Karndean

It has dull patches randomly across the floor in my kitchen living area that has plenty of light. In darker rooms such as a bedrooms, it ok. I wouldn't give this product a star rating. OK I couldn't submit this article unless I gave it a rating.

Karndean Vinyl Planks-Longboards BE AWARE I have never written a review before but felt I had to after being so disappointed with Karndean flooring. We had Karndean Pure Danish Oak vinyl planks installed in our home in November 2023. When we returned to our house when fitters had finished we were appalled to find the whole house was covered in… Read more

thick dust, no attempt at cleaning or protecting our furniture etc the floor itself was ingrained in this dust and we couldn’t remove it by cleaning. We accept this wasn’t Karndeans fault but the fault of the shop and terrible fitters. The shop who we purchased the flooring from and arranged fitting, found someone to sand the floor to try and remove the ingrained dust which was partially successful but we don’t believe it was resealed afterwards. What we were never advised at any point was that if our floor base was not absolutely level every imperfection in the concrete base would show. Now after being continuously walked on we now have a vinyl floor that is uneven in places especially where light shines through onto the floor, this flooring wasn’t cheap but it looks awful in places like cheap linoleum from the 60s. We thought the floor base would be levelled before the planks were laid as they are laid directly on the concrete without any form of underlay, but it obviously wasn’t. We would never have had this flooring if we had known the floor was going to look as cheap as it does now that it has been down for a couple of years and would have had engineered wood instead.

Our Karndean commercial grade vinyl Tiles (Madison) were installed in our kitchen and main living area 7 years ago. Brilliant product, soft underfoot and still looks like the day they were installed. We had the tiles installed on the diagonal to avoid a very linear look. Show stopper at our place- we always get asked what our floor is and where… Read more ·  1

we got it from. Highly recommend this product. Can clean for a matt look or a gloss look. Depending on what mood I’m in I change it up every year or so. Not sure what all the bad reviews are about. We haven’t experienced fading and ours are very dark granite/black colour.

Love my Karndean Field Oak glued planks. Such a lovely light and authentic looking flooring. It’s made my house look lighter and larger. Easy to clean and fairly durable though there is one dint where a can of beans dropped, leaving a mark. Mind up you, I have 10 spare planks so if needs be… I do need to mop it more regularly (than my old dark laminate planks) with mild detergent in regular use areas as spots and dirt do show. Show details ·  1

LOOKS AMAZING- EXTREMELY HAPPY – I’m extremely happy with my looselay longboard Lemon Spotted Gum flooring. It is just beautiful and looks amazing. I took about 6 weeks to decide on colour and manufacture and am so glad I waited and went with Karndean. ULTIMATE FLOORING Port Macquarie were A1, we had a lot of different angels and the workmanship was superb Show details ·  1

Before I bought karndean 4.5mm loose lay, I read these reviews and thought.... surely the product isn't THAT bad. I reasoned that this was just a small amount of disgruntled customers and if their product was that bad, they would have fixed it by now. I noticed in these reviews that karndean seemed to always blame the user and not their product. … Read more

I'm here to warn you that the karndean loose lay 4.5mm scratches unacceptably easily and in my opinion is not fit for purpose.

My 4.5mm loose lay has been down for 1.5 years and the scratching is so excessive, it looks like it's been down for 30 years. I made a claim to karndean about it scratching excessively easily and they called it "topical damage" and said that wasn't covered by their lifetime warranty. And that there were no manufacturering defects with the batch i bought. So in conclusion, it just naturally scratches unacceptably easily.

I have no idea how most of the scratches got there and now I'm even too scared to push the plastic washing basket along the floor with my foot while I'm holding my baby in my arms. I'm always stressing at my toddler if he rides some of his toys on the planks as I'm scared he will scratch them more. I made the mistake of not putting felt pads under my toddlers kmart timber toddler table and chairs, not thinking anything of it. And in that spot, the floor is scratched to the max.

I could have bought vinyl planks at half the price and gotten a much better wearing product.

I remember the guy I bought the masonite underlay off telling me how installers love karndean and I now know why .... it cuts ridiculously easily. I remember thinking far out this stuff cuts so easily, how is it resistant to anything?

If somebody is recommending karndean, take my advice and get a second, third and fourth opinion from other flooring shops, like i wish i did. These planks are absolutely not worth the money and for me have resulted in massive disappointment and stress trying to minimise my children's activities which may result in further scratching, which is not really fair to their childhood development.

