Vinyl Plank Flooring - Review After One Year in Our Home!
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- Опубликовано: 25 июн 2024
- I saw the issues that came with hardwood floors first hand time after time doing service work for new home construction. I also used laminate in a couple of my own homes as an affordable alternative to hardwood but had issues in the first year with water and chipping.
We decided to install luxury vinyl plank when we built our current home. Its been over one year since we moved into our home, and I wanted to take a few minutes to walk through and show you how it has held up in terms of scratches and dings, spills, and humidity, and temperature changes!
Feel free to reach out in the comments with any questions!
Video Contents:
0:00 Introduction
0:20 Why We Chose Glue Down Vinyl Plank
1:01 Quick Tour Continuous Vinyl Entire House
2:00 Why We Didn't Use Hardwood / Laminate
2:46 Water Resistant, Pantry Example
3:39 Water Resistant, Kitchen Example
3:55 Close up Look Product Out of Box
4:13 Vinyl and Humidity
5:11 Problems: Gapping & Temperature Issues
7:48 Scratch Resistance Examples
9:06 Scratch Example
9:41 Why Doesn't Everyone Use It?
10:09 Calling For Questions
10:21 Problem: Bumps Show Through
11:23 Conclusion & Subscribe!!!
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UPDATE, I just posted a 4 year review video, must watch if you are deciding between glue down or click! ruclips.net/video/PoUFqoVXs-E/видео.html. For all those who asked, the link to the brand and color we used is here: shorturl.at/coOSY - I am not sponsored or set up as an affiliate for this company in any way. I am getting back into regular uploading of construction best practice, DIY, building science, and home health videos as of this month for anyone who wants to follow along!
My wife and I are considering installing LVP floating in our new construction home in Florida. The floors look beautiful, was curious what you thought about floating and LVP in general after having for 3 years.
@@cocacola-ko5389 The new video is up, watch this before you decide whether to use glue down vs click! ruclips.net/video/PoUFqoVXs-E/видео.html
@buildlessons could this product be installed directly on top of a wood plank floor?
Thanks for this video. The link to the brand and color goes to Zoom. Please repost the corrected link.
Can you please repost the link to the floor in your house. The link you provided goes to ZOOM.
Product is: Mannington’s Audra Dockside Series - Color = Sand. You’ve just been saved from endless scrolling. Thank me later!! 😅😬😏
Thank you! Great video. I’m convinced!
Adura
Lol
thanks!
Thanking you later! 🤣
There are 3 flavors of Adura - Max, Rigid and Flex. I think he said it was glued down? That would be the FLEX version. It would be good to know, thanks
It's nice to see Shia Labeouf finally get his act together.
Lol 😂 it’s not him
He does look a lot like SLB!
Funny.. he does look a lot like him, right?! Lol
Lol as long as I don’t get back into motivational videos I’m good right?
😂😂😂😂😂😂🤣🤣
I,ve never seen a more honest and useful review about vinyl flooring. Your review has clearly helped me in my decision to choose my next home flooring. Thanks so much.
Thank you very much, it motivates me to put out more videos like this when I hear comments like that!
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I have it all throughout my home and I absolutely love it. Soooo easy to maintain, clean and it looks amazing.
@@StaycRags what brand did you get? can you see dog prints or foot prints after walkng on it?
2 year review. Vynel is shit
I highly recommend this type of flooring. We had a flood in 2016 with over an inch of mud left on the flooring glued to a cement pad in a converted garage. We used water and a squeegee to push the mud out, scrubbed and bleached the vinyl and it still is great. The flooring has been down since 2004.
Wow. Now that's a convincing recommendation. Happy it worked so well for you.
Awesome
You’re lucky, imagine the mess laminate would have left.
Check out this update, full length video on my page as well. We had continued gapping since this update! ruclips.net/user/shorts1IKFacfUZ1M
I love this product. I’m happy to see someone show it a year later. Thanks.
Your welcome thank you for the comment!
Did anyone notice how 🐕 never left his resting spot on the floor while Mitch was recording? What a beautiful home and family. Great video!
