In October 2022, my wife and I purchased luxury vinyl plank flooring from Marc's Flooring &…read moreCabinets to replace the flooring that had been damaged after our home in North Naples was flooded from Hurricane Ian on September 28, 2022. In late November 2022, this LVP flooring and all new baseboards were installed in four bedrooms and living/dining room. In March 2023, we noticed that the planks were beginning to peak and cup, with moisture showing. During the next two months, the original installer returned to our home on four different occasions to glue the curling planks, but this did not fix the ongoing problem. In July 2023, the same installer replaced the flooring in our master bedroom with a better quality LVP at his own expense, NOT at the expense of Marc's Flooring. At that time, he showed us that we had moisture on the concrete slab. My wife and I pointed out to the installer that the first LVP flooring had not been installed with a plastic moisture barrier, and the installer told us that LVP flooring did not need a plastic moisture barrier.
In October 2023, Patrick Post (the salesman who sold us the LVP flooring) inspected the flooring along with the installer, and he saw the deteriorating condition of the flooring. He pointed out that we had water on our concrete slab, and until the continuing moisture problem was resolved, Marc's Flooring would not replace our LVP flooring because the manufacturer would not stand behind its warranty knowing that there is water on the slab.
On January 23, 2024, we hired a Certified Flooring Inspector to inspect our flooring, and the inspector found a significant amount of moisture under the flooring with mildew on the bottom of the planks. He confirms that whenever vinyl plank or floating wood is installed over concrete, a 6 mm moisture barrier must be installed with no exceptions, unless a 2-part epoxy or rubber membrane is installed. On our case, no such moisture barrier was installed.
On January 28, 2024, we emailed Marc's Flooring the inspector's report and supporting photos of the damaged flooring, and reiterated that our flooring was not properly installed, which has caused the problems that we are currently experiencing. We stated that we expect Marc's Flooring to remove the existing LVP flooring and to install new LVP flooring with a plastic moisture barrier underneath, and to reimburse us for the cost of the inspection report.
On February 2, 2024, we telephoned Lucas Jensen, owner of Marc's Flooring, to discuss our email of 01/28/2024. Mr. Jensen was not available, and we left a message for him to call us back. He did not return our call.
On February 5, 2024, we telephoned the store and spoke to Patrick Post, who advised that Mr. Jensen was out of the store but that he would have Mr. Jensen call us back. As of February 7, 2024, Mr. Jensen has not returned our call.
Marc's Flooring is not responding to our communications in hopes that we will quietly go away. We shall be pursuing legal action against Marc's Flooring to remedy its improper installation of the flooring in our home.
UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES SHOULD YOU DO BUSINESS WITH MARC'S FLOORING & CABINETS OF NAPLES!!