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[artradley]

Our house has really beautiful flooring; but it is engineered hardwood and after just seven years it is an absolute mess. I joke that if you drop a feather on it, it scratches. At this point it is pretty close to the point that we could claim it's "distressed wood" because it is just covered with scratches and gouges - which is all the more surprising because we have no children in the house.

We are considering replacing it with LVP, but I have no experience with it. I'm curious who here has it, and does it really resist scratches the way people claim?

 

[Moral]

I have three places with fairly small scratches on my LVP. One when I pulled out the fridge, one where I slide the coffee table, and some around where my recliner is. In all three cases there was something small hanging out by the feet when I drug them around. Otherwise I don't have any scratches.

One time I put a screw through it from the basement, I thought I was going to be haunted by that mistake for years, but after hitting it with a hammer I can't even spot it and I know where the damage was. CSB

 

[Bank of Hawk]

Random suggestion with lvp is buy an extra few boxes, as manufacturers will change up their offerings quickly and discontinue certain colors or patterns and if you need a repair, you’ll be glad you have some extra saved.

It can gouge with things falling on them and they need a little extra cleaning attention but I would do lvp again, it’s sturdy, comfortable and looks pretty good.

But you could also go marble flooring, which is on my bucket list.

 

[torbee]

Our house has really beautiful flooring; but it is engineered hardwood and after just seven years it is an absolute mess. I joke that if you drop a feather on it, it scratches. At this point it is pretty close to the point that we could claim it's "distressed wood" because it is just covered with scratches and gouges - which is all the more surprising because we have no children in the house.

We are considering replacing it with LVP, but I have no experience with it. I'm curious who here has it, and does it really resist scratches the way people claim?

We put some in our basement earlier this year - rest of house is real wood floors, but too much flood risk in basement. So far, so good. Looks quite "wood like" and seems quite robust and scratch-resistant.

 

[RileyHawk]

Random suggestion with lvp is buy an extra few boxes, as manufacturers will change up their offerings quickly and discontinue certain colors or patterns and if you need a repair, you’ll be glad you have some extra saved.

It can gouge with things falling on them and they need a little extra cleaning attention but I would do lvp again, it’s sturdy, comfortable and looks pretty good.

But you could also go marble flooring, which is on my bucket list.

I would advise against marble flooring. It stains easily and is not particularly durable. It does look great though.

 

[millah_22]

The sellers put in lifepoof vinyl flooring before we moved in.

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1 dog and 1 kid and it's not scratched up at all.

 

[andrewrayhons]

Just put lifeproof in our condo from Home Depot. They claim no scratches, but we did buy a few extra boxes just to be safe. It looks like wood floors, and I had heard bad things about engineered hardwood that scared me off of buying them.

 

[waterboy4582]

They do make repair sticks that do a pretty good job fixing scratches

 

[SoProudNole]

Random suggestion with lvp is buy an extra few boxes, as manufacturers will change up their offerings quickly and discontinue certain colors or patterns and if you need a repair, you’ll be glad you have some extra saved.

100% agree with this. We had major damage from Ian. Had to get two rooms rebuilt. They'd had the LVP which we absolutely loved.

It was a BITCH tracking down the matching color. Called flooring stores all over the country. Turns out the manufacturer had renamed our style. Finally found some in a store in upstate NY. Bought all the boxes they had to make sure we now have extra. Shipping was Over $200.

 

[ICWestfan]

Our house has really beautiful flooring; but it is engineered hardwood and after just seven years it is an absolute mess. I joke that if you drop a feather on it, it scratches. At this point it is pretty close to the point that we could claim it's "distressed wood" because it is just covered with scratches and gouges - which is all the more surprising because we have no children in the house.

We are considering replacing it with LVP, but I have no experience with it. I'm curious who here has it, and does it really resist scratches the way people claim?

Have you considered wood look tile flooring?

 

[Tenacious E]

Our house has really beautiful flooring; but it is engineered hardwood and after just seven years it is an absolute mess. I joke that if you drop a feather on it, it scratches. At this point it is pretty close to the point that we could claim it's "distressed wood" because it is just covered with scratches and gouges - which is all the more surprising because we have no children in the house.

We are considering replacing it with LVP, but I have no experience with it. I'm curious who here has it, and does it really resist scratches the way people claim?

