Rolled Vinyl Flooring
 

We are getting ready to purchase a new home in Deluna. It seems that most of them only have the rolled vinyl and carpet. My initial thought is to pull all of it up and replace it with tile throughout. What are your thoughts on the rolled vinyl. I know if it is anything like the homes had back in the 80's, all you had to do is look at it wrong and you would get a nick, scratch or gouge on the floor.

You’re correct, we replaced ours with vinyl plank. Every time we moved something heavy on the rolled vinyl, we gouged it or tore it.

Well, I thought I would replace it right away, but it looks good. We have used floor protectors under furniture legs. So, we'll wait until it wears out.

I hated the look of the rolled vinyl-dull and patchy in areas. Before I moved in, I replaced all the flooring with luxury vinyl plank, painted every room something other than Brownwood Beige, replaced counters with quartz, had a closet system installed in the master, etc. Much easier to do before moving in. The vinyl planks went down right over the rolled vinyl; in the bedrooms, after the carpet came out, they put down a vapor barrier before the planks.Welcome to the Villages and enjoy.

Unless you are going to install a hard surface, like ceramic tile, I would suggest that you purchase something to protect the floor when you roll out the refrigerator. I use a sheet of plexiglass that I purchased at Home Depot. I have seen several new hardwood floors and vinyl floors ruined by the small plastic wheels on a refrigerator.

When you hear "Rolled Vinyl" you need to think "Linoleum."

The slabs in these homes often crack later. If you have real tiles, they crack with the foundation cracking.

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it is very sturdy and easy to maintain

Nothing wrong with it. Easy to keep clean. We switched to lux vinyl planks a few months ago. Tile gets very hard on the feet.

Do it. I wish we would have before we moved in. The vinyl has actually been fine, but the carpet is cheap and does not wear well at all. We have only been in our house two years and the carpet looks ten years old. It is going to be a much bigger project to replace now, with all our furniture in.

Our house thankfully has a nice looking rolled vinyl floor, but, it's very easy to damage. I never seen anything like it before. This stuff must be paper thin. If from the start you are turned off by what's installed then I highly recommend you look into a luxury vinyl plank that can be laid down over the cheap stuff before you move in.

We are going to live with this cheap floor for a few years or until something or some area gets damaged too severely that we can no longer live with.

Rolled vinyl and carpet is the standard. When we built 4 years ago laminate was a $5,000 upgrade so we thought we'd wait. After 4 years the vinyl is actually holding up better than the carpet but both are showing wear so we are now thinking it's time to upgrade.

We have it in a place we purchased for my mother in law and it's awful. We are TRYING to at least get a year out of it but if I had to do it over again I would have replaced right from the start.

I don’t know why The Villages use this cheap junk.

Brownwood Beige – I call it The Villages Tan since it seems that everything in TV is that color: medical offices, business offices, exteriors, etc. Must have gotten a really good contract on the manufacturing of that paint! It’s awful. :a20:

Bought my home a couple of years ago and had the vinyl and carpet replaced before moving in. Was the best decision I made. Went with the luxury planks and it looks brand new.

Rolled vinyl flooring
 

We have rolled vinyl in the kitchen, foyer and laundry room area because we did not like the choices of colors when we were building back in November. We are in our home 5 months and the vinyl is bubbling up all over. Little tears and rips are in various areas. There are streaky stains that appeared everywhere. Even in low traffic areas. T.V. Came in to inspect. They had to use kerosene to remove the stains. It looks very pretty and you can’t tell the difference between the rolled and the planks, but unless you are buying a small house, I wouldn’t recommend the rolled vinyl. We will be changing to planks soon.

It’s wonderful and I wish I had it through my house and no carpet. It’s cleaner than tile and warmer in the winter. My two cents.

One problem with rolled vinyl is that after a few years, the adhesive will fail and you will get air bubbles. If you only have a few bubbles, you can use a sewing needle and hammer to make tiny holes to let the air escape, and use a syringe to inject glue under the bubble. Then place a heavy object, like several books over the bubble. It also helps to use a hair dryer to heat the adhesive. But, over time, you may have too many air bubbles to deal with.

Tile can chip and crack. Grout collects dirt and stains. Tile is hard on your body. Most flooring options have negatives. Our LVP was scratched by our builder. Good luck!

Isn't vinyl plank the same material but just in strips? Once my "rolled luxury vinyl"/ linoleum is in poor condition, we will probably switch to wood. Tile is pretty, but it makes the house loud...

When I house hunt my first requirement is NO tile floors, unless the bathroom has it. Tile is cold, cracks, dings and looks like it belongs in a commercial building to me...not to mention how grungy the grout gets. I have a suggestion, before you tear out any floors, if the ceilings are popcorn, have them scraped onto the current floors before you do anything else. Then simply roll up the floors and out goes the popcorn. So much better than waiting til you have furniture in. As others have said, go with luxury vinyl tile.

