Which Brand of Vinyl Flooring is Best
Which Brand of Vinyl Flooring is Best
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The best IS the most expensive 😉
how do you like th bijork HydroGen 6 products from Canada?
Can you do a video comparison on toilets? Some are cheap and have trouble flushing. some have glazed traps, some don’t .. Thanks.
Do you recommend glue down vinyl planks floor for rental properties? You talked about floating floors but I can’t find anything related to glue down
What if you’re building on a slab?
To all DIY’ers:
Many flooring companies have this disclaimer:
“Do NOT put additional padding, cushion, film, etc…under Timeless Designs LVT that currently has an attached pad. This will void the warranty.”
Just an FYI.
Is it ok to install vinyl over tile?
I’m no expert on flooring or a homedepot fan, but lifeproof says installing an underlayment voids their warranty. However, you can install a 6mil vapor barrier in situations where moisture could diffuse through the subfloor.
The Video could start with the installation process and time involved.
I’ve slowly gathered all the necessary knowledge from all these videos to make my house look amazing and last. This may be just the fine details but the only thing I need now is a house.
Having been in the flooring industry just as vinyl plank was being introduced, I would like to endorse most of what is said on this video. One of the things that cannot be overstated is the bubble wrap comment. This truly is the worst and cheapest underlayment in the industry and is hugely overpriced. One last issue is Jeff needs to slow down a bit as I could not (no matter how many times I listened) make out the site he was sending us to for the vinyl plank. I tried about a dozen combinations of what I thought he said and no way can you make it out. (even with my Bose headset on!
“Can be used with all brands and types of flooring” yeah cuz its bubbles and plastic 😂😂😂 Jeff is hilarious
Thanks, really useful – in UK so can’t order from you.
Wish I had found you a couple months ago but I’ve already had my floor put in. But I love it so far. I ended up doing vinyl planks throughout my house but not the bathroom because I already had nice tile.
I didn’t do it myself but it was so worth it to have a professional to level my floors and get it all done in about 4 days. It would have taken us months to do ourselves I’m sure. 😊
I almost picked up a more expensive floor at Floor and decor but found one I loved as much at Lumber Liquidators for $2 US less a sq ft. It did not have a backing but my contractor said I didn’t need a barrier on my main floor with a full heated basement underneath. He did line the floor with roofing felt so I hope that wasn’t a big mistake.
We were able to buy new base trim which was really needed, with what we saved on the flooring. But we’re doing this ourselves. It’s been trickier than I thought it would be.
Loving your videos and am learning a lot! Thank you and next time I do floors I will definitely look into yours.
We used vinyl planks in a small salon that we were renovating. Ended up choosing Coretec (not at big box stores) with a 10 year commercial application warranty. 20mm wear layer, and cork core/padding, so no underlayment was needed. Really awesome, with solid locking.
Hey Jeff
Installing floor (vinyl) in my basement of a bungalow. Huge fan of your videos.. they have taught me so much as a first time home owner! Just wondering your opinion on the subfloor sold at home depot called DMX Plastics Limited? Link below. I was thinking of putting this over the concrete and then vinyl over this product. I will be leaving this home within 5 years. I live in southern Ontario 🙂
https://www.homedepot.ca/product/dmx-plastics-limited-dmx-1-step-2-0/1001513953#
Thanks again.
Is Trafficmaster from HD any good?
I have original hardwood floors, but they can’t be restored. What do you recommend to put on top of it. And do I need underlayment?
Under cut your door opening, don’t cut around them ffs.
Can you use it over radiant floor heat?
This was very helpful. Can you do a similar video comparing Floor and Decor with LL Flooring please?
Some floor dont need a underfloor because it void the warranty if you put a underlayment
Which product does he recommend? The one on his affiliate link is Decorner SPC is $4.57 (minus 10% off) . Did the price go up?
I know this video is a little older I’m just trying to figure out what’s the name of that underpad
When do you need to use an underpad?
They both do not need an under pad. With the home depot life proof floor it voids the warranty if you add an additional under pad.
Great video. Thanks for the education. Do you work anywhere near the 17701 area code
for the flooring and underpad click this link. https://decorner.com/collections/spc-flooring
Where do I get the under laying pad you talk about for 30 cents a square foot.