Thats our guy Burke, French Bulldog, as long as we are within site he is happy lol.
One year is too early to evaluate it but just to watch that beautiful creature sleeping in the middle of the place is worth it!
I love the hockey in the house. Brilliant!
I love this product! We have it at my office and I am so impressed with everything about it !
Thank you so much for this! I have a mobile home and I was told to use this but the lady at Lowe’s highly recommended laminate which would end up costing us 3k for two rooms which aren’t that big. I was told the moisture would buckle and just ruin laminate but she assured us it wouldn’t. I like the thought of this stuff so much better.
Yes hopefully you went vinyl for that application, we have it in our trailer as well!
Thank you for sharing this - I am grateful! I am getting ready to get flooring put throughout my entire house.
Awesome, are you going with vinyl plank?
It's great to have a review after a year, great 👍
Thank you so much for this. I'm in Waterloo and about to do our floors and you really helped us make a decision. Love the results and side note: your kids are beautiful. God bless🙏🏽
Thank you for the kind words, I hope your floors turned out great and that life has been good to you.
Used this product in my “event venue”. We put it over real walnut that was really taking a beating!
You can imagine how many people come and go with three weddings celebrated every weekend and thousands of people. It has been over a year and has really held up well!
It was interesting to get your point of you. Thanks so much!
Interesting to hear it has stood up to the traffic from the masses. Did you use a floating product or a glue down? How did you prepare the floor to go down onto the walnut? Thanks for your inputs!
The walnut floor was sanded a bit and then new floor was glued down. The only negative is it’s harder to clean then the real wood, especially sticky spots.
Great honest and transparent video. Thanks for showing the scratches and the floor wobble.
Thank you! Perfect timing to find this, we're in Durham (same climate!) and about to renovate! Sold on vinyl now.
I’m sold. Thanks for your vid. I know what to look for during my new construction house.
I've fitted lots of this stuff and share your enthusiasm for it. I absolutely love it. Still like carpet for the coziness but this glue down LVT or LVP is the best flooring you can get for sure. I've done my landing in herringbone with a single plank border with 3 design strips and a fancy semi-circle cut around a door way, looks really nice
We have had it in our living room, walk-in closet, & 3 bedrooms for 5 years. Still love it.
Glad to here it! Any issues with gapping as time has gone on?
And most importantly the doggie loves the flooring!! LOL , so cute!
Thank you for this! Not a lot of people do follow-ups.
I got this type for my whole entire house love it they work so well that the best no scratch water proof no problem at all ❤👍
What brand did you install?
LOVED THIS REVIEW because it was what I needed to get us over the hump of deciding what flooring to get so THANKS, WE APPRECIATED IT.
Kid doing (hockey) slapshots in the kitchen = approved for life in Canada 👍
I used a floating vinyl in two bedrooms. Looks great. The planks stick edge to the next. Nothing is glued to the floor. Home depot. No issues. Not abused in bedrooms.
What brand?
I bought the same kind of flooring , can't go wrong with the peel and stick , I love it.
I don’t think this is peel and stick
@@terryhowe8296 It really is , mine is holding up good .
Your attention to detail has answered every question I had. A very lovely home. Great video, you deserve something better than 5 star.
You just helped me make my final decision! Nice brief and presentation on new flooring. Much needed on my part and cheers!
We installed luxury vinyl on our entire bottom level. A darker color. We use mop and glow..Still looks great. Great purchase from Home Depot.
Thank you very much for this video! We are trying to make the best decision on replacing a hard floor that was damaged by water in our kitchen. This helped a lot. Love the color you picked.
Thank you, glad it helped!!!
Looks great! Toewtalley! It's all aboat the quality install. ;D Outstanding wood and milled look. Love the dog chilling on the floor the whole time.
Thanks for review, I will be doing this to my kitchen 😊
I’m putting this in my bedrooms and upstairs. I love it, it’s easy to do. My husband passed away earlier this year and I’m able to install it myself. I
So sorry for your loss 💛 Im here watching videos to help me choose what flooring to go with. Can't decide between tile or this stuff
Hope Casas this is softer, warmer than tile. If you drop something on tile, it shatters.
