Karndean or like rough price fitted? What did you pay?

Sedge123

Just had a quote for fitting Karndean in a 5.8msq bathroom, quote including boarding and fitting work s at at £99 per sqm:eek::eek: I've also been looking atPolyflor and others which I have been quoted £29.99 per sqm rather than £37 of the Karndean.

It seems from my quote that the majority of the cost comes from the fitting. If this is the case I am still looking at a big bill even if we go for the cheaper Polyflor.

Just wondered if anyone would mind sharing what they paid for what size area fitted.
Thanks

paddypaws101

so they are quoting £600 for a bathroom? Seems way too high.
You are right that the prep is as expensive if not more so than the actual tiles but I cannot believe that price is correct.

Doozergirl

I've just had Polyfloor fitted and it's worked out at £35 per square metre fitted.

I'm sure there's an economy of scale - we did the entire ground floor, but still.

Silvertabby

Karndean seems expensive because of the preparation (laying of a plywood base) and the actual fitting. We have karndean in our bathroom and en-suite (can't tell you how much it cost because it was part of the bathroom/ensuite package) and in the kitchen. The kitchen cost £1400, but includes the utility room and downstairs loo, and so involved a LOT of cutting and shaping. I've always used Karndean cleaner in order to maintain the warranty (10 years for bathroom/ensuite, 20 years for kitchen) and it's still great - looks good and easy to keep clean.

Sedge123

£575 for 5.8 sqm. Includes boarding and fitting but even so, I can't believe that the prep and fitting triples the price!

I think I need to get another company to quote. The room is in a newly built extension which will have a plywood floor so maybe won't need boarding?

Seriously considering buying online and fitting ourselves! Hubby has built the extension himself so is pretty handy.

benson1980

Sedge123 wrote: »

£575 for 5.8 sqm. Includes boarding and fitting but even so, I can't believe that the prep and fitting triples the price!

I think I need to get another company to quote. The room is in a newly built extension which will have a plywood floor so maybe won't need boarding?

Seriously considering buying online and fitting ourselves! Hubby has built the extension himself so is pretty handy.

Fitting karndean is far from the dark art some would lead you to believe. If someone can build an extension they can fit vinyl flooring with ease. I found it easier to lay than laminate or solid wood flooring. All cutting with a stanley knife, and this was cutting around some reasonably awkward obstacles with the kitchen base units- I can't imagine a bathroom would pose much of an issue. My prep was self levelling compound on a concrete floor though so slightly different. I got some polyflor and karndean samples when I was buying and the karndean was a lot nicer in my opinion. Polyflor looked a bit commercial in comparison. I went for the looselay but still glued it as it was quite a large area and heavy foot traffic.

Silvertabby

Seriously considering buying online and fitting ourselves! Hubby has built the extension himself so is pretty handy.

I'd only do that if you are using the Karndean without the decorative 'grout' strips. All of ours have the strips - and they do look nice - but after watching the fitters I reckon you need to be more than 'handy' to do that properly. Our fitters did say that they had had to attend a special Karndean fitting course - and that the warranty is only valid if the flooring and the strips have been fitted by a registered Karndean fitter.

Our kitchen floor is now 10 years old, and the bathrooms are 6 and 8 years old - and we've had absolutely no problems with them. Mr S was initially concerned that the strips would work loose, but none of them have - even in the high traffic kitchen/utility areas.

Marktheshark

Kardean is a fixed market domestic quality franchise only product sold by carpet shops that pay the franchise.
The mark up is eye watering for the quality you get.

As flooring goes it is bottom scale quality LVT.

Look at TLC Massimo a new heavy weight on the scene it is half the price and commercial contract quality and the wood effects have embossed grain matched texture.

no1catman

What design have you gone for - that is I expect your installer gave you a pattern book to browse through to decide with.

The thing is, Karn Dean do three qualities of tiles, which vary of course in price. He may have just showed you the most expensive one - though they are supposed to last longer.
Then you get the divider strips, about 6 - 8mm wide, that are used to create patterns, and borders - may be fiddly but the effect improves the look.

When we were undecided on which design for the kitchen, travelled to the Sales Office in Evesham on Sunday, people there were great. Happy with our chosen (mid-range) tile and inserts, told installer.
Installer put down a waterproof membrane, then next day the tiles - that was several years ago still looks great.

getmore4less

thought I posted yesterday maybe I forgot submit.

we looked at some Wineo products in JUne they seemed much better than some of the others we had seen but not that cheap.
http://www.wineo.de/en/
they also did some very interesting designs. struggling to find them on the site now.

one store we looked in has some really good sticky underlay that seemed a good compromise between full float and glue forget what it was called.


if you go for a click floating hubby should have no problem fitting