floating LVP floors and reefs -your experience please.

[Devaji]

Calling all floors guys, DIYers and Reefing Gurus...

we are in the mist of a long way WAY over budget home Renovation we are doing the whole house in life proof LVP.
my questions/thoughts are will my soon to be RS 650P room divider between the "great room" and living room keep the floor from floating?
and tips and tricks or need to knows about a reef tank on LVP ? particularity life proof.

I was thinking of maybe tail around the tank, but quickly got the oh heck no as there will no good way to make it look great. its a pretty open floor concept where kitchen and great room and living are open ( perfect place for the long awated peninsula tank!)

 

[Flippers4pups]

Calling all floors guys, DIYers and Reefing Gurus...

we are in the mist of a long way WAY over budget home Renovation we are doing the whole house in life proof LVP.
my questions/thoughts are will my soon to be RS 650P room divider between the "great room" and living room keep the floor from floating?
and tips and tricks or need to knows about a reef tank on LVP ? particularity life proof.

I was thinking of maybe tail around the tank, but quickly got the oh heck no as there will no good way to make it look great. its a pretty open floor concept where kitchen and great room and living are open ( perfect place for the long awated peninsula tank!)

We put down LVP in our whole house back in February, but my tank has been established now for 5 years and I definitely didn't want to take it down to get the flooring under it. So we saved some boxes to fill that area if we ever decide to sell the house.

I would say that as long as your subfloor is flat in the area, lay the flooring down and place the tank on it.

We love our new floor and you will too! So much better than carpet!

 

[kput]

I'm in the process of doing the same thing.. I'm building a 400 gallon plywood tank, so I figured I should go ahead and re-floor the room before I add a 4000lbs~ tank.

I'll be moving my 180 and 120 out of the room to do the flooring, and the Lifeproof will go down directly on the slab with no adhesive. The guy doing the flooring said I shouldn't have any issues, and the floor likely won't dent or show wear once the tank is removed.

 

[Devaji]

We put down LVP in our whole house back in February, but my tank has been established now for 5 years and I definitely didn't want to take it down to get the flooring under it. So we saved some boxes to fill that area if we ever decide to sell the house.

I would say that as long as your subfloor is flat in the area, lay the flooring down and place the tank on it.

We love our new floor and you will too! So much better than carpet!

yeah I am not a fan of carpet at all. subfloor is mostly flat It might need some minor work but should not be to bad at all. I am installing it myself.

 

[Devaji]

I'm in the process of doing the same thing.. I'm building a 400 gallon plywood tank, so I figured I should go ahead and re-floor the room before I add a 4000lbs~ tank.

I'll be moving my 180 and 120 out of the room to do the flooring, and the Lifeproof will go down directly on the slab with no adhesive. The guy doing the flooring said I shouldn't have any issues, and the floor likely won't dent or show wear once the tank is removed.

heck yeah! I thinking of a plywood tank in the basement after the reno down there in a year or two. I was just worried that the tank would some how would stop the floating effect of the LVP.

 

[Flippers4pups]

yeah I am not a fan of carpet at all. subfloor is mostly flat It might need some minor work but should not be to bad at all. I am installing it myself.

Yep, took me two weeks to complete the whole house! Kitchen, bathrooms, living room, hallways, bedrooms, utility room, entry fourier, closets....etc

heck yeah! I thinking of a plywood tank in the basement after the reno down there in a year or two. I was just worried that the tank would some how would stop the floating effect of the LVP.

LVP shouldn't float much, depending on manufacture. I think it will be fine.

 

[Devaji]

Yep, took me two weeks to complete the whole house! Kitchen, bathrooms, living room, hallways, bedrooms, utility room, entry fourier, closets....etc

LVP shouldn't float much, depending on manufacture. I think it will be fine.

great job!