Sorry for your loss as well. Good on you for tackling this on your own that is great!!!
I agree with Hope, much easier on the feet in the kitchen and bathrooms!
So sorry for the passing of your spouse.
JC wow you did this on your own? I purchased a home last year and I want to do this in my kitchen which is a corner unit. I'm totally freaking out about doing it. But everybody wants to charge me 500.00 to do (135 sq. ft approx) when I only paid 300.00 for materials if that. It doesn't make sense.
So I have a week off coming up. I'm thinking of doing it myself. Any advice?
Great video, Mitch! You have now convinced me to install vinyl in my apartment as well, thank you.
Thank you! Yes perfect for the rental application. Only note is that I would opt for click vs glue down going foward as our flooring has continued to gap, I posted and update video here. ruclips.net/video/PoUFqoVXs-E/видео.html.
@@BuildLessons Yup, some of my panels are gapping. Not a lot, but you can see it.
Always nice when someone says "We love your wood."
Great video, thanks. I am starting this week installing vinyl flooring.
I put vinyl planks down in my mother's bedroom. We just love it! I used some wood filler for the big cracks. I kept a couple of boxes so that I can replace planks if I need to.
They do have vinyl filler you can use
Thank You for sharing all the good and some bad.It looks really good.You picked a great color.
Thanks, we really like the product and would use it again! I will likely use a click system in my basement instead because we have radiant heat which can causes issues with the glue.
Thanks for sharing the update with us.
Your very welcome, I just checked out your channel as well great stuff on there!
We pulled tiles out of our kitchen and replaced with vinyl, I could not be happier. after 10 years of abuse from kids, dog etc. It still looks really good, a few of the sub floor imperfections can be seen if you really really look. So much warmer on your feet, waterproof and if I drop a glass or anything no shattering and cracking the tile. When I do replace many years down the road, vinyl. Mine btw is about twice the thickness. Thank you for the review
We put vinyl plank flooring in the great room (kitchen/living/dining room) and bathroom and hall. Very happy with it! Easy clean and takes a lot of wear and tear. We had 2 large dogs and always had an easy time cleaning up after them.
Julia...what brand did you get? I am having waterproof vinyl planks installed in about a week. I had wilsonart laminate floorIng for the passed 22 years and had to tear it out recently due to a broken heater pipe underground. They looked brand new even after 22 years. I hope my vinyl planks last at least that long.
Im gonna put it in my living room/kitchen/hallway/bedroom & lower level theater room.
Cant wait!!!
Awesome!!! Are you installing yourself? Glue down or Click?
Just choose a sertificated product, that would be safe for you to live with it many years.
Absolutely gorgeous!! Flawless job!!
We have a similar vinyl plank floor. Ours is 5.5cm thickness. The builder used an underlayment. We live in Hawaii, so high humidity. This flooring is fabulous. Stands up to big dog claws, water, you name it. We have had it one year, and no flaws. You can wet mop it. No bumps, lifts, gaps, worry free. We love it. We had a cheap engineered hardwood in another home here and that stuff was awful. Easily water damaged, buckled and scratched.
Couldn't agree more on the issues with engineered hardwood!
The floors look fantastic. The works very well, but keep in mind, whoever installed the flooring deserves multiple pats on the back. They are the main reason, you're not having any issues.
It sounds as if he was the installer
Plus, it is glued down - not floating.
We have a Karndean floor in pale limed oak which was put on a badly prepared base. Completely spoils the look of the floor because you can see ridges and lumps in some light . Make sure your installer is good. My friend has an identical floor which looks very good because it was installed correctly.
Good info and review. I've never seen high velocity heat registers before...interesting. I even put this flooring on the walls of my rentals as a decorative wainscot look in high traffic/impact areas such as stairwell walls, hallways, behind the toilets and anywhere I expect a couch/furniture/bed to be pushed against a drywall wall. Much of my major damage comes from people moving heavy bulky items in or out so I try and anticipate and protect from that.