We had engineered wood flooring and tile, and replaced it all with LVP. Like you, we found the engineered wood to chip easily and to be a really a sub-par product if life gets lived in a house. We got the soft kind of thick LVP that comes in flexible "tiles" that you lay on top of a subfloor, rather than the solid LVP planks with a core. While it sounds cheaper it is actually commercial grade. We have done a LOT in the past 2 years dragging shit across it, having 2 dogs run around and play on it, people coming in wet from the pool or hut tub, people tracking snow and ice into the house, etc. No scratches or issues. If a dog has an accident we can wipe it up no problem, and can use almost anything you want to clean up. Would I rather have true wood floors that can be refinished? Probably. Does the LVP fit our house and lifestyle very well? Yes. Would recommend.

 

[Obviously Oblivious]

I recommend it. We had it installed in our kitchen, dining room, main floor hallways and both bathrooms. Looks great and very durable. One thing that I did was install floor protectors/slides/glides on any furniture that lives in those areas which was largely our kitchen table and chairs. About 10 years since installation and no scratches or noticeable damage to it.

LVT is warm to the bare feet compared to almost any other flooring surface.

 

[hexumhawk]

Our entire upstairs is LVP and would recommend it. It is pretty much impossible to scratch or to mess up and we have a dog.

We put one scratch on it in the time we have had it and it was from putting on a door after it was finished and the raise in the floor level caused the door to not fit. We had hardwood and was getting messed up over time with people coming inside from the hot tub. Haven't noticed any problem now.

 

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[SI_NYC]

Our house has really beautiful flooring; but it is engineered hardwood and after just seven years it is an absolute mess. I joke that if you drop a feather on it, it scratches. At this point it is pretty close to the point that we could claim it's "distressed wood" because it is just covered with scratches and gouges - which is all the more surprising because we have no children in the house.

We are considering replacing it with LVP, but I have no experience with it. I'm curious who here has it, and does it really resist scratches the way people claim?

We installed LVP in our basement and one of our retail stores, and it works well in both settings. But personally, I wouldn’t choose it for a living room. I just find that it has a cheaper feel in more prominent spaces. It’s practical and durable, which makes it great for utility areas, but for a cozier or more refined atmosphere, I’d lean toward something with a bit more warmth and character.

 

[artradley]

We installed LVP in our basement and one of our retail stores, and it works well in both settings. But personally, I wouldn’t choose it for a living room. I just find that it has a cheaper feel in more prominent spaces. It’s practical and durable, which makes it great for utility areas, but for a cozier or more refined atmosphere, I’d lean toward something with a bit more warmth and character.

That is my other concern. It just doesn't look as "rich" as hardwood. I told my wife that if we do this, then a)I want to confirm it really is a big improvement in terms of scratch resistance, and b)we can find something that looks formal enough to be our primary flooring.

Basement? Absolutely. Living room? I have concerns.

 

[millah_22]

That is my other concern. It just doesn't look as "rich" as hardwood. I told my wife that if we do this, then a)I want to confirm it really is a big improvement in terms of scratch resistance, and b)we can find something that looks formal enough to be our primary flooring.

Basement? Absolutely. Living room? I have concerns.

We only have it in our kitchen and bathrooms, which it works fine for. It obviously doesn't look like real wood, but its nice enough. It looks better than linoleum or shitty tile.

I don't think I'd want it in my living room, though.

 

[Tenacious E]

That is my other concern. It just doesn't look as "rich" as hardwood. I told my wife that if we do this, then a)I want to confirm it really is a big improvement in terms of scratch resistance, and b)we can find something that looks formal enough to be our primary flooring.

Basement? Absolutely. Living room? I have concerns.

To me it depends on your house and neighborhood. If it is a historic neighborhood or a really nice house it would be out of place. If it is new construction or a modern "middle of the pack" house, I think it is just fine. Our house is a middle of the pack house so it looks like it belongs there. We did the whole first floor (and the basement in a subsequent project) with the same LVP. Looks consistent and pretty good, in my opinion, and it is extremely practical. But it wouldn't be a show piece. If you want flooring as a show piece, go a different direction and go all in with real hardwood floors that can be refinished.

 

[comp_sci_hawk]

We bought a house that had cherry engineered Bruce hardwood floors installed back in early 2000s. Garbage flooring. Extremely shiny and showed every scratch and dust/dirt. Ended up ripping them out. Leveled up floor to match tile in the kitchen and put LVP across whole main floor and in kitchen when we installed new cabinets. Looks awesome, long and wide planks with beveled edges. Spent a bit more to get harder/ scratch resistance through Sobaski in Iowa city. Worth every penny and floor looks awesome and hides dust really well.

