Achim Home Furnishings FTVWD21420 Nexus 12-Inch Vinyl Tile, Wood Light Oak Plank-Look, 20-Pack, Basket Weave Light/Dark Oak, 12"W x 12"L x 1.2mm T

Hello I first purchased 2 boxes of the oak colored parquet on August 2019 to do my stairs going into the basement. 12 steps totaling about 40 tiles. Unfortunately my hubby mixed them up with my traffic master vinyl tiles which i had spares for my kitchen floor for last 10 years. My kitchen tiles exact same pattern but the Achim were just a tad darker but u cannot tell due to lighting on stairs. Problem now is that all my spare tiles had kept from traffic master FOR WORN ONES ON KITCHEN FLOOR he used them ON STAIRS WITH MY ACHIM TILES so now i cant replace the damaged ones THAT SOMETIMES POP UP OCCASIONALLY anymore as needed. And the Traffic Master ones are now discontinued years ago. Traffic masters were 1.8mm thick yes little thicker than the Achim brand which 1.2mm. Yes Achim little thinner but the pattern, finish and texture almost identical Achim little more shinier which I do like. So on April 18 2020 I ordered 8 more boxes of them for my kitchen floor and additional 1 box today for my kitchen floor as i love the color texture and the price and will also now have extra Achim should some need replacing. Traffic Master equivalent i bought 10 years ago lot of tiles are still in good shape but did not ever have a little sheen where the ACHIM ones do. . My original cost for Achim last August was $16.00 for box of 20 (12 inch by 12 inch squares tiles) now few days ago April 13th they are only $13 for box 20 (12 by 12 Inches square tiles) so basically even though ACHIM states last 5 years (warranty) im confident if cleaned properly and installed correctly they like my Traffic Master will last much longer. i am very very happy with them not just the $3.00 price drop per box just the tiles in general. So yesterday April 14 2020 i ordered 1 more box for my kitchen. This box is the back up box in case for some reason one tile or a few need replacing. Cant wait to put them down. Hope they are all the same dye lot. I will text company to ask if all same dye lot too just to be on safe side or can check when order arrives which is in 3 days.. You cannot beat the quality, color or the price for these tiles. works out like 87C per square foot. I did check the home deport and menards store but their prices are runnning like $2.30 per square foot. Which is expensive should i have bought them from a home store. Way too pricey for me. My hubby says they were great to work with when he applied them to my stairs and the traffic master ones too EVEN THO THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN USED ON MY STAIRS. i GAVE HIM 2 BOXES OF THE ACHIM ESPECAILLY FOR THE STAIRS SO ALL WOULD BE THE SAME BUT HE DIDNT NOTICE MUCH DIFF DUE TO LIGHTING SO DECIDED TO USE UP THE TRAFFIC MASTER ONES TOO. OMG. SO NOW I HAVE NO CHOICE BUT TO DO MY KITCHEN FLOOR ACHIM (WHICH I LOVE) SO MY KITCHEN FLOOR AND ALL WAY DOWN STAIRS TO BASEMENT ALL MATCH.. HUBBY SAID they stuck very well. Yes little tiny tiny bit glue came out just a couple but once dried OR EVEN WET THE EXCESSS GLUE AND TRUST ME ITS NOT A LOT. JUST LITTLE TINY SPOTS can easily be removed with stuff called UN-DU which removes any glue, adhesive stickers gum tape tar crayon grease etc.from anything. awesome product which is also available for sale on Amazon or you can purchase from like a Hobby Lobby or Michael Stores. so the little overages of adhesive coming from just a couple of my newly put down tiles were EASILY EASILY REMOVED WITH THE UN-DU REMOVER STUFF. EVEN TAKES OFF STICKERS ON CAR WINDOWS OR ANY STICKER FOR THAT MATTER