Feedback, please, on Allure "Grip Strip" flooring from Home Depot.

[trish2]

Anyone use Traffic Master Allure flooring from Home Depot?  They are approx 6 inch by 3 feet long vinyl strips (to quote from the brochure)

" ...with unique interlocking edge designed for  simple installation.  Simply lay overlapping GripStrip of one plank on adjacent plank and press together...no other adhesive required." Hmm....  sounds too good to be true.

This installation is in southern California and going down on concrete in entrance foyer, dining room and kitchen.  I'm most concerned about how well it will do in the kitchen.  We used a different type of vinyl strip flooring in another house and it performed ok...not great, but acceptable.

Here's my concern...the adhesive is suppose to hold the flooring to the concrete, then also hold the 'overlaps' together.  Seems like there are two places where there could be trouble spots if the adhesive doesn't hold.  However, if the manufacturer has awesome adhesive, then it would work. In our other house, there was a shrinkage problem after we put the strips down and we wound up with small gaps between some of the flooring strips.

If you used Allure how was installation?  Easy, difficult...any tips?  How has it held up?

Thanks for any help in the matter.

[hpinson]

Extensive real-world information is available here:

http://community.homedepot.com/t5/forums/searchpage/tab/message?q=Allure

This thread seemed particularly full of info:

http://community.homedepot.com/t5/Laminate-Vinyl-and-Wood/Allure-Ultra-Resilient-Plank-Flooring/m-p/13243/highlight/true#M66