Curious why you would install on top of ceramic tile? Is it that hard to remove it? And won’t that result in a pretty high floor?
Post #19 mentions applying over linoleum floor.
Removal of tile can be a very costly and messy job. A few millimeters added to the floor thickness is no big deal.
We put luxury vinyl tile (not planks) in our kitchen 8+ years ago and I still love it!! I didn’t want ceramic tile due to it being cold and hard on my feet/back since I do lots of cooking.
'm sure they make better products now but we installed Congoleum’s Duraceramic. I just sweep and steam mop. It’s incredibly easy to take care of.
I’m not familiar with VOC’s or long term health impacts. I do know that I’ve had mild asthma most my life. New carpeting impacts me for weeks, fresh paint a couple of days and the glue from this vinyl flooring lasted only a day or two.
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We got some Mannington Adura four years ago and it looks great! Tough as nails, waterproof, looks like real wood.
Oh something to check out. We have ceramic tile in our front and back foyer, little bathroom and kitchen. I’d all but given up on getting it replaced because of the expense and mess to take out the tile, but if this can go right over; that would be GREAT!!
Would a computer chair dent the flooring?
We have no marks where furniture is placed - not even our piano.
We went with locking vinyl planks in our basement when we remodeled it five years ago. It was super easy to install ourselves and it looks great. We like that it’s a floating floor and can be removed/picked up if we get water in the basement. After five years it still looks really good. From afar it looks like wood, but when you get close, it’s obvious it isn’t actual wood. I’m not sure I’d ever put it in a formal dining or living room.
Would it be good in a laundry room?
Lol I had started a thread on this a few months ago but can’t figure out how to link it on my phone. It’s titled Luxury Vinyl Flooring vs Hardwood.
I recall that people on that thread were more lukewarm about LVF than on this one.
BTW we ended up installing a gorgeous carpet -today!- instead of a hard surface. It was becoming too much of a project due to having to redo adjacent areas etc. We’d rather spend the $$ on a patio re-do
Thanks @surfcity. I think that people who haven’t actually seen the new products hear the word vinyl and that turns them off. Some of the new products out there are incredible. I have a small home close to the beach and a cat and a dog so I am seriously taking a look.
We replaced old gross carpet with LVP on our first floor about a year ago and I love it. If we didn’t have two big active dogs I’d have gone with real wood but LVP is excellent for our situation. The dogs have trashed the dining room wood floor that was already in the house when we moved here, and the only reason I haven’t replaced that wood with LVP is that I’m concerned about resale. In our neighborhood and the adjacent neighborhoods, the houses all seem to have tile, wood and carpet. No laminate and no LVP that I have seen either in person or on the online listings when houses come up for sale. So as silly as it sounds, it is probably better for resale for us to leave the scratched wood floor than to replace it with LVP that will still be in perfect condition when we sell in a few years. As it is we will probably have to discount the price or offer a flooring allowance when we sell, but I don’t mind because I like the LVP so much better than carpet.
Regarding computer chair… I would put the type of wheels on it designed for wood floors. I would also keep it carefully swept. If grit gets stuck in the wheel and it slide across the floor with you sitting in it, it may scratch. One time I got a piece of glass stuck in my steam mop and made some minor scratches before I realized it was there.
@arabrab - It would be good in a laundry room.
@Knitkneelionmom Here is my old thread: http://talk.collegeconfidential.com/parent-cafe/2026090-luxury-vinyl-flooring-vs-hardwood-p1.html
I do think this product would wear well and we may have installed it if we hadn’t changed our interior design plans. But I had many people (contractors, real estate agents) tell me that it would be a negative if we wanted to sell. We aren’t planning to sell so I thought that was silly - I wanted to get what would work for me, not some future owner!
Considering resale value is never silly, though it needn’t be the driving force in everything you do. But things can change, and most of us will eventually be selling our homes.
Anyone else have experience with a piano on LVPs or similar?