tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-58439356497617110672012-02-15T22:53:02.360-08:00Flooring Prohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16734486665682002217noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5843935649761711067.post-37614066029593988072009-01-17T08:34:00.000-08:002009-12-04T09:13:38.301-08:00<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vC7PzDLqa6E/SXIm4o46ZwI/AAAAAAAAAAM/FAUlXu9F5mU/s1600-h/Sunriselg+-+Copy.jpg"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5292335266604410626" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; WIDTH: 280px; CURSOR: hand; HEIGHT: 280px" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_vC7PzDLqa6E/SXIm4o46ZwI/AAAAAAAAAAM/FAUlXu9F5mU/s320/Sunriselg+-+Copy.jpg" border="0" /></a><br /><div><strong>The hottest flooring on the market.</strong></div><div><strong> Has come to town.</strong><br /><br />Konecto was introduced to the flooring market in 2006 and has taken it by force.<br />The simplistic install nature has appealed to the masses and the top quality wearablity has confounded the doubters. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div>We were introduced to Konecto on hot steamy summer afternoon.My rep was passing by our home office location in Jeffersonville Indiana, he was there to bring updated samples to our racks.</div><br /><div>While in conversation he mentioned this new stuff as if by chance, it was a floating vinyl plank.</div><br /><div>Floating Vinyl plank....I thought...... how will that work..... I had seen the concept pushed by Chinese companies with emails from them over the past year and was a sceptic.</div><br /><div>My 27 years in the trade (26 of them installing) had taught me to be wary of new product and tune out product designed for the Do-it-yourselfer as that could lead to a decline in business.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>He laid the piece of Konecto on my worktable and the bells started going off. </div><br /><div>It had solid feel, it looked like real wood and had colors similar to another product we we carried called Karndean.</div><br /><div>(Karndean is the stuff you see while walking into most Walmarts, a very durable vinyl plank but it was difficult to install and the glue was very messy.)</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>My first question was the glue, would it hold up. He confirmed the glue was a high grade pressure sensitive epoxy.(Pressure sensitive mean the bond will grow stronger as more pressure is applied.)</div><br /><div>He took the piece that had been laying open out of the box in his trunk, grabbed a utility knife off my worktable and scored the top of the plank then snapped it over.... it was that easy to cut....more bells....</div><br /><div>He then took and stuck the two pieces together and handed it to me. I could barely separate them ! </div><br /><div>I was sold!</div><br /><div>But.... now I knew, I would start losing a portion of my business to the guy that was interested in doing it himself.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>While this can impact any business I was thankful the time had to come to start offering something more back to the market I was proud to be a part of; the consumer base.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>We had been selling the Schluter Systems Shower Kits and the Ditra Tile Underlayment through http://www.indianafloorsllc.com/ for some time so we had a solid Do-It-Yourself base. What happened from here is the stuff you hear about in blogs like this.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>The first job out I had to install it myself so I would know what we were dealing with. If I was to be the Tech Support for the website I better know what I am talking about.</div><br /><div>The job was a large basement in Lexington Kentucky with some moisture issues,while the customer wanted wood it was not an option due to the damp environment.</div><br /><div>We delivered the floor a week prior to allow for proper acclimation... the floors were so heavy and carried such a density that I almost broke an axle in a 1 ton van getting it there. (The average density of Konecto is about 96.50LPI compared to wood at about 1/2 that.)</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>The color she chose was; Sunrise in the Prestige Collection this offered an aluminum oxide wearlayer found only on hardwood flooring. This wearlayer is designed to resist scratching, very much like getting glasses with a scratch coat, the glasses will work just fine without it but they will last longer with a scratch guard.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div>With my 26yrs of background in installation procedures I wanted the best solution ,we had my 150 LB roller with us. I had thought that some 3 lb steel hand rollers would come in handy as well. We used them often on vinyl seams and it (seemed) like a good idea. </div><br /><div>We found out later that year that Konecto had started advising the 3 lb roller for the immediate install process. We like to think that our input on a national basis influenced them to adopt this install suggestion.</div><br /><div>These are available on my website for purchasing with any Konecto project.</div><br /><div>We also offer them included in a Install and Cleaning Kit, free with any purchase over 1500ft.</div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="http://www.indianafloorsllc.com/">http://www.indianafloorsllc.com/</a> </div><br /><div>Stay tuned to this blog for the next insert explaining the full install process.</div><br /><div>Thank you</div><br /><div>Hugh Scott </div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5843935649761711067-3761406602959398807?l=konectofloors.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Flooring Prohttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16734486665682002217noreply@blogger.com0