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Verified flooring case study • Berlin, CT • Completed November 2026
Replace flooring after water damage with Karndean Art Select Hickory Nutmeg luxury vinyl plank across the kitchen, living room, and hall.
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Residential Project · Residential Home
The problem
After water damage, this Berlin homeowner chose Floors Now to replace the flooring in the kitchen, living room, and hall. The selected floor was Karndean Art Select Hickory Nutmeg luxury vinyl plank, installed as a floating floor in November 2026.
The project brought together laminate removal, localized subfloor preparation, appliance moving, and finishing at the walls and adjoining floors. The floating LVP installation quantity was 479 square feet; the crew's listed laminate removal and disposal quantity was a separate 249 square feet.
Project overview
In November 2026, Floors Now replaced flooring after water damage in a Berlin home's kitchen, living room, and hall. The project used 479 square feet of floating Karndean Art Select Hickory Nutmeg luxury vinyl plank. The crew's scope separately listed removal and disposal of 249 square feet of laminate, localized subfloor leveling with Proma Pro Patch, and moving two appliances. Primed colonial baseboard, quarter round, cove base, reducers, threshold/end caps, and a stair nose completed the specified finishing scope. The lead photograph shows the installed flooring across the kitchen and living room; the second view shows the hall with temporary blue tape at the adjoining-floor transitions.
Project facts
Project photography
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Scope of work
Laminate removal, floor preparation, floating LVP, and finishing
Common questions
Karndean Art Select Hickory Nutmeg luxury vinyl plank was installed as a floating floor in the kitchen, living room, and hall of this Berlin home in November 2026.
The LVP installation quantity was 479 square feet. The crew's laminate removal and disposal quantity was separately listed as 249 square feet. These describe different operations and are not interchangeable room measurements.
The scope included localized subfloor leveling with Proma Pro Patch, moving two appliances, 64 linear feet of primed colonial baseboard, 24 linear feet of primed quarter round, cove base, two reducers, two threshold/end caps, and one stair nose.
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