Gotta be careful with the underpad with the Lifeproof (Home Depot) flooring though! The warranty specifically says no underpad, or only allows you to use the QuicPrep underlayment. Any other pad will void the lifetime warranty on it.
Could you install vinyl planks on a open front porch? If so any suggestions
Hello what Vinyl sheets can I put on top of foam mats that are smooth enough for breakdancing?
c’mon don’t scribe around door jambs . under cut and slip flooring underneath.
So the flooring place down the road was suggesting a lower price lvp with a thickness of 5mm and wear layer of 12mil for $1.99 per square ft. I absolutely love the Provenza Maxcore product I saw there, which was 7mm thick with a mil of 20. Is it worth spending the $3.99 per square for the better product? Total price difference for project is $3,000 Thanks!
I love the honesty and the way you call certain products crap and throw them aside. I also appreciate pointing out that the most expensive product is not necessarily the best. Keep it up. 👍
I am so thrilled , I came across you, thank you. We are in first stages of a bath remodel to include master bedroom flooring. Will be shopping floors tomorrow. YIKES , I didn’t know how inept I was to doing that till watching this. Very helpful and informative.
I got vinyl plank years ago because I had hideous beige berber carpeting throughout my house which my kids and dogs trashed. I needed to find flooring I could install myself because I didn’t have the budget for installation and I had to do it without power tools. I bought an entire pallet-1000 sq feet! I laid it in my living room, dining room, family room and hallway. I had 4 dogs at one point. The floors have been in for like 6 years and they still look fabulous! The stuff I bought is now selling for $4 a square foot and it has a great natural looking texture … 5WD20-60 African Sepele. I still have enough left that I think I might do my utility room too! My house is a slab and it took longer to pull up the crappy carpet, tack strips, patch the concrete and thoroughly clean it up than lay the flooring!
The one website you send us to don’t have that padding you use in your video. I’m a female 60 years old who going to try doing my whole house floors. Please let me know where to get it since I need 1,500 square feet.
I LOVE this video. I purchased the Lifeproof from Home Depot last year for a small bathroom before I really knew what I was doing because we were looking for a solution to install over the existing tile. After watching this, I realize how lucky I was that ended up with a decent LVP. I checked out your site and love the flooring options provided, but it is $1.13-$1.38 more than the Lifeproof at Home Depot (at least in my area) which makes the cost less appealing the larger the quare footage. I noticed your vinyl planks are SPC, but I sure if Lifeproof is SPC or WPC and how much of a difference that might make over time. I don’t know if you’ve already done a video on the differences, but I’d love to get your take on it!
We are about to buy luxury vinyl planks to put over travertine. We decided on a Johnson plank called sky view. It’s 30 mil with pad. We are very confused. Enjoyed your video!
PVC vs wood for exterior window trim
Wondering if anyone has experience with the shaw floorte pro lvp line. I like the idea of lvp flooring and this is one I really liked. Also any thoughts on lvp throughout the entire home?
I cannot find any link for underlay and vinyl flooring to choose colors
Just a heads up – so far I have only had one issue with WPC with excessive moisture vapor trying to escape and I know of at least 15 in SPC – it’s compacted dirt with binders (limestone) now understand, I felt like you did but the Solid Polymer core has been more problematic. Fewer ISSUES in WPC by far – maybe it’s just because we have had 8 years perfecting that product. Wood Plastic Composite with double the locking mechanism seems to hold up better. They have so many choices because they are HOT – there is a absolute TON of garbage out there – buy a name brand because just like in Laminate- no one is left to service the warranty. You know of at least 10 laminate companies that are out of business by now. Stick in the lane of larger name brand items so you will have a serviceable floor.
No doubt WHATSOEVER EVER on minimum of 5mm thick. We were not having problems with flexible locking LVT until knock offs came in at 4mm 3mm and all the butt joints came apart. Then 75% of the manufacturers took the Fiberglass (tyvec style sheet fiberglass) POOF ruined that industry. Using Trex style decking is what WPC is – that would mean that all composite decking is going to swell when hit with water.
80% good just a couple tweaks. Pad attached always leaves a gap at the locking joint. On dry back WPC STYLE – ya don’t need a under pad. The underpaid must have a 13lb density ESPECIALLY WITH SPC – laminate pads give too much and can disengage the end joints.
