Hi, we have the Traffic Master Allure in both bathrooms with no problems. I want to say it's been in there around 5+ years or so, can't remember exactly when we installed it. My daughter was a teen still living at home, and I have 2 sons using the downstairs shower now, one is 21, and the other 14 , and the floor is still holding up very well. I've never seen the peeling up of edges that I hear so much about, and it's the easiest floor to clean too. We're planning to install it in the kitchen soon also. Hope my experience helped you a little bit...

I have vinyl planks in the long hallway on the other side of the house, 1 of the back bedrooms there, and thru the kitchen. the kitchen had beautiful wood flooring and I had my handyman rip it out to put down the vinyl. I had him put it in my walk in closets. I had planned on tile flooring but my sister built about 5 yrs prior to me moving in here and she has tile all thru-out her main floor. Every time I'd been over there my legs and back were sore for days. it took me a few yrs to connect it to spending a few hours there walking her hallway, kitchen, dining area, bedroom etc. when I finally figured it out I nixed putting tile in here. In past years that has come up rather often on 'kitchens'. Besides it is harder on you if you fall than vinyl would be. I had to think of those things as I aged. and I do believe that is the source of a lot of my sister's problems with her legs and back. I had Armstrong planks put in. took me a long time to decide on one and then find one that wasn't busy or ugly or cheap looking. that was about 6 yrs ago. I'm sure they have improved. I wish I could have gotten more of what I did - but I bought all they had and then it was discontinued. now I have to find something I can live with (pattern wise) for my bedroom and the other 2 bedrooms on the west end of the house - plus the bathrooms and laundry. I also decided that if there was a water leak in the kitchen, these planks would be much easier to pull up and dry out / replace than tile would be. Besides, there's no way I want to contend with grout these days. I wanted something that would be easy to clean and less dangerous to me if I fell on it. My comfort is my priority these days. CindyMac - I love the look of the wood vinyl in your laundry room! what brand is it and what is it called? I'd like to see if I can find it locally. I think it'd work in my TV room and 2 remaining bedrooms.

I’m actually about to do this in my small ranch home (every room the same lvp). I hadn’t even thought that it would be weird to put it in the bathroom. My thinking is that since our house is small and you can see every room when you stand in the middle, it would make the house feel larger and more cohesive if the same flooring flowed throughout. Right now I can actually see 4 different types of flooring when I stand in the middle of my house. So I’m really looking forward to having it all be the same. By the way, I really like your lvp in the picture. It looks like it’s light/neutral and could work anywhere.

I have noticed the preference with LVP seems to be somewhat regional. In my area high end homes are built with wood look vinyl now. Personally I have teenagers and wouldn’t install tile on the floor in their bathroom, as much as I would love the opportunity to design a bathroom around some really great floor tile. There are really great vinyl options, and I want it to be as easy as possible for teenagers to clean themselves, no porous grout on the floor to worry about. If it was my own bathroom it would be different. Of course if YOU really want tile there are definitely options that are better than others as far maintenance, durability, and budget for kid bathrooms. If it’s a matter of stretching your budget, I wonder if the contractor is anticipating bringing in separate sub contractors instead of one tile person? I know the quote for my sister in a different part of the country to do LVP flooring was astronomical compared to the cost of labor where I am. The cost savings seem most significant when it comes to DIY vinyl floors.