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My husband & brother-in-law installed this in our basement family room/play room about 8 months ago and we LOVE it. They put in about 300sq ft in less than a day. The vinyl smell is awful for about a month, but it's worth the headache. You can also feel the little imperfections from the cement floor through the vinyl, but we didn't have the time (or energy) to do an entire skim coat prior to putting down the floor.

The vinyl does a surprisingly good job insulating from the cold cement floor, and we're in MN. I expected to see more shrinkage over the winter because we don't continuously heat the basement, but it wasn't bad. The small seams that did slightly open just made it look more like "wood" in my opinion, and less like laminate.

We have three boys under 4 AND three dogs over 75 lbs. Despite the abuse, potty training and various accidents the floor looks like new. If I was building a new house, I could run this through everywhere and not stress about dog toenail scratches or the kids scribbling permanent marker on the floors - or even dropped glasses breaking. It is soft, absorbs sound and easily patched/replaced.