Go for it! Good idea!

That is not correct, there is a sub membrane under the tile, you will not get cracks in the tile floor, Our tile floor was over 10 years old, and no problems when we sold the house.

Upgrade the floor if you have the option. It will save money in the long run. Also if they install it before the baseboards go in you will not have to put down quarter round trim.

LVP is the most popular but now there are better options than LVP or laminate for a little more. LL flooring website is a good place to see the latest options.

Just wondering, about how much were some of these upgrades, because that's exactly what I was thinking to do.

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We just finished this exact project last week. HIGHLY RECOMMEND LA FLOORING! (352) 748-0200 Three days to do the whole house (and we had big furniture to move). Removed carpet in bedroom. LVP throughout. They removed all the baseboards. Sanded down the high spots, reinstalled, touched up, caulked. Family owned and operated. David and his dad were very patient while we were trying to decide which LVP we wanted. Wellington was our lead installer - he was fantastic. Love our new floors!

Get Luxury Vinyl Plank is you can. Looks like real wood, waterproof and many brands have a lifetime warranty in residential applications. Our whole home has it, except the bedrooms where I like soft carpeting on my feet!

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I moved in about a month ago, I’ve found it to be quite durable. As a matter of fact, I replaced the rooms that had rugs with it. It’s not the stuff of years ago.

Exactly. "Rolled Vinyl" is the 21st century name for 19th-20th century linoleum! :D Actually not. Must be vinyl used around here. :D

Interesting comparison here: Linoleum Flooring Buying Guide: Types And Prices – Forbes Advisor

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Often confused with vinyl flooring, linoleum is anything but. However, an internet search for linoleum floors never fails to return lists of vinyl flooring information. In reality, the two products couldn’t be more different than one another. Both are installed in a similar fashion and can appear to mimic the other, but that’s where the similarities end.

Linoleum products are made of all-natural linseed oil, resins, wood products, cork and natural pigments. Manufacturers have used the same basic formula since 1860. Being environmentally friendly, it easily breaks down in landfills when the day finally comes to remove it from your home. That won’t be for a long time though. Its [linoleum's] toughness means it can be expected to last for 40 years or more. The flooring color and pattern are consistent all the way through the material, so scratches and wear are less noticeable than other flooring materials.

Vinyl, on the other hand, is 100% synthetic, not environmentally friendly and will only last 15 years if you’re gentle with it. The thin protective layer and printed pattern sheet wears off over time and a deep scratch can end its useful life.

This is interesting because when we were there in June looking at newly built Veranda homes in St Johns, all of the homes we saw had ceramic tile, either squares or wood-look planks. We didn’t see any homes with vinyl floors, and we looked at a lot. We did see carpeting in the bedrooms of a few of them.

There now is a new category of flooring that most stores now are offering called hybrids. Some have longer warranties. They are much easier to install than laminate.

Re: rolled vinyl and carpet, things are done to a price. There are different qualities of everything including rolled vinyl and carpeting. If, you wish to have it tiled, that too depends on quality. Having it done before you move in with furniture etc will be easier for workers and could/should save you some money. Our home was built on spec and it is mostly tiled. We have carpet in the bedrooms and it is of good quality. People commonly put rugs over tile in the bedroom. It is a tripping danger.

Our previous home we had top quality rolled vinyl and it was fine. Be sure your furniture has quality slides on it they are not very expensive and easy to install.

You must've missed mine with the gray wood-vinyl.

Mover gouged it when switching out my fridge with another. Still under warranty inspection, had the vinyl guy come in and heat-seal the gouge. Hard to see where it is now unless I get down on the floor. Can't feel it under my feet either. He did a good job and it was free. He told me if I was to try to replace a panel, even if it was the same color and everything, it could possibly stick out like a sore thumb because the rolls (of the same style/color) are not all exactly the same. He recommended those foam floor saver discs to go under the couch and recliner. Not plastic he said. Picked up a set from Amazon and so far they're working great. Moved recliner across the floor and they stayed firm under during the slide.

But yeah, you talk to any of these installers and they'll tell you that the floors and counters they put in are cheap material.

Along with carpet they used to have true hardwood and tile, 12" 18" 24", then wood-look tile, then engineered hardwood, then Luxury Vinyl, now glorified linoleum. There's a trend going on but they do what they gotta do to keep the prices somewhat down.

Since 2010, We have had tile in 3 houses, doesn’t seem any harder to walk on than the vinyl over slab.

We have never had cracking In grout, or discolored grout. New build will be completely tiled, carpet for us wrinkles down the road, and doesn’t seem to wear well in FL, but that just our thoughts