In years past a select few colors go on sale for $.99 sq ft.

Would Allure be a good product for a concrete basement floor? If yes, should I put something under it for dampness?

The Allure that is going on sale for $.99, is it vinyl?

Is it possible to use this product on the staircase leading to the basement?

I'm between projects and thought I would finish my basement.

rlm(MA)

Allure, the grip style isn't the best for basement floors as it can cause failure of the glue seams from the perpetual moisture wicking up through the floor. This is what will be on sale.

Allure Ultra is suitable for basement floors as it has interlocking joints similar to laminate. It is considered suitable for basements (and unheated camps).

I stopped at Home Depot today and talked the flooring specialist into giving me some insider knowledge about the Allure Black Friday sale. At first he was hesitant to, but when I mentioned that I wanted to buy new kitchen cabinets but wanted to be able to get something that would look decent with whatever color Allure would be on sale he let me know that (at least at my local store) it would be Cherry. Yay... I was hoping that would be it! Oh, and I would have been getting the unfinished oak cabinets regardless... haha!

Regular Allure is the grip strip style, where each piece glues to each other with overlapping edges.

Allure Plus is also grip strip, but has beveled edges, imitating the look of prefinished hardwood.

Share with me... those of you that bought last year what the process was and the best way to make sure I get the allure. I'm planning to do several houses.

Do I need to be there when the does open with a trailer or better to have it delivered.

It's it in store purchase or online

Last year I was way behind buying the allure.... I went in the following Tuesday and they still had 2.5 pallets for the same price.

Stores may not be willing to be your storage facility as you slowly use your stock a few boxes at a time. Let me explain why.

When you make your purchase the boxes are put onto a pallet, shrink wrapped and put into the overhead. To put it in the overhead one person drives the reach truck while a second person "spots" to ensure no one gets run over. While the pallet is put into the overhead two aisles are blocked off and the spotter watches the aisle on the other side of the overhead rack being used to be certain no one comes into the closed aisle and that nothing is pushed off the adjacent rack. This is just to put it up. (This initial step may be skipped upon purchase if you have a whole pallet and they are able to just tag your pallet.)

Now, when you come to get 10 boxes on your pallet of 20 boxes,the associates do this again, twice. Getting it down and putting it back up. Total time used can be an hour while two associates are tied up getting your partial order.

If you've spent much time in a HD you've probably seen this done, possibly been annoyed when you had to wait for an aisle to be opened.

So, as a heads up, your store may not be willing to put your Black Friday purchase onto a will-call. Allure may be only be available as a carry out.

Thank you, Nellie!

I went to HD and they wouldn't tell me what color would be going on sale BF but it is NOT cherry. Also, they said I could use the $.99 product for a basement floor as long as I used a 6mm plastic membrane under it. Thoughts?

I called my Home Depot and they said that Trafficmaster would be on sale for Black Friday for 3 days

is Trafficmaster as good as the allure that you guys are talking about

does anyone know if traffic master and allure will be on sale during Black Friday..and is allure something I can order online and have it delivered to the store or to my home

Am I the only one here that doesn't like Cherry? I have a feeling it's why its seems to be put up for black fri sale (?)

DaveT Allure Ultra will not be on sale. The Hamilton Oak is very pretty, but it will not be on sale.

Thanks Nellie,

To be honest, I think we are going to overspend (a bit) on the remodel (newbie landlords). But that's okay, because we are not just doing this to be long term landlords but to see if we want to be houseflippers and or "developers ".

So if we over improve for the tenants, but it gets attention from buyers in the future., then it can still be worth it. Or just to have it in a portfolio of property renovations to show investors or banks, etc. ??

Fuzzy thinking? Maybe.