[bowlingal]

Originally Posted by kevinm55

Good morning all - I am planning to have carpet removed in the bedrooms in our patio villa and replacing all with a laminate floating floor. I would love to hear from anybody who can recommend a quality installer that you may have recently worked with. In addition, I would welcome any and all other lessons learned, tips, or guidance to help make this project a success. Thank you in advance!!

definitely go to LA Flooring in Wildwood. Excellent company to work with, family owned. No deposit required. They remove all the baseboard and paint, reinstalling it. Do not go with a company that installs quarter round instead of removing baseboard. So cheap looking. Good luck!

[jimdecastro]

Originally Posted by kevinm55

Good morning all - I am planning to have carpet removed in the bedrooms in our patio villa and replacing all with a laminate floating floor. I would love to hear from anybody who can recommend a quality installer that you may have recently worked with. In addition, I would welcome any and all other lessons learned, tips, or guidance to help make this project a success. Thank you in advance!!

If it is the standard gray can I have some? My painter caused a stain and I need several yards. :-(

[Mzjaz]

We have moved to using light colored LVP flooring in our home and absolutely love it. It is durable, easier to maintain, and softer to walk on than tile or laminate. Many good LVP floors have a cushioned backing already attached such as cork or rubber that makes the floors feel warmer when you walk on them and if you fall, a little less harsh and forgiving. We installed ourselves but if you aren’t that construction savvy, you probably should have it installed by someone.

I don’t know why the baseboards would need to be removed unless it is a low height baseboard. We.just take off any quarter round or shoe mold and run the flooring to the baseboard leaving a 1/4 inch gap for expansion. We put new shoe molding back on as it looks better than the big, fat quarter round.

[Miekies]

Originally Posted by kevinm55

Thank you to all for your responses and thoughts on this post. We are excited about this upgrade! If any others read this and have a recommendation for an installer I would really appreciate it.

We just had our entire house done with luxury vinyl plank and we removed the old base boards and added 5" base boards. Absolutely stunning gorgeous and the 5" bb transformed the homes look.

Adam owns the company (the name escapes me, (our contractor uses him for all of her remodels, it's a family business and Adam, son, runs it now)

Adam 3526156658

[lpkruege1]

Originally Posted by kevinm55

Good morning all - I am planning to have carpet removed in the bedrooms in our patio villa and replacing all with a laminate floating floor. I would love to hear from anybody who can recommend a quality installer that you may have recently worked with. In addition, I would welcome any and all other lessons learned, tips, or guidance to help make this project a success. Thank you in advance!!

I had Carpet One Floor & Home - The Villages do an LVP install for me and they were great to work with. They removed the carpet from the living room/dining room area. They then removed the hidious tile from the kitchen. They installed LVP throughout the area and I couldn't be happier. They moved all the furniture that was in the area, put up new shoe and painted it to finish the look. Great job by them.

[GaryKoca]

Another recommendation for Great Lakes in Wildwood.

[Travelhunter123]

[QUOTE=kevinm55;2041201]Good morning all - I am planning to have carpet removed in the bedrooms in our patio villa and replacing all with a laminate floating floor. I would love to hear from anybody who can recommend a quality installer that you may have recently worked with. In addition, I would welcome any and all other lessons learned, tips, or guidance to help make this project a success. Thank you in advance!!
Do not use Nickel Tile, they installed my luxuary vinyl, improperly, not leaving manufacturers recommended spaces around perimeters, and not interlocking the planks properly. Terrible workmanship and worse customer service

[Travelhunter123]

Originally Posted by kevinm55

Good morning all - I am planning to have carpet removed in the bedrooms in our patio villa and replacing all with a laminate floating floor. I would love to hear from anybody who can recommend a quality installer that you may have recently worked with. In addition, I would welcome any and all other lessons learned, tips, or guidance to help make this project a success. Thank you in advance!!

Do not use Nickel Tile, they installed my luxuary vinyl, improperly, not leaving manufacturers recommended spaces around perimeters, and not interlocking the planks properly. Terrible workmanship and worse customer service

[alncon2]

Originally Posted by kevinm55

Good morning all - I am planning to have carpet removed in the bedrooms in our patio villa and replacing all with a laminate floating floor. I would love to hear from anybody who can recommend a quality installer that you may have recently worked with. In addition, I would welcome any and all other lessons learned, tips, or guidance to help make this project a success. Thank you in advance!!

We have used Royal Palm Flooring for both purchase and installation of our LVP and engineered hardwood floors. They are excellent! They come in with a crew of 3 - 5 people, move all the furniture, remove, paint and calk your base board and when replacing your furniture put pads on the bottom of the furniture legs. Their price on product and installation is very competitive and Todd the owner is present, works and supervises the entire installation. Depending on how many rooms are being done, they are generally in and out in one day. Todd is also a resident in TV.

[Frame44]

I have a ton of flooring experience. Lots of projects. I used vinyl plank in a few rental units. Buy quality because that directly relates to the durability. For me that means scratch resistance and waterproof. Don’t be afraid to use a key or a coin edge to test how that product will stand up to pet, grandkids and fancy shoes in the showroom before you buy. We are starting a big job on my in-laws place in January. We have the best installer. 😊

[Lil GTO]

Originally Posted by kevinm55

Good morning all - I am planning to have carpet removed in the bedrooms in our patio villa and replacing all with a laminate floating floor. I would love to hear from anybody who can recommend a quality installer that you may have recently worked with. In addition, I would welcome any and all other lessons learned, tips, or guidance to help make this project a success. Thank you in advance!!

We did our whole patio Villa last June and used Brian Benkowski. He’s done many floors here in TV has very good references and does quality work.

We did water proof vinyl plank and he removed the base board and touched up and cleaned up after the job.

He lives in Oxford and you can reach him at 262-409-0931.

Took them about 3 days and they moved everything and put back as it was befor the job.

Removed water closets as well. Very professional job and saved us about 4-5k over Home Depot or lowes estimates.

[Pres1939]

Originally Posted by dewilson58

Recommend Great Lakes in Wildwood.
They do a lot of installs for The Villages.
We used them for our expansion.

One-Stop-Shop........they have the materials & installers.

Good Luck!!!

I agree. They did a wonderful carpeting job at my home.

[Ace Pet Sitters]

My only message is NOT to use Home Depot. They hire contractors who, in my opinion (and unfortunate experience with them), are not vetted properly.

[34gunner]

LVP from Stick and Stone.

[MSGirl]

Originally Posted by kevinm55

Good morning all - I am planning to have carpet removed in the bedrooms in our patio villa and replacing all with a laminate floating floor. I would love to hear from anybody who can recommend a quality installer that you may have recently worked with. In addition, I would welcome any and all other lessons learned, tips, or guidance to help make this project a success. Thank you in advance!!

We used Easy Coast flooring for our Mohawk waterproof laminate and are EXTREMELY happy with it and the job East Coast did. They removed all the baseboards, repainted and replaced in addition to laying my floor. Quarter rounds were not needed. We had this done less than a year ago. We used a light color 7 1/2” plank. Can’t see any dirt or dust. VERY pleased