Disappointed with Karndean Vinyl Flooring – Looks Dirty and Patchy in Natural Light We recently had Karndean vinyl flooring installed in our brand new home — a significant investment of over $10,000. While the product looked fine at first glance, once the natural light hit it, we noticed something very disappointing: large dull and dirty-looking… Read more

patches appear across the floor wherever the light catches it. It completely ruins the aesthetic and looks like it hasn’t been cleaned in years, even though it’s brand new.

When you walk directly over to the patchy areas, they seem to disappear — but from across the room, they stand out badly. The floor looks inconsistent and frankly, cheap. It’s incredibly frustrating, especially after choosing a reputable brand like Karndean and expecting a premium finish.

We’ve tried cleaning and looking at care kits, but nothing seems to fix this light distortion effect. We feel let down and disappointed. If you’re considering this floor, I’d strongly recommend viewing it in full daylight from multiple angles before committing — and think twice if natural light is a major feature of your space

Dirty looking floor – Replaced our tired carpet with Karndean luxury plank, and have never had a clean floor since. We did have it professionally cleaned and resealed at the flooring companies expense, lasted six weeks then back to smudged dirty looking floor. The Karndean rep was useless as was Karndean themselves. Took a small claims case and got back half the money. Of course we were told that no one else has had this problem, really? Show details

Misleading Information and Lies – Do your due diligence!!!! Just when you think you’ve found your flooring in Korlock RK range, move on, keep looking . You’ll get told: waterproof, noise resistant etc etc. We had the Karndean Korlock RK range put into our daughters apartment- were told it was 100% waterproof, and met Australian standards to go into bathrooms (2019). Well, now that… Read more

she is ready to sell the apartment, a property inspection had to be done as part of the contracts…. “Major Defect” in bathroom as the flooring is not acceptable. So….. to anyone who has been mislead, lied to and has this product in their bathroom/laundry, you too will be in the same boat if you ever want to sell your property. They have LIED, and are still MISLEADING customers as their website, brochures etc still advertise these products as acceptable for bathroom use. The company will not return my calls or emails. The store also shrugs off any responsibility. So…… I don’t plan to let things go. You can contact me if you are in the same situation

Not happy from day one … February 2018 – Have never been happy due to always looking dirty, getting on hands and knees to remove ingrained dirt. However, today after a burst water pipe accident, the guys had to take up some of the LooseLay planks…. Which had been glued down!!!!! Please explain!!!!!! Was this an accident or ‘rip off’ by our supplier (Solomons) or installer (supplied by… Read more

Solomons). So cross. What have people found as a replacement? (Would love to go back to our cork tiles….painted white and then sealed!! But nobody does this anymore!)

Do not buy this product – To say we are disappointed is an understatement!! I never write reviews but I hate my floors. We had the Palazzo Marble RKT2413 installed which cost us about $11k!! These floors always look dirty, they stratch and stain very easy. We got the rep out to look at them but said there was nothing they can do. How on earth does a toy car scratch a… Read more

floor when they say they are hard wearing!! Even gecko poo stains them!!

We also had a lounge in an area for approx 1 month' and when we moved it there were yellow stains on the floor.

We were told that some furniture can have a reaction to the floor, how on earth are you supposed to know if your furniture is going to have a reaction.

Surely these floors should be made to be suitable for all furniture as they are so dame expensive.

I bought the 3 bottles of cleaning solution they said to buy to clean the floors but it makes no difference.

The 3rd party company that installed it did a good job of the installation of the product

Don't waste your money

Disappointed – Very disappointed with this product. Scratches and turned up corners shortly after installation. Had the installers back twice after installation. We are extremely cautious (so much so that we almost walk on eggshells), yet deep scratches appear every other day. I really looked forward to replacing all the old carpet with this product, but ultimately regret it and would not use or recommend this product to anyone. Show details

Disappointed – I had my Karndean gluedown vinyl planks laid in a Herringbone pattern. They are lifting at the corners and in other places and they are only 1.5 yrs old. I've already had the fitters come back three times to fix it. I really hate this floor. I've had bamboo planks in the past and I wish I had installed them instead. Never again vinyl! Never again Karndean!

Blown Away – I had my Karndean floor for twelve years and now that I'm selling, I'm looking to put it into my new house. My vinyl handled the kids spills and was so easy to clean. Show details ·  1

DO NOT USE THIS BRAND – We've only had these floors for 15 months and they already look terrible and they have done since about a month after installed. Scratches absolutely everywhere just from everyday living, no dragging furniture or anything like that. Unless you want to be replacing your floors every 2 years, I'd look at a different brand. These floors are my biggest regret in my reno. Show details

TAKE NOTE: KARNDEAN BLEACHED TASMANIAN OAK – I agree...it's a terrible product. Unfortunately it's laid in most of my house. Bleached Tasmanian Oak. Looked pristine when it was first installed but now most of the traffic areas has a brown tinge through it. The boards have fine ridges in them and it seems any dust/dirt whatever seems to settle into the ridge. I don't think it's scratched… Read more

though. I don't need instructions on how to care for the boards. I know how to mop a floor. 2 photos of floor traffic and 1 of no floor traffic attached. From my review and reading these reviews, it's obviously not a good product and it seems there is no point in complaining.