FROM ANYTHING. Back to the Tiles. I love the OAK PARQUET color and cant wait to put them down in my kitchen once they arrive IN APPROX 3 DAYS. I will of course (although states can put over existing vinyl tile I CHOOSE NOT TOO since its a smooth surface ON OLD TILES and the new tiles may move so I am pulling up al the old tiles from kitchen floor so i have a blank canvas so to speak. Better safe than sorry. . I would have stayed with traffic master but my husband used the only box i had back up box i had left for spares for my kitchen floor when some of the older tiles showed signs of wear. I used heat gun to get old tile off and simply input new tile. Now of course cant do that anymore. So whole new floor now. In addition Traffic Master Oak Parquet i found upon searching for another spare box are actually discontinued and have been so for years. Really sucked. But they are over 10 years old. And Traffic Master has nothing similar to the ones i had NOR THE COLOR I NEEDED and they are discontinued 10+ years ago as I found out when went to buy them as they are over 10 years old on my floor. Probably down on my floor 13 years. Still look great on my floor so when i saw the ACHIM yes little thinner, same pattern and near exact color they were a PERFECT choice. ACHIM says 5 year limited warranty but they will last much longer than that I beleive trust me. My traffic masters had 10 year warranty and they have been down 13 years and to date only had to replace like 5 of them out of the 140 on the floor. Shame Traffic Master discontinued that pattern and color but in hindsight I AM SO LUCKY TO HAVE FOUND THE ACHIM BRAND SAME EXACT STYLE, COLOR NEARLY SAME JUST A TAD BIT DARKER BUT CAN HARDLY TELL AND FOR A FRACTION OF THE COST. ONCE KITCHEN FLOOR DONE AND MY 6 OF 12 STEPS INTO BASEMENT GET THE ACHIM TILES ON (YES I AM A PERSON WHO HAS TO PULL OFF THE TRAFFIC MASTER FROM MY STAIRS EVEN THO NOT NOTICEABLE BUT I KNOW ITS DIFFERENT AND PUT THE ACHIM TILES DOWN SO THEY ALL MATCH. i WILL UPLOAD THE KITCHEN FLOOR PICS ONCE COMPLETED IN THE MEANTIME HERE IS MY STAIRS. FIRST 8 STAIRS HAVE THE ACHIM TILES AND OTHER 4 STAIRS MY SPARE TRAFFIC MASTER TILES THAT MY HUBBY SHOULD NEVER HAVE PUT DOWN BUT HE WASN'T THINKING AND SAID HE COULDN'T TELL THE DIFF IN COLOR CAUSE OF THE LIGHTING TO HIM THEY LOOKED THE SAME. i SAID YES BUT THE TEXTURE IS A LITTLE DIFF BUT HE SAID DIDN'T NOTICE THAT EITHER. I GAVE HIM 2 BOXES OF THE ACHIM TO DO THE STAIRS AND THE LEFT OVER TRAFFIC MASTER ONES AS THEY WERE ALL IN ONE BIG CARDBOARD BOX. lol. i WILL KNOW BETTER NEXT TIME. . IT NEVER DAWNED ON HIM THAT 2 BOXES OF ACHIM WERE EXACTLY ENOUGH TILES FOR THE STAIRS AND BRAND NEW. NOPE, SO HE USED BOTH. NO BIG DEAL ALL FIXABLE. BLESS HIS HEART FOR TRYING TO DO THE RIGHT THING. SO TO FINISH MY POST I TOTALLY RECOMMEND THESE ACHIM OAK PARQUET TILES. i DID LIKE THE RED MAHOGLONY BEAUTIFUL COLOR BUT WONT MATCH MY CABINETS OR FURNITURE IN KITCHEN. . I CAN DO MY WHOLE BACK KITCHEN ON 7 BOXES OF ACHIM TILES 140 TILES AND HAVE 2 SPARE BOXES LEFT OVER. OF COURSE 1/2 BOX I WILL NEED TO USE TO FIX MY 8 STAIRS BUT THATS NO BIG DEAL. I CANT WAIT . TOTALLY RECOMMEND THESE TILES TO ANYONE I LOVE THEM FOR WHAT I NEED THEM FOR AND THE PRICE WELL $13 FOR 20 TILES THAT IS JUST UNHEARD OF. SO LOOK IN A FEW WEEKS FOR MY KITCHEN FLOOR MAKEOVER.AND AGAIN IF YOU GET LITTLE BIT GLUE OUT OF THE SIDES WHEN PUTTING TILES DOWN SIMPLY GET DRY CLOTH AND USE UN-DU REMOVER IT WILL REMOVE THE EXCESS SMALL BITS GLUE WITHOUT ANY HARD WORK OR SCRUBBING. ITS A MIRACLE WORKER. THANK YOU FOR TAKING THE TIME TO READ MY POST. HOPE THIS HELPS ANYONE OUT. OFF TO PULL UP THE OLD TILES NOW IN KITCHEN.

