Flooret Lato Base experience? Pros/Cons?

3 years ago

Hi all,

Moving into a new home and will be replacing approx 1,500 sqft of worn wood laminate on main level and carpet on bedrooms level and basement.

Keen on waterproof LVP with 2 dogs and 2 young kids, and a conscious budget (rather get better quality LVP then low end engineered wood/solid wood).

I received samples from Flooret today, and absolutely love the Lato Base (vs signature). Nice feel, love the micro-bevel, and feels good underfoot. Only concern I have so far is locking system feel a bit weak and susceptible to easy breaking.

I’ll be installing over concrete in basement and plywood sub flooring (after self leveling work is done by my contractor) and was considering a 6mil vapor barrier on main level (sits above crawl space) and basement (concrete slab) plus a 1mm underlayment like a floor muffler, Quiet walk, or sentinel.

Any experience with Lato Base, or any other Flooret Base product would be greatly appreciated! Any worthwhile alternatives for similar look/feel would be great as well.

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Kim Dietz
3 years ago
I put in 1400 sf of Flooret in 2019. Two years later, it started to warp, chip and buckle at the seams. Its just getting worse every day since then. Flooret blames installer. Installer blames Flooret. And I’m out thousands of dollars. Will replace it all next month
Peter Ogunamakin
2 years ago
@kim why did flooret blame the installer? can you provide more details?
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lrvictor
2 years ago
We have flooret in our beachhouse, installed ourselves. Nice product and I love the 40mil wear layer, 2x the standard. Have had no issues with warping! My sister and brotherinlaw have flooret in their house, all over, and in their garage guest house. No issues at all. Another sister has it in her garage apartment and it has held up perfectly as well! 2 homes are in relatively humid environments (Northwest beach properties), the other in a very dry climate (high desert). Flooret has performed perfectly in both areas.
Kim Dietz
2 years ago
We now believe the failure of the floors may be due to having polybutylene pipe plumbing under our house. We have had to repipe the entire house. This was discovered as we pulled up the Flooret to install Coretec. Totally wet underneath the vinyl and vapor barrier.
Florida4
2 years ago
Oh no! I’m sorry to hear this. We purchased an “older” home and had the same concerns with that Same plumbing.