Yes, we chose vinyl plank for our townhouse last year, to replace carpet. I installed it myself as a first time flooring project, it was very easy to install and I have been told it looks pro. It cost 80 cents/sq ft (Lowes Surface Source, I think we got it on close-out as it's no longer available). We are very happy with the floors, they look good - better than most laminate - and there is no noise such as squeaks or crackles. They clean so easily! At first we were careful but now we drag out furniture across the floor etc and have no scratches or marks. I did test various sample planks and chose this one partly due to it's especially durable nature. It's almost a year old now and looks the same as when installed. It is firmly in place not one issue with coming up, gaps or anything. I did follow instructions for installation to leave space under baseboards for expansion an installed in hot weather (it was 80 in May in CA). I put the planks in tight since it was about as hot as the house was going to get, and I don't see gaps now in the winter. It went over old plywood subfloors upstairs and concrete slab ground level. I sealed the concrete with drylok before putting the floors in. Here are some photos! Installation upstairs It is possible with careful measurement and planning to do an entire floor with no transitions Installation downstairs over sealed concrete slab downstairs is also continuous install from living/dining into kitchen and bathroom vinyl floor transitioning to stairs - stained pine treads and painted MDF risers

@V M sorry, just seeing your post above. We are just now finally breaking ground on our home so I don't have pics of the flooring to show you from my house. I will come back and post when I do but that will be some months from now. But we are paying, I think, 15K for our Multi-Length Rigid Core SPC floors in color Sandhill. Our house will be 2975 sf and this floor covering will be throughout the home, except in 3 of the full baths and the utility room. I'm not exactly sure how many square feet that leaves but hopefully you can do some rough math. Everything goes through my builder so I don't have an exact price per square foot to provide you. I also am not sure if this includes labor to install.

I installed the Shaw Prodigy HDR Plus in Hygge and so far it's just as bomb-proof as Shaw says. It looks so much better than any LVP I've seen - more like high quality laminate or engineered hardwood. I wanted to know if I needed to buy new rug pads on account that rubber doesn't play nice with vinyl and was curious about the make-up of Prodigy HDR since it lists it's construction as "PMgO". I found the official Customs Ruling given to Shaw in 2019 after they inquired about what tariff should be used the classify the PMgO (aka Magnesium Oxide Fiberboard) construction for import. The product is identified as "PMgO" flooring. The flooring panel sample measures approximately 7.5"(W) x 47" (L) x 10mm thick. The board is constructed a fiberboard core that consists of approximately 80% wood fiber and 20% magnesium components and filler additives. The core is faced with a melamine-impregnated, photographic paper layer, and is backed with a melamine-impregnated, balancing paper layer. The back of the panel is overlaid with a 1.5mm-thick ethylene-vinyl acetate (EVA) foam sheet (the floorboard is approximately 9mm thick). This EVA sheet functions as an underlayment. The fiberboard core is constructed of wood fiber that is bonded by a reaction that occurs when the fiber is mixed with the magnesium and additive components. The resulting panel has a density exceeding 1.0 g/cm3. The panel is tongued and grooved on all edges and ends with an interlocking profile. The magnesium fiberboard flooring is an innovation in fiberboard flooring products in that it is wood fiber bonded with magnesium components, as opposed to organic resins. Nonetheless, the product remains undeniably composed of bonded wood fiber as are the products of heading 4411, Harmonized Tariff Schedule of the United States (HTSUS). The instant panel does not meet the definition of "medium density fiberboard" (MDF) as set forth in the Explanatory Notes to the Harmonized System (ENs). The ENs explain that MDF is manufactured from dry wood fibers bonded with thermosetting resins. As the instant panel is not bonded with resins, it is precluded from classification as MDF. The PMgO board is instead bonded with inorganic magnesium compounds. As such, it is more specifically described by the language, "fiberboard of wood...whether or not bonded with resins or other organic substances." There is lots of copy written calling it "Stone Plastic Core LVP" but it's actually a Wood-Magnesium core. The surface is Melamine with a "proprietary PetDefense" scratch-resistant coat of what likely Aluminum Oxide. The only "Luxury Vinyl" present is in the attached underlayment pad so Prodigy HDR Plus isn't actually LVP at all - it should be a new "Magnesium Oxide Fiberboard" category of flooring - essentially bomb-proof MDF.

For our new house, we found LVT for the bathroom and laundry floors that look like tile! We love the look and feel over our usual ceramic tiles chosen in the past. Find a good Coretec showroom (or other nice LVT), take some big samples home and pick the one that blends/complements your hardwoods. It can be done! The only caveat might be the transition piece from hardwood to tile of a different height; get advice on the best way to handle that.