That sounds like a great idea / application for high traffic areas like that!
we just installed this is a rental property. I was kind of opposed to it at first because for $6,000, I wanted something more than a modern linoleum . After install, it is growing on me. I hear that this is the wave of the future even in higher end homes like this man's house. Glad to hear it is durable. Renters don't care for your home like you do.
Yes I think it is the product of the future for all homes but rental properties especially!
Great review. I’m considering using this in my house so good to see how it lasts.
Tfs❣Perfect timing for this info!😁 I LOVED the clip of your little boy slapping that hockey stick around! Brought back memories of my little guy! He's thirty now and is still attached to his hockey stick!🤣😂😅 Thankfully it is no longer on my MY floors!🤭
I was so afraid he was going to hit the dog with the stick!
This stuff also hides the dirt super well (likely because of the colour and texture) and cleans up SUPER easily! You can’t really trust spills and using really wet mops on hardwood but with this it can take it all! We also have it all through the house - including the bathrooms - and it’s help up exceptionally with moisture and wetness that comes with kids and bathtubs.
I forgot to elaborate on the fact that we have them in our bathrooms and how much water they take on from the shower that real wood wouldn’t be able to stand up to!
Thank you very much for sharing your experiences with us. I'm under contract to building a house. I'm going to do Vinyl planks this time. In my previous home, a water leak from the plastic water hose leaked and damaged the wood floor. It was a slow leak for who knows how many months. It cost my insurance $48K to replace the wood floor to the whole house. That process took 1 month and it was no fun.
Yes you will never have those problems with these floors! How is your Vinyl working out for you? Did you go click or glue down and are you having any issues with the planks separating/ gapping? Regard, Mitch.
@@BuildLessons Hello again. Thank you for asking. It’s been about 2 years and I love my Vinyl planks. It looks like wood & super easy to vacuum & mop. For pet owners, this is way better than Ceramic tiles too. Two years later & it still looks brand new, very durable.
I love the vinyl planks. We bought homebase ( Uk DIY store ) value range planks for our hallway from the front door all the way through, the hall is around 35ft long and around 7ft wide, they were put down about 10 years ago and they have coped with a very busy house, people in and out constantly, 6 cats and a dog with numerous pee accidents, furniture moved over it, appliances dragged and pulled over it, floods from the cupboard that houses our 2nd washing machine, due to water coming up through the floors ( it’s the house that jack built ) I could go on about the abuse the floors had but I won’t , the floor has stood up to everything and is only just now starting to fail, the last 2 months with all the water under the house the wooden boards under the planks has swollen, creating separation between the planks but that’s it, we used them in our old house as well in the spare bedroom, the kitchen and the bathroom, and after the wooden boards have been replaced and the water issues dealt with we will replace it with the same, I’d never go back to wood floors or laminate flooring ever. If your in doubt about using the vinyl planks forget the doubt and do it, just don’t buy them from random places like wish 🤣🤣🤣🤣 Regards from a very sunny eastbourne in south east England xx
Wow!! Thanks Dave. UK too. Amazing testimonial x
Hi Dave, in regards to your comments about gapping, is it only in certain areas where you mentioned you have water, or all throughout? We are having ongoing gapping issues as the years have gone by and it seems to be mainly in the sunny areas!
That vinyl finish is REALLY nice, the irregular grain/surface patterns also help hide any scratches and defects. So much nicer that the overly consistent grain patterns of so many other floor products, especially laminates. I'm pretty much sold on this premium vinyl, although I'd like to mix it up a bit more (not the same ALL throughout house). Great choice!
Yes if we were going to have done anything differently to mix it up I think that we would go with a hex tile (still vinyl) or sheet vinyl in our laundry and bathrooms. My brother installed sheet vinyl in his newest home and I'm amazed at how great they look these days.
Had this put on my entire first floor. Had the store put it down. Looked great even after 8 yrs. when I sold the house.
The peel and stick kind?
Yes, the peel and stick kind.
@@Sushi2735 Wow interesting no issues with gapping/ separating of the planks at all? I have had friends who installed the peel and stick that already had the adhesive on it and they has issues with shrinkage and adhesion in the long run.
