We're moving and I was wondering if anyone has experience with wood look LVP or LVT. It's a pretty trendy pick right now because it's relatively inexpensive, sturdy, and waterproof. I like the idea of having one type of flooring throughout the house. The wife doesn't want cold tile so this seems like the next best option. Hardwood is out for us because our little guy would destroy it and laminate seems to have fallen out of favor vs. LVP.
That said, it seems like there is at least one horror story for every major brand and product line out there. The vast majority seem really happy with their purchases, but there's always a few that claim easy scratching, chipping, and/or denting. I'm not planning on dragging a trunk on top of sandpaper across the floor, but I also don't want it looking beat up after a year of normal, no shoes use.
Anybody have any brand recommendations? Through all my research I've only really removed the big box/Home Depot/Lowe's/etc. brands from consideration.
I have them in strong consideration too, but I found this https://youtu.be/RQF72_vjqO8?t=271
But it seems like she's an exception for otherwise solid reviews.
Supercore also gets very good reviews.
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Looks greats, seems to be standing up to the kids playing down there just fine. I'd do it again, but I would never replace existing wood floors with it.
BTW, it is way harder to install than I was led to believe from watching videos.
We put area rugs in various locations, but mainly just for decoration.
I just did 1000 sq ft in my basement for the CorTech 5 inch 100% waterproof PVC flooring at like $4.5 a ft at my local floor place, ended up getting it for $3.30 ft because they decided to match BestLaminate.
You can thank me later :)
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The resale on hardwood is still king. I’ve got a 4 year old and she will bang it up a bit but it is what it is, I’ll just refinish when she’s older.
Looks greats, seems to be standing up to the kids playing down there just fine. I'd do it again, but I would never replace existing wood floors with it.
BTW, it is way harder to install than I was led to believe from watching videos.
Good to hear. We are going to add it to our first floor. We have 2 rooms with hardwood and the cost to refinish plus add hardwood into the 4 other rooms was obscene. Plus we have 5 kids so a good chance it'll look horrendous in 5 years. So if this can last until the younger ones are old enough, then we can think about going back to Wood.
We are going to leave the hardwood in place and float the Flooret on top. What color did you use? We are settled on Arbor.
The resale on hardwood is still king. I’ve got a 4 year old and she will bang it up a bit but it is what it is, I’ll just refinish when she’s older.
We considered bamboo because of its properties but were told it cracks in our climate (desert). Right now I'd only consider tile as an alternative because I actually like the feel of it and it was super resilient in my current home of 10 years.
We are going to leave the hardwood in place and float the Flooret on top. What color did you use? We are settled on Arbor.
We went with the Brenwick. The Arbor was a contender, but we felt it was too dark for our basement. Floating it above the current floor sounds like a good plan.