Think about this . If your buying a water resistant , moisture resistant floor , why on earth would you put an underlayment under it . Common sense right? Yet people still fall for this and get ripped off. the whole purpose of the floor and it’s whole premise and selling point is moisture and water resistance . Here’s a scenario , you get a little water , it gets underneath , normally for a nominal amount of moisture you should be fine , but now you have to lift the floor up to remove the pad that stays moist /wet and starts to smell or mold . Defeating the whole purpose of having a water resistant floor. Sure if you have big enough flood you would have to remove the floor to dry out the water trapped underneath regardless. But this product is geared towards everyday minor water or moisture mishaps , like appliance leaks , pets , spills , etc. Underlayment for a vinyl water resistant floor is useless and the biggest scam going. As soon as this guy said that I turned it right off immediately knowing full well this guy has no idea what he’s talking about . Second , these floors are typically floating floors , specifically Designed to go over uneven floors. So the locking system should never disengage on a bowed or uneven floor ( within reason of course) especially if you buy a decent product. The whole reason people buy these floors is so they can go over existing or uneven floors without the mess or the expense of doing a demo or extensive patching. Two of the best locking systems / floors on the market are Cortec by U.S. floor , which has a cork underlayment attached and Audra max by mannnington. Never seen a problem with it as long as it’s been around , Unless it was improperly installed . Anything that they sell at Home Depot , Lowes or lumber liquidators is garbage. The locking system is everything. As long as you have a good locking system the floor should never disengage or come apart. The wear layer is the top of the floor ( the actual vinyl part) and should be a minimum of 20ml. Dont buy anything less . And Don’t go by the thickness of the core because at the end of the day it means nothing. And I personally like more flex in the floor because it allows more give on an uneven floor rather than having a rigid floor that it so stiff it actually leaves that void or hollow spot where the dip in the floor is .
I’m sorry, you usually have good info, but this was almost painful to watch.
1. First, your statement comparing vinyl as outlasting hardwood floors was absurd, since your comparison was vinyl floors from the 40’s, to hardwood…that would have been when people were installing vinyl tiles, and those were solid vinyl, often a full 1/8th of an inch thick…125 mils. The LVP products have a wear layer of just a few mils, often 10 or 12, meaning not only will they wear out faster, but also a scrape can easily go right thru it.
2. Your entire comparison is solely on overall product thickness, and completely ignores the wear layer. That is ridiculous!!!!! Yes, product thickness matters for how well/easily/sturdily it installs, but wear layer matters from there on out. The top end product that you so blithely dismissed may have had twice the vinyl as the others, and was suitable for an extremely high traffic area in a commercial application.
3. You frequently misuse and misstate mils vs millimeters…@16:50: the product is not "five and a half mils" it is 5 millimeters, and probably 12 mils (the wear layer).
4. Right after that, you compare their weights and state the heavier one must be more vinyl because vinyl is heavy…WRONG!!! Those products have a minuscule amount of vinyl; the weight is the choice of the base plastic.
5. You are completely and totally incorrect about installing that stuff over floors that are not flat. Per manufacturer recommendations, I installed one over my own ceramic tile floor with large (17") tiles; it not only went on easily but its’ thick nature allowed it to bridge the seams with no evidence of the floor beneath it…and it is now still looking perfect 5 years later.
I have no idea about what other misinformation you posted, because I stopped watching halfway thru. If you do not understand a product, you shouldn’t make a video about it.
LifeProof flooring from Home Depot DOES NOT require underlay. It has underlay attached. Actually using an underlay will void your warranty. If you’re going to sell your own flooring – please, at least tell the truth.
I’ve installed them all, cheap crap at Lumber Liquidators is difficult to install. Lifeproof at Home Depot is 1 of the nicest looking, comfortable/quiet to walk on and easiest to install! The kicker is it has no thermal coefficient, in other words it won’t expand or contract if the empty house loses heat up here in the north and wont pop apart. 👍🏻
Lowes Mohawk, Stainmaster and their brands are nice, I’ll give em honoroable mention. Lol
You don’t need an underlayment/underpad for Lifeproof either, if you shop vac and sweep good, then install your quarter rounds or baseboards and caulk them in, you wont have any crunching dirt sounds. Lol.
Put down loose lay vinyl n a basement 3 years ago and no problems. No underpad. Easy to lift if wet underneath. No signs of dirt under planks. No gaps or cracks visible. Just glued perimeter.
I can not find that $.30 a sq ft under layment anywhere you talked about.