, affordable Disadvantages: erm...too much CHOICE!! if thats a disadvantage
I recently bought karndean for my lounge, bathroom and hallway, it looks great. i went for the knight tile range for all of it. for the hallway and lounge i went for KP67 Aran oak and for the bathroom i went for T88 Onyx slate with a silver strip in between each tile. After visiting my local retailer i made my choice from the samples, however it was too expensive... £25 m2 they said it would be, excluding adhesive and fitting etc. so i decided to ... ...their site and get thier Karndean from them, after speaking to someone at the company, i was told everything i needed to know about karndean, i.e practability, design, adhesive and suitability great customer services, after then i ordered 10:00am Tuesday morning it arrived around 3:00pm Wednesday afternoon, which i thought was amazing as my fitter was able to come on the following Friday. They also did cheaper vinyl tiles similar quality to karndean ...
stephen239485 17.04.2007
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I also had a similar problem. Ordered Karndean underlay but got Jumpax. However Karndean confirmed that it is all the same stuff as Jumpax manufacture the product for Karndean. Flooring suppliers told me they can only offer the reduced priced if they are buying it in bulk direct from the manufacture. Would have settled for that but pushed for some discount and got a free Karndean maintenace kit out of them! ...
Kevin_Jackson3 11.01.2009
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Advantages: Looks good...for a while Disadvantages: Many
Needed to replace laminate flooring in my hallway so out I went an found some self adhesive tiles called Eletile. Thought they sounded nice and easy, but then when I'd pulled up the old floor I realised they were much more susceptible to uneven subfloors and I had to go out and get something to skim the floor to level. They were easy enough to cut and lay and when finished looked quite good. A few days on however, some of the tiles started lifting ... ...but didn't stay stuck down for long so I got some spray carpet adhesive and had to apply that to quite a few tiles. All in all a lot of effort and I wish I had stuck to laminate or real wood planks...I suppose I can always lay some laminate over the Eletiles.... ...
walkietalkie 03.06.2008
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Advantages: Great look, easy maintenance, durable Disadvantages: Only the price but!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
...company back and ordered the Karndean at a considerable discounted price from your local high street shops, the flooring, adhesive and cleaning kit arrived with 5 working days. I can safely say it was a pleasure to deal with the company and recommend you do so too. www.gmcontractflooring.co.uk.
Some more info on Karndean: Made from an exceptionally durable form of customised vinyl, Karndean flooring replicates all the beauty of natural flooring ...
gmorris333 21.03.2007
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Advantages: flooring.uk.com prices and the look and feel of karndean Disadvantages: not DIY friendly
...helping me find a cheap karndean distributor, as i also used www.flooring.uk.com and was made up at the price compared to my local karndean shop. Easy site to navigate round and i received my goods quickly as well. Karndean is a great product, but get a proper fitter as it requires a qualified fitter for the guarantee to be valid. thats probably the only disadvantage for me as im a keen DIYer but if you dont want to make an expensive mistake hire ... ...floor 'dressed' that means the karndean cleaning products are used, which prevents scratches and things. So i bought a cleaning kit from flooring.uk.com as well and it has served me well. Onto the design i got T88 which looks really nice with a silver strip but i also went for the hand crafted wood in the living room, looks great. any advice or questions feel free to email me, or leave a comment, its a really great product and a lot easier to maintain ...
simon_reed88 04.10.2007
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