Luxury Vinyl
Pelican Bay Open Kitchen
Waterproof luxury vinyl plank run continuously from kitchen to great room in a Pelican Bay condo, specified to survive Gulf humidity and a seasonal household.
- Location
- Pelican Bay, Naples
- Material
- 20-mil wear-layer waterproof rigid-core vinyl plank
- Area
- 980 sq ft, kitchen through great room
- Timeline
- Three days including tear-out and haul-away
How we approached it
This condo sits empty for months at a time with the thermostat held high, so we ruled out engineered wood early — that humidity swing is exactly what opens seasonal gaps. A 20-mil wear-layer rigid-core LVP handles the cycle without moving.
The existing floor was floating laminate over an uneven slab. We tore it out, ground down two high spots at the kitchen island, and skim-coated the low corner by the slider before a single plank went down.
Plank direction follows the long sight line from the entry to the lanai glass, which makes the great room read wider. End joints were staggered at random lengths so the floor never shows a repeating stair-step under afternoon light.
The result
One uninterrupted floor from the front door to the lanai threshold — no transition strips, no seasonal gapping, and a surface that mops clean after a summer of closed shutters.
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