Luxury vinyl plank flooring

3 years ago

Doing a Florida condo with white kitchen. Want to use vinyl planks throughout the house with area rugs. Contractor suggested V-EVO Durato flooring.

not Sure whether to go gray or neutral- hi or low variation

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dan1888

3 years ago

Maybe I have special 'eyes'. . . .I see the value of engineered hardwood flooring when compared to LVP. The perception of the infinite variation of real wood flooring versus a noticeable repeat with the printed film of LVP. . . . Real wood doesn't have an exact repeat. LVP does. LVP is waterproof because of the stone plastic composite SPC core. The products I linked to use the same waterproof core. If their price is similar to LVP and the quality is comparable I see these products as an attractive alternative. The quality is the question, as with any product.

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dan1888
3 years ago
last modified: 3 years ago
Modin by Flooret direct sales is an option. Link. Video review.

A new version is another product to look at. It uses the same SPC core as rigid LVP and a real wood veneer 1.2mm top instead of a printed film. Both can have the same clear coating. No exact repeat. Just the normal veneer slice similarity. It's classified as a wood flooring. Samling Elivin is one source. Lifecore H2OME Waterproof is another. Jasper Varuna Waterproof engineered hardwood also. You'd be an early adapter.
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
3 years ago
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I see no point in the “real wood” layer if you want vinyl plank with all lits benefits .I have heard many good things about coretech and I use Mannington often . If you want ideas about colors you need to post pics of both your space and the colors you are thinking about. I have no experience with the flooring your contractor mentioned so can’t comment on it. It seems to be aimed at a commercial environment and Low VOCs which are pluses.
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SJ McCarthy
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IN Florida the benefit with real wood on top: it does NOT have issues with direct heat/sunlight like vinyl has. The wood is going to do very well in this setting.

If it wasn't in a Floridian condo, I would be hesitant to use wood-on-spc core. But a hot climate is a great place to put the wood-spc products.

I like the Roland Park.

Here's something interesting. From their 'About' link:

"Dürato International is located in Philadelphia, PA and Changzhou, China."

That means the products are from China...take that as you will. The company threw in the 'umlaut' (double dots over the vowels) to make you think you were working with European products.

Dürato (duratointernational.com)

The links to the test results don't work. That's not normal.
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We have Durato V-Evo in our entire home. We got it a few months ago. So far we are very happy. It's definitely 100% waterproof. Our dog tested that out for us. We went with the color called Bean Town.
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Cali Floors
3 years ago
Hello!

Vinyl flooring has many alluring qualities including being waterproof, easy to install, and cost-effective. If you're interested, I highly recommend you check out our line of vinyl. We offer a commercial 20mil wear layer, our boards are 100% waterproof, and they are scratch-resistant. Feel free to check out our collection of vinyl and use the code "FREESAMPLE" to order some samples :)

If you're looking into flooring other than Vinyl, check out this project that was done in Florida using our Engineered Hardwood Floors. https://www.houzz.com/hznb/projects/orion-oak-in-boca-raton-pj-vj~6473393

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