Verified flooring case study • Wethersfield, CT • Completed July 2026

Karndean Wellington Oak Installation After Extensive Slab Preparation

Finish the remodeled half-basement with the homeowner's selected wood-look flooring after the other contractors completed their work

Residential Project · Residential Home

Extensive slab levelingCoordinated material storageKarndean gluedown LVP

Engagement: Residential Project · Residential Home
Installed area: 385 square feet
Elapsed work time: Leveling poured Friday; flooring completed Monday

Project overview

The goal, materials, and finished scope.

The homeowner was finishing half of this Wethersfield basement and needed other contractors to complete their work before the flooring installation. Floors Now stored the selected material at no charge for several months until the space was ready. Once scheduled, the team poured MAPEI Novoplan Plus self-leveling underlayment on Friday to address substantial low areas in the concrete and used a skim coat for the final surface preparation. On Monday, Floors Now completed 385 square feet of Karndean Van Gogh Gluedown Wellington Oak, giving the renovated basement a warm wood-look finish.

Project facts

Completed: July 2026
Documented scope: Residential basement gluedown LVP installation
Property type: Residential Home
Rooms: Finished half-basement
Flooring: Karndean Van Gogh Gluedown Wellington Oak (VGW53T)
Project goal: Finish the remodeled half-basement with the homeowner's selected wood-look flooring after the other contractors completed their work

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Karndean Wellington Oak gluedown luxury vinyl installed in a finished Wethersfield basement room — View 1.Completed Karndean Wellington Oak flooring after extensive concrete leveling and skim-coat preparation.

Karndean Wellington Oak flooring continuing through connected finished basement spaces in Wethersfield — View 2.Wellington Oak carried through the connected basement spaces after the Friday leveling and Monday flooring schedule.

Scope of work

Extensive concrete preparation came before the gluedown flooring.

Stored the selected flooring at no charge for several months while the homeowner coordinated other basement contractors
Scheduled flooring work after the homeowner's previous-floor removal and the remaining basement construction
Poured MAPEI Novoplan Plus self-leveling underlayment on Friday to address substantial low areas
Applied a skim coat as part of the final concrete-surface preparation
Installed 385 square feet of Karndean Van Gogh Gluedown Wellington Oak and completed the flooring work on Monday

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