@@BuildLessons, none whatsoever but,Lowes did the install. Sounds like I got lucky with it considering I had five dogs running around. It honestly looked like laminate. Sorry others had troubles.
Amazing after-installation review! Thank you
We have LVT on our main and lower level. We love it so much we're now putting it upstairs in our bedrooms, hall and bathrooms. The only downside we had was during the initial professional install, we had the stairs done. Couldn't stand the stair tread endcap (nosing) they used. That was 6 years ago so probably better options now. We had them switch it out for wood stair treads and risers. We have 3 dogs.
I had vinyl planks in my house in SC and loooooved it! I used to foster dogs and it stood up to pee, poop, vomit, hair, long nails, etc! It was textured as well so my rescue dog that had hip surgery could walk on it as well. It wasn’t too slick for her. You’re floors look amazing. Great job!!! Love that you had to search for your scratches. Says a lot!
I'm on my second vinyl floor job and it works fine! Your video gave me confidence to continue using this ,plus it looks good!
Awesome, glad it was helpful! We are going to use it in our basement as well but will use click system because we have in floor heat down there.
@@BuildLessons Electric or circulated water?
@@SgtZima Circulated water.
Are you an installer? We have noticed over time that our glue down planks have shrank and gapped but not our click sections. I did an update video on it here if you're interested. ruclips.net/video/PoUFqoVXs-E/видео.html.
Thank you so much this review one year after install.
Yes, definitely want to see the install tips!
Have had every floor imaginable...our plank laminate is THE easiest to clean and easy on the legs, ever. Would do the entire house if I could!
Agreed on those points, easy on the legs and easy on the kids when they wrestle ect and take a fall. Have you had any issues with planks shrinking and gapping?
@@BuildLessons Ours down now two years, Colorado. We are VERY low humidity with zero shrinkage or swelling issues, even after snow and snow melt. Our installer did the ‘aging’ before installation - two weeks sitting 8n the boxes inside before laying down.
First off based on what I have seen the gentleman used a 2mm thick product. I've been selling LVT for 31+ years. Since this was a DIY I understand the lack of some knowledge. No dealer should recommend any vinyl for home use under 3mm thick as it will telegraph joints as he mentions. 2mm is used more in apartment housing or in areas of low traffic or out of the way where appearance isn't a main issue. He also mentions the gaps caused by the high heat that was running in the kitchen that caused the gap in the endjoints. While that might have contributed to the gap the main issue is only 3mm or higher thicknesses in LVT has a fiberglass layer for dimensional stability. In addition the higher quality materials have usually been annealed which a process at the plant where the vinyl is "preshrunk" to not get technical . A third reason may be that the glue has been compromised there. Only measuring the plank itself will tell that and finally the wood subfloor may not had been secured properly. Many DIY installers are unaware that in a 4x8 subfloor there needs to be 54 staples in the board; 1 every two inches on the perimeter and every 4 inches in the field using a divergent NOT a chisel point staple(which could work it's way out down the road and cause a lump) Overall the floor looked well installed and seems to have met the home owner's expectations which is all one can hope for.
I agree, except 'telegraph' is not a verb. Also at 11:10 "You're putting down a 1/4" mahogany to glue it to". As someone with 31+ years experience, what are your views on that?
@@hat2flat Sorry George but telegraph is definitely a verb in the flooring world. Been used for decades to describe the how the texture of a subfloor shows through to the top of a new floor whether from debris under the floor or not properly prepping the subfloor. As for your mahogany question. the staple concept still applies to proper secure the sheet; Staples spaced 2" around the perimeter of the board and every 4"inches in the field; otherwise the possibility of the subfloor "moving vertically" exists. You also need to watch because it is very easy to miss a staple as the gun will blow a hole even when the gun is empty. Makes a slightly different sound but easy to miss. You may need to do a little patch work over top of the staples; that's an installer call. Naturally your 1/4" mahogany needs to be smooth one side and should be APA approved. Some installers prefer an exterior grade as the glue used to put it together can handle moisture from the glue better but I seen discussions on it lately. I always used exterior with no issue but that was over 10 years ago and things change but my clients are haven't really mentioned it. Also check you joints before going forward. Had a job once where it was an older structure and the things bowed worse than a swayback horse. People had been shoving shims in for decades. The installation failed even though the installer did everything right. Hope that helps.