I'm a woman in my sixties and I put this flooring down myself. I have no background in flooring whatsoever. It was.Very simple to do, however I do suggest using a spray adhesive otherwise, it won't stick. Make sure you spray the corners and edges.I laid the flooring over concrete. I suggest using a treatment on the concrete first so you don't get condensation through to your flooring.It's easy to clean, keeps it's shine and the best flooring for your buck

I used these under my kitchen sink. I don’t think they are thick enough to use as flooring, but for what I needed, these are working out. They are easy to cut. I used utility scissors. There sticky and look clean. For the price, it’s a good product. Adding, I wouldn’t recommend for flooring.

These are terrible. The tiles are misaligned and more importantly the adhesive does not stick. Tiles curled at the edges and came right off. DO NOT BUY!I am a former contractor and renovate houses. I have installed every type of flooring and figured I would give these a try. I let the tiles acclimate in the area they would be installed for weeks. I used primer over floor leveling compound before installing so these should have adhered to this prep if they would adhere to anything. I installed using the guide on the back to make sure the tiles were going in the same direction. Nothing lined up. The tiles were not a consistent size and the pattern was off on every tile. How does a manufacturer mess up something so basic. I finished the install pressing all tiles and edges carefully as I went. I went back in a couple of hours later and the edges were all curling. Then whole tiles came off the floor. I have been pressing the tiles back down for days. Still popping off. This is truly an awful product. The adhesive is very weak. I can not imagine any surface they would stick to. Of course, the return window closed a week ago. I am going to have to rip them all up and install something else. At least the adhesive is so weak getting them up is trivial. Complete waste of money and time.

I got these stick on tiles to lay on my chicken coop floor to help with cleaning. Probably not the best choice for that but only because the coop floor is not completely even. I will say they are very sticky, seem durable and very easy to install. I could definitely see the being useful if you were like doing a laundry room or something like that. They paper peels right off and they line up perfectly. They were very easy to cut, I used yard sheers as that’s all I had at the coop and they cut no problem. I would definitely recommend these tiles as the color and pattern are cool especially for the price.

I laid approximately 36 boxes of this tile. It was not hard to do. Looks really good. Now the problems: Humidity makes the tiles lift. For some reason on the white part of the tile, the corners break off with minimal contact. I have replaced 30 broken pieces and still have many more to do. Just very fragile with day to day life. The adhesive never hardens and the tile slip with pressure. The adhesive seeps out the seams and sticks to my shoe bottoms which gathers dirt and gives me a dirt cushion that I need to clean off my shoes several times a day. Because of the lifting it is hard to use a Swiffer. You can really not use a hard floor cleaner because it will suck the tile up. Windex on your hands and knees does the best job to clean. If you have a furry critter FORGET IT, the adhesive gathers cat hair like stink on a skunk. You see the boxes on the tile? They are to press down to keep the tile from lifting. I have bricks and heavy objects all over. I'm sure it will get better in the dry winter (I can only hope.)