Konecto Prestige Plank

Q: As a “floating” product what are the weight restrictions for Konecto plank flooring ? ie; furniture, free standing kitchen islands, refrigerators, stoves, and in particular free standing hearth & wood stove with a total weight of about 600# ? I have 1/4″ separations of planks around the wood stove area. Floor was professionally installed – and now they are going to replace/repair. No one seems to know if there are weight limits – they say not but it doesn’t make sense to me.
A: If this is only happening around the stove, I’m willing to bet that this is a matter of environment. With the Konecto line, the adhesive in the seams remains somewhat active so that planks can be removed and replaced at any time and heat could cause this adhesive area to lift away when it normally would not with the weight on the floor.
Now if your stove is one where it has very few contact points to the ground, rather than a larger base, and it happens to contact right near a seam this could be another issue, but typically a 250lbs. roller is used to ensure that floors like Konecto are properly laid down, so it should be able to handle 600lbs. worth of weight.
Your best bet would be to contact Konecto directly and ask for their load bearing information. Most vinyl floors can handle quite a bit of weight, but the best source is always the manufacturer.