Kardean Flooring – Hi, We have just bought a house in Tasmania and the flooring is all Kardean. It is a Massive area that has been layed. We where told the cost would of been over $12,000. But it has faded. We have double glazed windows too. There are scratches all over it as well. We have contacted the distributor ( carpet supplies ) trying to have someone look at… Read more

it. It's supose to have a warranty, & be top quality. This has been unsuccessful as well. No follow ups at all. I have to wash it constantly as it shows all the dust every day! We would not recommend it at all. We have no children or pets so the constant washing would not suit a family. We have had these types of flooring before & had no problems .

There follow up on this problem is terrible.

Always looks dirty – We had Karndean installed a month back, as the flooring places all say it’s the best quality vinyl flooring you can get. That may be so but it’s driving me nuts as it always looks dirty! We had vinyl planks before and it wasn’t like this, l could mop twice a day easy but as soon as someone walks through it looks bad again. We’re a family of 4, it… Read more

might be ok if you don’t ever walk over it but a normal family living on it, expect it to look dirty constantly. It must be the finish on it?..

3 week old flooring, dents and scratches everywhere – Just had a house renovation, we chose the Karndean van gogh range because its supposed to be a hard wearing premium product. We finally got to move in to our home this weekend and we have found scratches almost everywhere (we will be talking to the builder about this) appalling seeing as we haven't set foot in there. I just came to move my Fridge… Read more

and TV unit to where I wanted them and discovered where they had been now has dents in the flooring. These items have only been on the floor for about 3 weeks. Very very poor quality. We should have stayed with the cheap Bunnings flooring we had before that was much better quality and didn't dent or scratch. I haven't even moved in to the renovated part of the house and I want to rip the flooring up its that bad. Waste of a lot of money. Do not buy!

Poduct not fit for purpose – We had Karndean long boards installed in 2017 .After two years we noticed considerably fading near our double glass doors -we have three sets . The retailer came out in 2019 and replaced those .Forward to 2021 they have faded again . We dealt with Karndean directly this time . They came out removed a board for testing as they had had a bad batch… Read more

three years prior. But no -our problem was UV fading . Their warranty does not cover this . So be warned if you have a light bright home with lots of glass windows and doors it is not suitable for your home . We have now spent considerable money tinting the windows and doors in the affected areas . This has affected the overall feel of our home making it darker than I would have liked or anticipated . Karndean's remedy was to supply three packages of the planks for us to install ourselves in the affected areas . We spent $10,000 on the Karndean boards and $3000 on window tinting .I could not reccomend Karndean boards to anyone . In our previous home we had Himilayan slate and Italian ceramic tiles -we were there 30 years with no problems .

Never looks clean & Karndean denies the problem – We had Kardean 'luxury' wood-look flooring plank laid. It won't stay clean – ends up looking smeared and dirty immediately after cleaning. You only have to walk on it again when it is dry for this to start. Looks bad all the time. We tried a lot with Floor Store Direct (NZ) who supplied and laid the product to correct this problem, but ultimately… Read more

wanted the flooring refunded and removed. No deal. The owner and Kardean blamed us -- surprise! (A sample was sent to Kardean, with the plank not returned or replaced, by the way). Both said that it was our cleaning or excessive use of cleaning products at fault (we followed all instructions and used only Karndean or recommended products).

Sadly we had to take Floor Store Direct to the Disputes Tribunal this week. It shouldn't have come to this, as clearly we were sold a shoddy product. However, it went our way. It shouldn't have ever come to this and in I'll lay cheaper flooring and it will never, ever be Karndean again.

Can’t understand the negative reviews – I can’t understand the negative reviews here especially on scratching and dirt + difficulty cleaning. I nearly didn’t buy Karndean (looselay longboard planks) b/c of this but is an excellent product and am so glad I trusted the flooring company I used who were personal friends who said they also don’t understand the negative online reviews as none… Read more ·  1

of their clients have complained like on here!? I have had the product down for a while now and experienced none of the issues mentioned. The boards were left to acclimatise for a day prior to install, perhaps that makes a difference? I ensure I use a neutral cleaner (warm water and vinegar with drop of detergent). Not needing to sweep often but dirt cleans off easily. Easy to maintain product that looks far better than I had hoped for.