Would definitely recommend.

 

[mnole03]

I’m a Florida kid so I see LVP as a godsend. We had everything growing up, Cherry floors, tile, ceramic, etc. LVP by far looked and held up the best.

Our house in Colorado has real hardwood floors, which works in a high desert. I’d put LVP in the kitchen if we ever end up needing to redo the floors.

 

[goldmom]

There are different grades of quality in the LVP by what I’ve seen at HD.
I bought engineered wood to redo my first floor seven years ago but now I wish I’d gone with a good quality of the LVP.

 

[RileyHawk]

That is my other concern. It just doesn't look as "rich" as hardwood. I told my wife that if we do this, then a)I want to confirm it really is a big improvement in terms of scratch resistance, and b)we can find something that looks formal enough to be our primary flooring.

Basement? Absolutely. Living room? I have concerns.

We put in bamboo flooring several years ago and it has all the properties of wood while being much more durable. Dogs, kids, furniture moves with very few scratches that were easily covered with a marker. Ours is a bit of a distressed look which makes a difference too.

If you do get bamboo stay away from the floating floor installation unless it is a small room.

 

[millah_22]

To me it depends on your house and neighborhood. If it is a historic neighborhood or a really nice house it would be out of place. If it is new construction or a modern "middle of the pack" house, I think it is just fine. Our house is a middle of the pack house so it looks like it belongs there. We did the whole first floor (and the basement in a subsequent project) with the same LVP. Looks consistent and pretty good, in my opinion, and it is extremely practical. But it wouldn't be a show piece. If you want flooring as a show piece, go a different direction and go all in with real hardwood floors that can be refinished.

I remember watching a flipping show and they basically said when they flip a home they are going to sell below $225k they go LVP, anything above and they go hardwood.

 

[Rifler]

LVP is a good product to use in place of hardwood, particularly in a basement condition,.. It's still subject to scratches and scuffs though, so it needs to be treated much like hardwood, with use of furniture glides, area rugs, & weekly cleaning...

 

[HawkinK.C.1]

100% agree with this. We had major damage from Ian. Had to get two rooms rebuilt. They'd had the LVP which we absolutely loved.

It was a BITCH tracking down the matching color. Called flooring stores all over the country. Turns out the manufacturer had renamed our style. Finally found some in a store in upstate NY. Bought all the boxes they had to make sure we now have extra. Shipping was Over $200.

Itel laboratories Inc. can identify flooring, roofing, siding, etc. and tell you the manufacturer, color, if it's available, where you can buy it, and if there's a match with another manufacturer's color/ model. You send them a sample and they ID it.

 

[BelemNole]

Have you considered wood look tile flooring?

That's what we did. House could flood now and the floors would be fine.

 

[OrlandNole]

To me it depends on your house and neighborhood. If it is a historic neighborhood or a really nice house it would be out of place. If it is new construction or a modern "middle of the pack" house, I think it is just fine. Our house is a middle of the pack house so it looks like it belongs there. We did the whole first floor (and the basement in a subsequent project) with the same LVP. Looks consistent and pretty good, in my opinion, and it is extremely practical. But it wouldn't be a show piece. If you want flooring as a show piece, go a different direction and go all in with real hardwood floors that can be refinished.

We live in a pretty high end neighborhood in a Ford home. We've got hardwood all downstairs except for the master bedroom (carpet) and all carpet upstairs except for the bathrooms.

The problem with hardwood is that it's highly intrusive...it takes weeks to install, sand, cure, stain, etc. and gets dust absolutely everywhere. That said, we also don't want a downgraded look from the existing hardwood. Ugh.

 

[Rifler]

Level of dust is the same no matter what your flooring product is,.. hard surfaces simply make it easier to see and clean.

 

[ICWestfan]

That's what we did. House could flood now and the floors would be fine.

That looks really good.

 

[binsfeldcyhawk2]

Random suggestion with lvp is buy an extra few boxes, as manufacturers will change up their offerings quickly and discontinue certain colors or patterns and if you need a repair, you’ll be glad you have some extra saved.

It can gouge with things falling on them and they need a little extra cleaning attention but I would do lvp again, it’s sturdy, comfortable and looks pretty good.

But you could also go marble flooring, which is on my bucket list.

This

 

[RicoSuave102954]

We put some in our basement earlier this year - rest of house is real wood floors, but too much flood risk in basement. So far, so good. Looks quite "wood like" and seems quite robust and scratch-resistant.

Doublewides now have basements?