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Adura Max LVT on stairs?

We are in the process of selecting design elements for a new home build and are very interested in the Adura Max Mannington LVT waterproof flooring in Sausalito Bay Breeze. We would plan to install it throughout most of the main floor including the entry way, kitchen, dining/family room, library/office, and main floor bathroom. I would like to include it in the stairs to avoid the family wear and tear on carpeted stairs, but after talking to a friend I'm worried it could be too slippery.

Has anyone used this or other LVT products on stairs? Is it too slippery? Does it hold up?

This is a picture of the flooring sample (on the right) with a small stair trimming piece, cabinet color, countertop sample, and another flooring option in case the Adura Max doesn't work that we are currently considering.

Comments (19)

  • PRO
    9 years ago

    The Adura Max has a vinyl top, and being that there is some distressing in the particular style you chose, it won't be very slippery. I've known solid hardwood to be more slippery than any vinyl. The only point I will make (or suggestion rather) is to get the whole stair tread in one solid piece, rather than individual flooring planks, pieced together. Stairs are heavy traffic areas and take a beating. The weakest part of any flooring are the seams, so if your builder can manage to use the solid treads, it will last much longer for you.



    The Couture Floor Company


    The Flooring Blog

  • PRO
    9 years ago

    To my knowledge there are no solid treads available to match and WPC/EVP floor out there. You can get rubber, but it looks nothing like the Adura Max. Most of our customers use the planks and the stairnose.

    Alan Ward
    WeShipFloors.com

  • 9 years ago

    I have seen the Adura Max cap a tread on their website and was hoping someone had used them before and could comment on the product. Anyone use it in their home?

  • 8 years ago

    Rachael, I am looking at the Adura Max. Did you go with the Sausalito Bay Breeze? And, how did it turn out, looks lovely in the pic. Do you have any finished pictures?

  • 8 years ago
    Yes and I have loved it! (We did NOT do it in the stairs, and I think that was the right choice too.) We've only been in the home for two months so far and I've loved it! The second picture here is with indoor lighting on and the other two are just with daylight though the window. I've never actually noticed it looking that yellow, most of the time it is just the beautiful gray I love.
  • 8 years ago
    ... *daylight at 5:30 pm in the winter ;).
  • 8 years ago

    Thank you, It's hard to believe it's the same floor and how the lighting makes it look so different but it is lovely. Thanks again.

  • 8 years ago

    I ordered the Adura Max cap a tread today but it won't be in for a few weeks. I wanted to try this vs. the stairnose for a one piece surface. Not sure what I'll do with the risers.

  • 8 years ago

    Do post pictures when you're finished.

  • PRO
    8 years ago

    Yooperstar,

    I'd like to see photos of it too when you are finished.

    Alan

  • 8 years ago
    Following- we’ve chosen Adura max Napa Dry Cork for our main floor and I am considering doing the stairs as well.
  • 8 years ago

    Yoopstar, was wondering where you found the Adura Max Cap A Tread? I bought the dockside sand MAX031 and can't find the matching treads anywhere online

  • PRO
    8 years ago
    VP just told me June 1st they are dropping the hammer.
  • 8 years ago

    Jer Stanek,

    Your local flooring experts can probably order it for you.

    Thanks,

    Eric

  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    Beware that the cap a tread only come in 47 inches so if your stairs are any longer

    they won't work.

  • 8 years ago
    last modified: 8 years ago

    I can't believe they don't make flush nose stair and step pieces. They only have overlapping.

  • 8 years ago

    I have done stairs with LVT without additional accessories. Its possible to cut through on the back of the plank few layers and then it will bend equally

  • 5 years ago

    Rachel - We are planning on using the same exact floor in our basement. I saw your picture of your entryway...can you tell me what color are your walls?