LVP Flooring vs Laminate Flooring | What's the Difference?
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- LVP Flooring vs Laminate Flooring | What's the Difference?
Flooring is an essential element of any home, providing both functionality and aesthetics. Join us as we help you make an informed decision for your next flooring project.
At BlvdHome Flooring, we understand the importance of choosing the right flooring solution that suits your lifestyle, budget, and design preferences. With our extensive knowledge and expertise, we aim to guide you through the pros and cons of these two popular flooring choices, empowering you to make the best choice for your home.
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0:00 - The Issue with laminate in the past
0:46 - What's Changed About Laminate?
1:28 - Waterproof Vs Water Resistant
4:02 - Comparing the Tops
6:47 - Comparing the Thickness
8:38 - Final Thoughts
Goodness. I've watched so many videos and people just "blah blah blah" and act like they know everything. This guy actually knows everything
Wow,this guy has so much confidence in what he's saying
Put down Mohawk Revwood laminate. Everyone thinks its engineered hardwood and it's water resistant 👌
Perfect level of education! I only wish my flooring company had helped me understand all this before we installed something that ultimately isn't working great for us.
Our custom builder put in Aqualok brand 12 mil LVP and pieces of debris is causing pops coming through. It feels and sounds like plastic. Only good thing is easy maintenance, breeze to clean. My husband is a contractor and is taking it out next year. I’ve had hardwood in several homes and it scratches and water stains too easy. We put Pergo Timbercraft laminate in my dad’s house and loved it. Easy to clean and looked so authentic. We’re leaning in that direction again. I like a beveled edge so dirt doesn’t get in the grooves and so many brands have that groove. I wish they wouldn’t do that.
Also I go barefoot in my house and the LVP is like ice. And noisy.
When you say “noisy” - what does that mean? I was looking at installing an LVP but much thinner than a 12mil.
This video was so helpful.Thank you for sharing this information in such an easy to understand way. I have seen other comparisons but yours was the most concise.
Excellent advice
Great video, thanks!
Well Explained the difference Thanks.
Awesome! Thank you for the info.
So i currently have LVP and I regret it. I pulled up ceramic tile for this stuff. My floors are not leveled spay time you can hear and feel the planks pop. The planks are super thin so sometimes I feel like I’m going to fall in the floor. Yes I have tone of scratches. My LVP has a dull look as well. Now I’m going to try the laminate I need something that is way thicker and durable. I feel Both has they pros and cons. If you have a very level floor or even concrete floor I think vinyl will be great. Or even placing vinyl in a basement would be ok. After pulling up my ceramic and carpet I have plywood so imagine placing super thin plastic on that. I have even spoke with other peoples that regret placing LVP in their home due to the same complaints.
This is helpful/useful info. Thank you
Thank you
Great info..
Just put down LVP to replace laminate. It’s warmer underfoot, easier to lay (mine had built in underlay and one blade cut you can snap it to length) doesn’t chip, and it doesn’t matter if you spill fluids on it. In my kitchen and will be in the bathroom soon.
Funny, I just ripped out the lvp my house came with and replaced it with laminate. I like the feel and sound of it better. Chips do happen time to time but an application of color matched epoxy and no one’s the wiser. Even though it is rated for 24 hours water-resistant, in wet areas like the kitchen, I also ran a bead of waterproof wood glue in the seems. In the last house I did the same, had standing water on the main floor from a hot water heater over a weekend while I was out, and had no issue with water getting underneath and buckling the floor.
@@js6872agree…my LVP is like ice to my feet and it’s noisy. Laminate we had before was quiet..important to put down under layment with Laminate.
Which brand did you use?
Best explanation about these two products and even the hybrid floor planks.
I’m a painter and I just did a job that was LVP. It’s a bit pricey but I was looking at the planks and was very impressed. Install looked easier. You can just click them in. I’m actually going to be redoing my floors and I’ll be using LVP. The ones installed at the customers house had a lifetime guarantee. I think the extra cost now will save you a bunch in the future because you’ll never have to redo them. Prices I’ve been looking at are 4.19$ sf. I’m going to do research and see what best prices are out there.
Pricy? It’s cheap compared to engineered or true hardwood floors. Totally cheap.
Any longevity issues with installing LVP over cracks in a concrete slab? How do you prep concrete with cracks for LVP? What is the process?
Very helpful!!
Thank You
and the true winner over both is a thick sheet linoleum. You can float it so no glue down, doesnt off gas like sheet vinyl ( which i love except for off gassing) and with the thicker padding attached is softer and MUCH quieter then noisy laminate ( invision a tap dance studio) OR LVP. And less costly. AND truly waterproof.
Just stop talking.
Thanks
I’d like a thin plank warm tone floor to put over top of my real wood golden oak floor which on would be better my room is 14 ft long by 20 ft wide , roughly how much would it cost to do
Kind of confused on what the pros of laminate are still. Thicker? You said there are thicker LVPs. The designs look similar. And you said price is similar. It seems like a thick LVP would be the top recommendation.
Laminate is more stain resistant, scratch resistant better stronger locking systems all in all a far better product than lvp when you get a decent laminate.
For me it comes to the sound when walking on it. Installing over concrete slab, the lvp has a dull, cheap feeling “thump” whereas the laminate has a nice, woodlike, hollow sound. The first time you here someone walk in with high heels you will notice the difference. Nobody on these videos ever talks about the one thing you will encounter with every step, the sound. The lvp also scratches easily so if you have dogs DO NOT do lvp. In fact, other than it being waterproof, I do not see where lvp is superior (even then, with using waterproof wood glue in between joints of laminate you can also make it pretty much waterproof)
Laminate Is wood LVP is plastic. Laminate is water resistant. LVP is water proof. Laminate can come in many thicknesses. LVP is limited to a few thicknesses. Laminate is not as noisy to walk on. LVP is loud when waking on it especially if installed over concrete. Laminate has better protection. LVP scratches very easy.
