Has anyone put this in? What are the pros and cons? I am thinking of putting this over an ugly ceramic tile floor.
I was in a $3/4 million dollar house last week…and this was in their powder room…and looked awesome!
We had it installed in our back sun porch on top of concrete. I LOVE it - and I’m really picky about floors - especially “fake” wood floors. It was an easy install and we haven’t had an ounce of trouble in the 4ish years we have had it. Looks as good as new (we do have an area rug centered on it).
We have it in our entry hall through to the bathroom. It is great since we do not have to worry about water in either area and it complements the hardwood in the rest of the house. Top quality is important.
Have googled , and soo much to consider! Can anyone suggest a link to what they used ?
I can’t remember what ours was - brand or otherwise…but it was a mid to higher end choice back then. A local independently owned flooring store installed it.
I actually found this thread I started in 2014 when we were looking for LVP - maybe it will help you! http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/1670542-vinyl-wood-look-planks.html
Have had in our basement rec room for about 7 years. Tough as nails and still looks good. Used major brand name.
Traffic Master Ultra. About $3PSF
This is what I am looking at right now. https://coretecfloors.com/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMI796-36qz2QIVB1YNCh2uwgHqEAAYASAAEgJbU_D_BwE
I put it into a rehab/flip house this year. It looks AWESOME and seems to be pretty durable. It’s installed over concrete on the ground floor of a raised ranch. All the customers that have seen the house love the floor. I would do this again – and I am thinking of it for the next house we do.
Like Thumper I saw it in a million dollar home on a Christmas house tour. I thought it was hardwood.
There are several thousand posts on this subject. Look at houzz.com and search for Anyone used coretec in discussion. The most important step is floor prep. Make sure your tiled floor is level.
I haven’t heard the term luxury vinyl plank before this thread. Is this a new name for what we used to call a laminate floor (such as Pergo) or is it an entirely different type of product?
I put “vinyl flooring” into Houzz.com and the first hit I got was this:
“Odour”? The Russian bots have hit Houzz - 
^^^^^LOL!
Our “vinyl planks” were pretty substantial in terms of composition and had a locking installation feature. No odor (or odour) to speak of other than a bit of “new floor” smell - not a bad thing.
This is very timely. I am a Trustee of the Library for our small town. The carpeting in the library is beyond gross. We have started a fund to replace all of the carpeted flooring, especially the meeting room and hall. It is about 500 sq. ft. I had thought of laminate, but 2 flooring places that I talked to highly recommended the vinyl plank flooring. They said that it was durable and if the place got flooded they could be dried out and used again. I have to do more research, but I am sure that this is the direction that we will be going. Now, we just have to come up with an additional $3,000 to do the areas we want to do first.
We are about to do a kitchen refresh, and I have done a lot of research into flooring! The difference between luxury vinyl planks and laminate (think Pergo) is that the vinyl is 100% plastic, and laminate is a wood-based product - meaning the vinyl is waterproof and not subject to swelling and water damage, unlike the laminate. After weighing the pros and cons of all flooring materials, and looking at countless samples, we have decided to go with Mannington’s Adura Max click-lock LVP’s. They can be installed right over our old linoleum floor. Installed price is actually less than what we were quoted for sheet vinyl! Product info says they are “FloorScore Certified”, which means they meet the VOC emissions criteria. We were told that the Coretech product line was the first LVP introduced into the marketplace. It is different than other LVP’s in that it has a core backlng. One flooring salesperson told us that it is more susceptible to denting because it is softer, but others told us that was bunk - hard to separate fact from sales pitch!! We chose Adura mostly because it had a color and shape we liked (12 x 24 instead of long plank.)