Cali Bamboo vinyl vs Flooret Vinyl
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Comments (14)Sorry to hear about your troubles. I have laminate in my kitchen and in my powder room--four years old. I have had similar experiences to monica pa's--I spilled hot coffee on the floor (though fortunately, I was not burned); took me a few minutes to get the coffee and the mat that absorbed most of it off the floor. All is well except for small squeak sound in the area. In the powder room, I had a toilet overflow. You would never know it--I just cleaned it up, had the toilet fixed, all is well. The product is a high-quality Pergo that allegedy can "take" some water on it -- though letting water sit for more than a few minutes would probably not be a good idea. I think it is Pergo Select and I got it at Expo (Home Depot's high-end store). I had a good contractor install and I think that may also have something to do with it. FYI, it was installed over extremely beat up and stained (though level with no bulges, etc.) vinyl. I believe vinyl is ultimately "best" for standing up to a wet environment, although as someone said above, too much water on any floor is going to be a bad outcome. Hope this helps--good luck to you....See MoreWood vs luxury vinyl flooring
Comments (67)Good bamboo (ie. the $12/sf price point) is very dense. Any wood floor can dent with heals. It depends on the size of the heal (is it a 'Queen Mum' wide-body heal or is it a 3" stiletto?) and the size of the human wearing it (the movie 'Kinky Boots' comes to mind). A 250 lb man in stilettos is going to put very big dents into pretty much any wood floor he walks on....the pounds per square inch come into play when dents are created. A bad bamboo or bad engineered hardwood is going to dent easily. They are perfectly fine on stairs. They are still rigid wood-like floors. In fact cork does very well on stairs (the softest hardwood in the world!!!). The FINISH is what scratches. The FINISH is what takes all the abuse. A bad factory finish will scratch like the dickens...and look like it needs to be refinished inside of 15 years. That's one of the differences between 'good' bamboo and 'bad' bamboo. A high-end bamboo product is going to cost you some SERIOUS money. I'm not kidding. It is HEAVILY engineered. In fact it can be 30% adhesive (glue...holding the grass together). It can be carbonized. It can have upto 15 coats of UV cured Aluminum Oxide urethane applied to it. Just because it is all produced in China doesn't mean it is cheap/cost effective to purchase. It isn't. The independent importers are very specific about who they source from (a bad batch can bankrupt them) and what type of product they sell. All of that 'human input' has a cost. The mature bamboo (7+ years old) is expensive. It is hard to harvest. It is harder to process (because it is so thick and strong). It requires VERY EXPENSIVE adhesives (allowed in the EU = darn near Zero VOC levels = very expensive). And the finish (15 layers) take ++ time to create and cure and stack, etc. Keeping it climate controlled is SUPER IMPORTANT = very expensive. It is required at time of creation, during transport (on the ship) and when it arrives in port/warehouse facility. And it is HEAVY. Heavy = dense = expensive to ship around the world. And THAT'S why $12/sf bamboo is worth it. But the $4.99/sf cr@p isn't. A solid white oak 3" plank (character grade) = $4.99/sf and WELL worth it....See MoreWaterproof Laminate vs Vinyl in Mountain rental condo
Comments (7)If warmth is not a concern, then a LAMINATE would do well. Go as high-end as you can afford. The good stuff starts in the $5/sf range...and goes higher. I like a 6mm cork underlay just for noise reduction (condos are notoriously loud = the carpet is taking care of that right now. I would leave the tile in the kichen/entrance areas. If you really want to pull it out, then replace it with a real porcelain tile OR with a THICK vinyl plank (CoreTec = $7-$9/sf) in a tile/stone look. Never use laminate in splash zones. The reason why I suggest laminate = the average 'rental' floor will last 7 years. As a short term rental there is a higher chance of big damage...than with a family living in the unit for 7 continuous years. Vinyl does NOT allow acoustic padding to be used underneath. That means you will be directly on the subfloor = be able to hear everything being said from the unit below...and the unit below will be able to hear everything going on in your condo. You will want to find out if there are any acoustic requirements for the unit. The carpet is eating up all the acoustics right now. Most condos require carpet to be replaced by a 'like' material (acoustically speaking)....See MoreCali Bamboo in extreme climates
Comments (5)Bamboo is different from LVP. LVP means Luxury Vinyl Plank. The name Cali Bamboo is the business name. They started off EXCLUSIVELY selling high-end bamboo floors. But bamboo is having a hard time right now (low-quality products are KILLING the business...and scaring people because it is SOOOOO bad) so Cali Bamboo branched out into engineered floors, laminate and vinyl (where the BIG money is). You are looking at VINYL...not bamboo. So relax and be aware that you are not in the 'bamboo horror show'. You are playing in the VINYL SAND BOX. Vinyl has it's own set of issues. It does NOT like direct heat (like direct sunlight POOLING on the floor and raising the floor above 85F). It HATES UV light (like direct sunlight pooling on the floor for hours on end). The easiest way to protect vinyl from heat/sunlight = high-level UV block on windows. I like to see 70% or higher UV block. Of course that makes growing plants an issue (they die/struggle at 70% UV block)...but your vinyl will be VERY happy. And humidity control is big. Vinyl can handle large TEMPERATURE swings (as long as it never gets hotter than 85F or lower than 45F in the house)....it is the HUMIDITY that causes it to move and expand MORE than anyone will tell you. Much more than the sales people will EVER tell you ('cause if they told the WHOLE truth about 99% of the vinyl on the market they would NEVER sell any of it!!!). Again, you are playing with VINYL not bamboo....See MoreRelated Professionals
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