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Verified flooring case study • Berlin, CT • Completed August 2026
Install a stone-look kitchen floor while coordinating the flooring schedule with the homeowner's general contractor during a full remodel
Case study published
Residential Project · Residential Home
The problem
This was flooring inside an active kitchen remodel, and the schedule had to fit around the homeowner's general contractor running the larger renovation. A kitchen floor during a remodel is as much a timing problem as a materials problem — the flooring crew had to complete its scope while other trades continued around it.
The substrate needed real preparation. The existing sheet vinyl came up, but its adhered backing stayed behind on the plywood. Gluedown LVT bonds directly to what it sits on, so anything left behind — old backing, uneven seams — telegraphs through the new tile. The crew installed 12 supplied plywood underlayment panels across the planned area and treated the panel seams and localized areas with Planiprep SC to create a flat, stable surface for the adhesive.
With the preparation set, Karndean Art Select Sterling Quartzite went down as gluedown luxury vinyl tile with the specified adhesive, and four reducers finished the doorway and adjoining-floor edges. The entire flooring scope was completed in one workday, and the finished floor spanned the kitchen and doorways while the surrounding remodel continued.
Project overview
In August 2026, Floors Now completed the flooring portion of a full kitchen remodel in Kensington, a village within the Town of Berlin. Working with the homeowner's general contractor, the crew coordinated the flooring schedule around the larger renovation. The kitchen and adjoining doorway scope used 356 square feet of flooring supplied with 10% waste; that material quantity is not treated as the exact installed area. After removal of the existing sheet-vinyl surface left backing adhered to the plywood, the team installed 12 supplied 4-by-8-foot plywood underlayment panels and used two bags of Planiprep SC to prepare the panel seams and localized areas. The crew then adhered Karndean Art Select Sterling Quartzite luxury vinyl tile across the planned floor, and four reducers finished the doorway and adjoining-floor edges. The flooring scope was completed in one workday while the rest of the kitchen remodel continued. The approved photographs document the underlayment preparation, the gluedown installation in progress, and the completed floor before the surrounding remodeling work was finished.
Project facts
Project photography
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Scope of work
After the existing sheet-vinyl surface was removed, plywood underlayment and targeted patching prepared the kitchen for gluedown LVT.
Common questions
The tile's printed design. Karndean Art Select Sterling Quartzite is a stone-look luxury vinyl tile, installed here as a gluedown floor with the specified adhesive.
Gluedown tile bonds directly to its substrate, so the surface has to be flat and stable. The old sheet vinyl left adhered backing on the plywood here, so we installed 12 four-by-eight plywood panels and prepared the seams and localized areas with Planiprep SC before the tile went down.
It is the flooring quantity supplied for this project, including 10 percent waste — not the exact installed area. We note the distinction because the installed field is smaller than the supplied quantity once cuts and waste are accounted for.
With reducers. We installed four reducers to finish the planned doorway and adjoining-floor edges where the new floor meets the surrounding surfaces.
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