Thanks for the recommendation!! 👍
I have sheet vinyl floors in upstairs bathrooms. I thought I should use LVP over the vinyl so I can get a nice look (probably gray), but perhaps I can use a laminate instead. Thoughts??? Recommendations??? Specs? Must be waterproof-ish. Tx
Which would you prefer for herring
What is best for rv flooring. Lvp vs laminate
Excellent breakdown ! 👏🏿👏🏿👏🏿 ,, if I lived in the US , I’d be On my way! To your store
What is the minimum thickness I should look for?
Do you like glued down lvp for residential ?? The planks don’t click when installed.Gotta use pricey adhesive (pressure sensitive)..Thanks in advance!
We are redoing our kitchen floor. I have a dog and I we have a pool so people come through my kitchen to change in the bathroom. What would be the best floor to put down. We have tile down now and the floor would be matching up to the tile floor in my dining room. Right now we have a wooden saddle to separate the two rooms.
I was shopping for flooring throughout a new build. Salespeople kept steering me to LVP. I don't like it. It feels plasticky and I couldn't find one that had the right color. I found a laminate that I like, but now some of the edges of the planks are breaking and it's already scratched in a few places.
March 1st, 2024 at 3:15pm pacific time……. thank you for all the information that you gave me watching this video. I have one question I have a mobile home and I want to replace the carpet with vinyl planking hopefully but our flooring is particleboard underneath the carpet and we have linoleum in the kitchen and bathrooms so I’m wondering if vinyl planking will still work to replace some of this flooring?
We have a plywood subfloor and we went with laminate. If you haven’t already, check with a floor store/installer. We were originally going to go with lvp, but our local store rep came out to measure and provide an estimate and suggested laminate instead, so that’s what we went with. Even if you decide to diy or go somewhere else it’s helpful to have someone look at your site.
Do you carry porcelain tiles
It seems like the new laminate hasn't been around long enough to truly tell how it wears. If we're talking about 9 months with the new market, it's just not long enough to tell.
Are moisture under basement floor ok to have lvp?
LVP is plastic so it should be fine if you are installing Laminate then you’ll want to lay a moisture barrier first because even if the concrete is not wet it still holds moisture.
I want to redo my bathroom. Can either of these types of products have the toilet installed on top?
I’d recommend using LVP in the bathroom since it’s waterproof and I’d use a thinner plank so you can set the toilet on top.
How much difference is there in scratch resistance between them. Particularly if furniture gets bumped or slightly pushed will that likely scratch both products? Deciding between coretec pro and kronos swiss
I think laminate is a little bit more scratch-resistance than the Coretex Pro. However, Coretec has an acrylic finish and there's a third-party repair kit that can repair scratches in the acrylic finish. Whereas laminate and all other LVPs don't have the ability to repair just a single scratch.
so which is thicker? And is thicker better?
Laminate. Read my review.
Waterproof or water resistant are meaningless term. Do they absorb waterfrom underneath and swell up.?
EXACTLY! Those are "sales" terms". No plank flooring is protective of water getting or having water underneath. But if concrete isnt properly sealed or laided directly on soil, it CAN wick moisture. Off grade floors can wick the dampness and humidity upwards and warp floors.
LVP is completely plastic and plastic is not effected by water. Laminate is wood and will absorb water if left on the plank for too long. Water resistant is Laminate water proof is LVP
There seems to be so much misinformation on the various types and especially how the planks lock into place. One product compared their system which I think was called _'drop in locking'_ and another that uses _true tongue and groove_ The locking system of the tounge and groove seems supeior to any other as there is an audible 'CLICK' heard when when locking the 2 end pieces together with a tap of a rubber mallet. Also, it was suggested that it has a minimum 20 mil wear layer; minimum of 5 mil body and 1 mil padding. The thicker, say up to 7 mil allows more of the thickness to be used in the tongue and groove system.. *Can somebody comment or confirm or deny* those basic fundamentals?
There’s two types of locking systems drop and lock is when you put the planks in on a angle them drop them down until you hear a click. Then there a tong and grove style where you put the plank into the grove then set it down. The drop and and lock in my opinion is better because the planks hold together better. The thickness is talking about how thick the plank is most laminate products are 12mm thick which gives a nice strong plank to walk on and is the hight of most baseboards so the plank can slide right under the baseboards. There’s also ware layers referred to as AC 1 AC 2 AC 3 AC 4 and AC 5. Higher the number the better the protection is too scratches scuffs and general spills like water. Now for the overall material Laminate is wood LVP is plastic there are hybrid Laminate products that have plastic in the middle since plastic is not affected by water it can be water proof. It’s a little more expensive but worth it if you are installing it in a bathroom.
@@ryans413 What I ended up with was 7.5mm SPC flooring. This is what I found out about it: _A vinyl floor has a simple PVC core that makes it flexible and soft. The SPC vinyl planks have a core made of a stone plastic composite, which gives it a rigid construction and less pliable feel_ They said it would hold up better than others. During install, it appeared to have a groove that was pliable - not rubber, and not tonge and groove. No rubber mallets were used aside from moving it slighty to but up to the next plank then final tap in place. There were no 'clicking' sounds. I suppose this stuff is as good as any other on the market. It was made by Lawson.
I hate my lvp. It’s impossible to keep it clean. Shows every foot print and mark. I’ve tried every kind of cleaner, even house keeper can’t get them clean. Hate hate hate!
just buy real wood parquet
Thank you