[Railroader]

I am thinking of trying this flooring for the back entrance of our house.

Any one have any experience with it?

http://www.flor.com/

[residentEvil]

not that brand; but i take up/put down another brand often; our new student center is all raised floor (it is part of the geothermal heating/cooling system and the floor system is the duct work; it also is a LED green building) and it has many areas covered with a tile carpet system.

[nonhuman]

We were actually just looking at that for our new condo. It seems like a cool concept, but who knows how good it actually is.

Let us know how it works out if you actually go with it.

[Railroader]

I ordered the demo samples.

I am interested in how well the adhesive dots work.

[shifuimam]

I would imagine that it would be fine for putting over existing hardwood or laminate, or to finish (as the OP said) a back mudroom or something.

However, carpet that is installed normally has padding, and while you'd think that a little 1/4" layer of foam on the floor isn't going to make that big a difference, it does. If you were going to be installing that stuff on a concrete slab or even an unfinished floor, I'd have my doubts. Moreso, with the concrete slab, at any rate. My mom's house is on a slab, and her bedroom carpet is very poorly padded. It causes her back and heel pain if she's walking around in there too much (vaccuming and cleaning and the like).

It looks cool, though! I bet it would be an awesome thing to do in an apartment or somewhere that requires temporary modifications/decorating.

[Railroader]

It's my understanding that there is padding in each piece, equal to traditional carpeting padding.

[residentEvil]

padding is built in; but it is of one thickness and quality. you can't upgrade like you could with traditional carpet (say double thick or high traffic, etc).

never used dots; but used a roll on tacky substance stuff. as you work with wood i'm sure you have worked with contact cement. sorta similar. you apply it to one surface (the floor) and let it sit for a bit. then, you come back and place the carpet squares. you don't do both surfaces like contact cement though. and, the carpet will come up and re-stick dozens of times before needing to re-apply the tacky stuff. it is a little thicker than paint but rolls on just as easy. you don't have to apply it to the entire surface even.

the "flor" system according their site only sticks to each other with those dots. i wouldn't like that myself. if you notice in all those photos, there is furniture holding down parts of the carpet. that will keep it from moving on you. do you have something in the mudroom to anchor the finished floor?

here is there small sample: http://www.florcatalog.com/flor/imag...eme/colors.jpg that looks to work without having something to hold it down.

[Paco500]

I used it pretty extensively back in the states. Worked quite well, stickum held firm, looked groovy.

It's a bit on the expensive side, but really convenient.

BTW- one place we used it was one, if not the most, heavily trafficed areas in the house and we had two kids with little regard for the flooring and it never shifted or came loose.

[residentEvil]

good to know; thanks!

[Railroader]

Originally Posted by Paco500 

I used it pretty extensively back in the states. Worked quite well, stickum held firm, looked groovy.

It's a bit on the expensive side, but really convenient.

BTW- one place we used it was one, if not the most, heavily trafficed areas in the house and we had two kids with little regard for the flooring and it never shifted or came loose.

Excellent!

Thank also residentevil for your explanation. I am quite familiar with contact adhesives and that made sense.