Verified flooring case study • West Hartford, CT • Completed August 2026

Karndean Knight Tile Natural Limestone Kitchen with Design Strips

Give the kitchen a brand-new, beautiful floor after removing two layers of existing vinyl

Residential Project · Residential Home

179 sq. ft. gluedown LVTTwo vinyl layers removedOne-day kitchen project

Engagement: Residential Project · Residential Home
Installed area: 179 square feet installed
Elapsed work time: One workday

Project overview

The goal, materials, and finished scope.

In August 2026, Floors Now completed a one-day kitchen flooring project in West Hartford. The crew removed and disposed of two existing vinyl layers totaling 324 square feet, then skim coated 162 square feet with Planiprep SC. The new floor used 179 installed square feet of Karndean Knight Tile Gluedown Natural Limestone ST33 with Cream DS23 3 mm design strips for a grout-line effect. LVT adhesive secured the floor, while two reducers, one stair nose, 8 linear feet of 4.25-inch primed colonial baseboard, 40 linear feet of primed quarter-round, and four cove-base pieces completed the verified trim and transition scope.

Project facts

Completed: August 2026
Documented scope: Residential kitchen gluedown LVT installation
Property type: Residential Home
Rooms: Kitchen
Flooring: Karndean Knight Tile Gluedown Natural Limestone ST33 luxury vinyl tile with Cream DS23 3 mm design strips
Project goal: Give the kitchen a brand-new, beautiful floor after removing two layers of existing vinyl

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West Hartford kitchen during surface preparation after existing vinyl removal and before the Karndean Knight Tile installation — View 1.Preparation-stage view after two layers of existing vinyl were removed and before the new gluedown LVT was installed.

Completed Karndean Knight Tile Natural Limestone gluedown LVT with Cream design strips in a West Hartford kitchen — View 2.Completed Natural Limestone kitchen floor with Cream 3 mm design strips creating a grout-line effect.

Scope of work

Two-layer removal and skim-coat preparation supported the one-day gluedown installation.

Removed and disposed of two existing vinyl layers totaling 324 square feet
Skim coated 162 square feet with Planiprep SC to prepare the installation surface
Installed 179 square feet of Karndean Knight Tile Gluedown Natural Limestone ST33 with LVT adhesive
Used Cream DS23 3 mm design strips to create a grout-line effect between the luxury vinyl tiles
Completed the flooring edges with two reducers and one stair nose
Installed 8 linear feet of 4.25-inch primed colonial baseboard, 40 linear feet of primed quarter-round, and four cove-base pieces
Completed the removal, preparation, flooring, trim, and transition scope in one workday

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