We installed Gerfloors vinyl flooring peel and stick, 4,5 mm thick, looks great, feels great. Significantly cheaper than both laminate and hardwood. Am impressed by this product
@@rickjohansson3202 I'm familiar with Gerfloor out of Tennessee I think. I hope you used a floor grade primer. Primer is used to trap the dust since you can't mop the subfloor, You also should have rolled it with a 100# roller to help the bond. Hope it all works out.
@@keithlewis8952 thanks for the info! I did not and I’ve seen some areas where the glue have not adhered well “enough” but it is in low trafficked areas. I live in a rental flat so this was merely to improve the look in the kitchen. I did add a removable protective cover between the existing floor and the vinyl floor not to damage the existing flooring, should the landlord force me to remove it. When we buy a house and add this type of flooring to it, I will definitely keep this in mind! Great tip!
Thank you. New build house on a slab/ranch. Waffling between LVT or laminate cuz I have pets too! Like that it's all thru the house. THANK YOU!
Great review, informative, especially, the continuity, moisture and humidity sensitivity…
Thanks for the review. I just bought this for my kitchen remodel. Your house is beautiful. I love the openess of everything.
Your very welcome, and yes we love to openness! Part of me wishes we had put a separate main floor office but it’s a great layout for just about everything other than that! Did you use a glue down or click?
@@BuildLessons it's not done yet. Waiting for my contractor. Hopefully he can start this week or next week.
Oreo Cookie awesome! I know I mentioned it in the video but can not stress enough keeping all areas of the home a consistent room temp during install and having your product sit inside the house to reach the same temp before install so that the product doesn’t shrink or expand once its placed.
@@BuildLessons I have them in my house but they are still in the box, does that count?
Oreo Cookie generally speaking that is good enough! Some manufacturers of wood products ask you to take it out of the box and do things like stack it in a cross laid pattern but I haven’t heard of such thing for vinyl.
Watched a different video of a guy renovating an abandon house he bought and he used a product to "self-level" the floor (they didn't tell the name but Lowes or Home Depot should know). Made it completely level and covered all the "problems" with the floor before installing new hardwood floors. Also stumbled across a product called "wood hardener" that will harden weak floors to rock hard to stabilize your floor before adding new hardwood/carpet/tile.
Wow what a great video! Really detailed and well presented!
I ❤️ the look of the entire floor
We have had these floors in our home for almost 14 years and would have nothing else. They are so much warmer in the winter and cool in the summer. They are cushioned so most items that are dropped don’t break, including myself!! Over the years I’ve taken several very hard falls that must likely would have resulted in broken bones on hardwood, laminate or tile, instead only a bruise or two!!! Here’s a tip, if you want a shine without being slippery, after mopping use Rejuvenate!!! It leaves them so polished they still look wet! We love our floors and even in the dark oak, scratches are invisible!! Great product!!
Great to hear and thanks for the tip on the rejuvenate. Knowing that you have had those floors so long, I’m curious how you have dealt with any large scratches/ if you have had any, and if you have experienced and gapping due to the planks shrinking?
What brand? And where did you get it from? Please.
Hi Marsha. I just got them in the very dark shade. What is exactly your cleaning ritual. I appreciate your answer.
Hi we have literally just done our lounge and intend doing the bedroom flooring with the vinyl it’s great 👍 love your home it’s beautiful 😻we love laminate but was not in our budget at the moment
Mannington luxury vinyl plank is my number one selling product in my flooring store! They are a great company to deal with and they have some of the best customer service warranties in the industry very glad to see this video as a salesman and seeing the positive feedback thanks for posting
Hi Mike - there have been several questions about VOC’s and health concerns with the plastic products. Can you speak to that at all?
This was very helpful. Thank you!
