Description
- Fiberglass Mallet: 1-1/2 inch double-faced solid PVC head delivers a soft and positive strike, providing good resilience and high wear resistance. Meanwhile, the high-strength fiberglass handle with a non-slip rubber grip absorbs vibrations and reduces fatigue
- 10-Inch Precise Contour Gauge: The contour gauge is made of high quality ABS plastic, high strength, rustproof and durable. It can be used to measure the shape of irregular objects, easily duplicate and conveniently transfer the shape anywhere. Great for installing flooring
- Heavy Duty Pull Bar: Made from strong A3 steel with an anti-rust coating, the pull bar is designed with enhanced strength and corrosion resistance. The pull bar is 12-1/4 inches long and 1/8 inches thick, great for vinyl plank and other flooring
- Solid Tapping Block: The tapping block made from polypropylene is designed solid, which is more sturdy and durable, not easy to break. The size of the block is 7-7/8 x 2-1/2 x 3/4 inch, suitable for most types of floors
- Premium Flooring Installation Tools: 1 x rubber hammer mallet; 1 x flooring pull bar; 1 x tapping block; 1 x 10 Inch contour gauge; 40 x spacers. The kit is ideal for domestic and professional use for laminate, LVP, LVT, vinyl plank, and hardwood flooring. Great gifts for the homeowner!
Paul C –
This toolset is not bad for a beginner like me to use for putting down LVT. The rubber mallet feels great in your hand and works excellent to pop the floor into the joint.
The metal pull bar works great but is a little on the thicker side if you’re in a super tight spot it can be hard to fit but leaving a gap it works fantastic.
The spacers are handy but i opted to not use them with my setup since I needed to adjust the floors course so it would be even on both sides of my room (OCD kicked in with this one haha) so I needed to have a 1.5″ width on my course at both sides of the room to make it completely even with the room.
My only slight complaint and I only am taking 1 star out of it because it might work better for thicker flooring than the 20mil flooring I installed, but the tapping block was impossible for me to use. I ended up just locking most courses in by hand or using a slight tap with a scrap piece on the end inside the tongue/groove and the rubber mallet to tap the course in and get it to lock in place. The tapping block is too light and lacks a handle to help you slide it on the tile. What I did get the tapping block to help with was to use a scrap piece of floor inside the groove and tap the block on the flat cut end of the flooring to tap it in.
Paul C –
I purchased this for a 600 square foot, 1/2″ thick engineered flooring installation in my home. For $22 my expectations for quality weren’t that high. I’m originally from the electrical trades and rarely buy low quality tools. I’ve installed 3/4″ hardwood flooring before but this was my first engineered flooring project. I figured for $22 bucks a lower quality kit will get me started and if it doesn’t last, then lesson learned and I’ll purchase a better one if needed. I have to say the quality exceeded my expectations. The pull bar is heavy gauge and has felt pads so it doesn’t scratch the floor as you use it. I also was expecting a fisher-price type hammer but the hammer is a decent quality FOR WHAT IT’S DESIGNED TO DO.
The spacers (actually shims) came in handy as well. Those complaining that they are shims as opposed to spacers do not understand the intent. Walls are often not perfectly plumb, so you sometimes do not want equal-sized spacers against the wall – you want variable sized shims to put pressure on the first course to keep it straight, based on the assumption you snapped a square line for the first course. If you use equal sized spacers, the first course will now be aligned with the more than likely out of plumb wall, making the remaining rows out of square. Inexperienced users should not leave reviews.
Keep in mind….the pull bar, hammer and tapping block are not meant to endure heavy blows – they’re meant to “tap” pieces and ensure a snug fit. Realistically, you use a little more force than tapping, but you’re doing something wrong if you need to whale on the hammer, block or pull bar. That means you’re forcing pieces to fit together, indicating something is wrong with your installation. I can only imagine those that said the bar bent or the tapping block or hammer fell apart are subjecting them to forces they’re not designed for and that shouldn’t be needed if you’re installing the floor correctly. Anyone busting these tools is clearly not using them properly. So that being said….I wouldn’t buy this for professional use and I’d recommend it ONLY for installing laminates, vinyl and engineered flooring – NOT for 3/4″ hardwood flooring – you’d need a heavier-duty set for that. But for a few DIY laminate/engineered wood floor projects, I think it’s a good buy. This kit will be around for my next engineered flooring job upstairs.
Update Jan 2021: I just completed another engineered flooring project upstairs (720 sq ft) using the same kit. It’s still good enough to keep, even though my flooring is all done. See the pictures of the tools AFTER installing over 1300 square feet of engineered hardwood flooring. I seriously don’t know what people are doing to break them. Obviously inexperienced at installing floors.
NOTE: I purchased this item on Amazon for full price and have no affiliation to the seller. I try to write helpful, unbiased and insightful reviews because I also read reviews prior to making my own buying decisions. I notice many reviews lack helpful information, are not well written or give poor reviews based on not reading directions, inexperience or failing to read the product details prior to purchasing. Writing valuable reviews helps pay it forward.
LB –
Tools work well spacers are junk.
supertobe –
Worked as it should
Christopher C. –
These all worked as expected and were exactly the tools we needed to install our floor.
Jerry Bowers –
Our laminate flooring was installed poorly and coming up after a few years. I had extra boxes of the laminate flooring, so I pulled up the flooring and I thought I could just replace the damaged ones. Was I wrong. I called a flooring Contractor who gave me an $800.00 estimate to fix it. I knew it couldn’t be too hard, so I watched a video to see how its installed. I realized all I need is the right tools: Pull Bar, Tapping Block and the small Mallet. I already had a Mallet, but this smaller one was fine. After I pulled up the damaged Laminate Flooring, I installed the new Laminate with this set. And it looks great. For $30.00 and a few hours you cannot go wrong.
Kristina P. –
This set is a lifesaver if your doing any amount of flooring.
Carl P –
Good quality mallet and tools for DIY installation of flooring. The knee pads were an added bonus as I almost bought set without. My knees thanked me the next morning.
No really, they did.
Sterling –
Installed 650sq.ft of flooring with this kit and it worked perfectly. The spacers are a little flimsy but the tapping block and mallet are just what you need
Paul Johnson –
This kit saved me so much time and frustration while installing my LVP. I was about to give up when I learned about these kits on a youtube video and once I got it, I was able to knock out my project in just a few hours! Perfect for someone like me who isn’t using it professionally but needs to install their flooring quickly!