We’ve always wanted VCT throughout, but kept flip-flopping on color. We finally picked Armstrong’s Polar White –a pure white, with flecks of charcoal gray …
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Tag Archives: vct
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flooring flip-flop
When our home was built (1955) it had cork flooring, as standard. By the time we moved in, it was a mix of VCT (Vinyl Composition Tile) and carpet –both recently installed, both beige …
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uncorked
Our Eichler originally had cork flooring. We knew this already, then revealed ‘Exhibit A’ by removing a bookcase last year –with the ugly bookcase gone, we gained its cork footprint …
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tile dilemma
We plan to run gray VCT (like this) throughout our home. No problem in the carpeted bedrooms, where the concrete slab is easily exposed. Also straightforward in the living area, where we can remove or lay over existing beige VCT (pictured). Only real problem is the office. This is carpeted, but beneath is some old, …
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first floor
Back in our master bedroom, time to tackle the floor. Neither of us had installed VCT before, but it seemed straightforward…at least on YouTube. First we removed underlay, revealing our concrete slab, in good shape. You can see where 10×10 inch cork tiles were originally placed. Cork was the Eichler-specified flooring, running throughout the house. …
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picking flooring
We plan on replacing our flooring room-by-room, to phase the cost. We’ll be installing Vinyl Composition Tile (VCT) throughout. We already have some very beige VCT in our living area, as shown below, behind some new samples we picked out. We rejected many more than these, and eventually settled on the center sample, Soft Warm …
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