I installed vinyl plank flooring in 2016 on my first floor and now finishing the 2nd floor. It's not super easy but I think I did a good job and it has worn really well. It has a built-in grain and it's kind of a hickory color, dark brown and blacks. Fairly scratch resistant. And we got it on sale at Menards. I was not aware of this style of flooring but I needed something thicker because my subfloor is not very good.
Hi Chuck, did you install the click or glue down product? Any issues with the joints buckling or the planks shrinking and gapping?
I have Happy Feet luxury vinyl plank flooring. I put it in when we remodeled the kitchen and loved it so much that I decided to replace all the flooring with it.
Haha that’s awesome yes we are going to use it in our basement as well when we finish it!
Thank you for convincing me to go with vinyl, saved me a but ton of money!
Very nice! Great looking flooring. I will be doing the same in a remodel here shortly.
We've got a dark version of this in our kitchen/dining area, the one thing I'd say is don't go dark, the scratches show up way more than they do on lighter shades. It looks fantastic, but doesn't stay that way. When we eventually redo it we'll go a lighter shade I think. Was thinking about engineered wood for the rest of the house, but after the comments about how the joints go with seasonal change I might have to revisit that. We've got carpet atm, but it's not wearing well despite us buying expensive wool carpet with the best underlay we could get.
I have the same complaints w my "espresso" colored vinyl flooring. Shows up every speck of dust. We're updating a house I just inherited and I'm definitely going lighter this time, and doing all but the bathrooms (they have gorgeous vintage white tile w black accents) in the same pattern. Dealing w carpet from the 80s and orange linoleum right now
Good insights on the dark color. Did you go glue down or click? We have continued to have further gapping issues over the years and that is now our biggest concern with this product.
@@BuildLessons ours was glue down on a concrete slab. No gapping issues, but a few breaks on the surface from things being dropped on it. I don't think there's any perfect option for flooring unfortunately.
Thank you great review
Your very welcome it makes me so glad to hear it has been helpful for people!
Thank you for the review, Very helpful.
AWESOME VIDEO! 😊
Oh, and your dog is a superstar! Lol
I went with aquaguard laminate. Used to sell the stuff so I know it's a great product. 12mm thick and lifetime warranty. We even soaked a full plank in a bucket of water for 36 hrs. Couldn't even tell. And I told my husband you can take keys to it too, he didnt believe me and it worked 👍
Nice nice a , very nice!
Yes it seems the laminates certainly are improving. We used a high end laminate on the previous home we built and we have issues with cracking / separation of the wear layer at a couple of corners, as well as some slight swelling in the kitchen where it took water so we opted out for those reasons on this one.
Great heat info!
I am gonna do my floors soon thank you for this video
Appreciate the review. What do you recommend for cleaning?
Keep some extra pieces. and if you get some scratched up, like by the chairs, you can always take them up and replace them.
I got those too... love them... looks like wood but feels warm on feet in winter and is easy to clean and my dogs are messy. I have tile in kitchen and it's cold in winter.
Your house is beautiful and you are a perfectionist.
Really appreciate your insight on this product. Looking forward to using this for our home makeover soon 👍
Awesome, glad to hear it helped!
Thank you so much. This is very helpful
Thanks for sharing. It's great to hv honest opinions and reviews after used product. Would love to know the cleaning routine to maintain this looking great flooring.
I love my oak floors even in the kitchen and entries. No problem with water as I’m able to clean it up fast.only problem is scratching from my dog’s nails. I live in Iowa, USA.
I see some future hockey 🏒 players! Glad to see it wears well. Im installing 1800sq in about a week!
Hahah yes lots of mini sticks going on in this house - I hope it works out well for you!
This stuff looks fantastic!
Thanks for sharing. Very much appreciated
You know your testifying when your on your hands and knees.
Lol yeah that’s when your a believer
Great look. Love this..What is the name and style/color of this flooring product? Appreciate your response.
Thanks for sharing the review. Much appreciated. I am replacing my laminate soon.
Wow!! Thanks for confirming my decision 💞
Such a helpful video.
Hi Lucinda, have you gone ahead and taken on your flooring project? Are you going to do glue down or click?