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Display Name:	Lyndyn
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Hi, all. One question: are you supposed to pry up the quarter round before installing and then put it back after after you put the Allure down or do you just up it up to the quarter round? Thanks for any help! TrafficMaster Allure Vinyl Flooring \| Apartment Therapy Los Angeles Flag this comment	3/29/10 11:35 AM
OH..re: heat. I did notice in the instructions which you can download from the HD site that this product is for use in areas where the temp won't rise above 95 degrees for any extended length of time. It also said that the adhesive can be heated with a hair dryer or heat gun (I imagine that the heat guns that you use in scrapbooking would work) and then peeled apart if needed. The instructions say that it is safe to use in areas that drop in temp to as low as 15 degrees F and that it is strictly and indoor product and isn't for outdoor spaces including porches and other non-heated, unprotected rooms. (Obviously some folks have used it in just such spaces and have been happy based on the comments here, but I imagine that it would void the warranty.) Oh...evidently there are a couple of companion products available, too. Allure tape — for special installation requirements and repair and replacement and Allure hidden transition strips — how to switch from a N-S hallway install to an E-W room install. These can be ordered from Halstead as can two different finishes (Soft Satin and Rich Gloss) if not available at HD. Most of the problems that folks have related here are addressed in the rather sassily written instructions which can be downloaded here: http://www.homedepot.com/catalog/pdfImages/d0/d0c0bf10-7dd2-47ca-9459-577a22eeeb65.pdf Apartment Therapy Los Angeles \| TrafficMaster Allure Vinyl Flooring Flag this comment	1/1/09 7:29 PM
Hi, all! This is so helpful! Thanks to everyone that has commented. My question is about the baseboards. The folks who "renovated" my kitchen before I bought the house did a real botch job on the baseboards and quarter round. I'm tempted to pull it all out and replace it with the vinyl (?) baseboard that I saw at home depot. We have this at work. Has anyone tried this? My other option, I think, would be to pull up at least the craptastic quarter round and replace that, but I don't really have any woodworking tools - except for a small hack saw so I'm not sure I'm up to that task. Thoughts? Thanks in advance! Apartment Therapy Los Angeles \| TrafficMaster Allure Vinyl Flooring Flag this comment	1/1/09 7:16 PM