10 years of hardwood flooring and installation here, and I gotta say you make a decent point. I would like to note though you have engineered hardwood and not “on site finished” hardwood. Big difference in quality and what you get out of it. Also as far as durability goes, I’ve re finished floors that were as old as the 1700’s. Laminate doesn’t even have that option. If you are gonna stay in a home for more than 10 years, get the nicer product
Hardwood floors have been around for hundreds of years. The scratches and wear are called patina. If you try to buy recycled hardwood floors for the patina you come to realise aged hard wood is a premium material while artificial flooring is simply inferior. It's like comparing natural diamonds to cut glass. Nothing wrong with LVP as flooring other than it being fake, it does the job well, but it's cheap because ... it's cheap.
I'd say the opposite, luxury vinyl in the living room, kitchen for water resistance and durability; then hardwood for the bedroom for the warmth quality
My main issue is that I have radiant heated floors. Wood is an insulator, I need a floor that transfers the heat fast. Ceramic tile in most of the house and the vinyl in places like my bedroom.
Hello, and thanks for this video! Would you please give me the info on which brand luxury vinyl this is in the video? I went back 4 years and could not find any of your install vids for these floors. Thanks and best wishes!
The hardwood is more environmentally friendly. Eventually both will end up in a landfill. The plastic MAY get recycled, but will still be off gassing and will end up as pollution. The hardwood is cut from trees, but if it's from a managed forest they are replanted, sequestering carbon even after being cut and when it goes into a landfill it will decompose. Both can have their place, but wood is a cleaner resource.
So, I had luxury vinyl placed, and it looks okay. However, I don't like the feeling of the floor under bare feet and there is a smell that has lingered. It's hard to explain but it is bothersome. I would much rather have real wood floor.
Worked in the residential construction business for 40+ years... I could be wrong but what he is calling "real hardwood" does not look like it AT ALL, ZERO. What it looks like is "laminate" wood flooring. Yes laminate wood flooring has a veneer of real wood on the surface, glued to laminations of other cheaper woods (think plywood) or some other substrate materials. Why do I suppose that? The "planks" are short and they have beveled edges, plus if you look closely at the surface of this laminate wood flooring you can see an undulation or waviness. What does that tell you? "Real" wood floors are made with tongue and groves edges (nailed into the tongue with the grove of the next row covering the nail and tongue of the last). Then the whole assembled floor surface is sanded flat, which would leave no beveled edges or wavy undulating surface. You understand. Next if you notice the top, finished surface of the two different floors, they are on the same plane. Real hardwood planks are a minimum of 3/4" thick, while vinyl planking is only a third that thickness.... so how is it that they are at the same level? Maybe they used an underlayment under the vinyl too build up the height... maybe; but I doubt it. Looks like he is comparing vinyl planks to wood laminate planks (read prefinished wood VENEER surfaces). Hopes this helps.
"Laminate" is compressed mdf stuff with a printed wood finish on top. Engineered hard wood flooring is real wood veneer of various mm thickness of the wear layer on top of a plywood substrate.
I definitely stand corrected in the labeling of what I was trying to describe above in my comment. I should have said "engineered hardwood flooring" instead of "laminate wood flooring", as one could easily think I was referring to "laminate flooring". Notice the word "wood" is left out. Why would I have made such a mislabeling? Well "engineered hard wood flooring" is a "lamination" (gluing together)of different layers of real wood, just like plywood, basically, with the best/prettiest layer on top; which is prefinished. Other than that labeling, that might confuse, what I said, I believe is correct.... Tell me tkeosaksith do you think what the video is comparing to "Luxury Vinyl flooring" is "real (solid) hardwood" or "engineered hardwood flooring"? Best regards.@@tkeosaksith
@Im1withU in this day and age I truly respect when someone corrects themselves without taking the easy way out and deleting. Big ups 💯. Maybe it'll rub off on the rest of society.
@@Im1withUThe marketing about floor labeling is one of the most confusing in the world. When I bought mine, I was upset and asked the seller in the shop why he was calling "solid wood" to a product that was clearly made of MDF + laminate, and he told me: Well, technically MDF is made with "wood" isn't it?, and it is not hollow, so it is "solid".
The factory coating on hardwood is impossible to beat. Aluminum oxide, 9-13 layers depending on brand, multiple UV layers. In-home finishing can't even remotely come close.
Your speaking is so sing song - your pitch goes up and down in extreme ways and with no connection to the content of what you’re saying - that it’s very annoying.
10 years of hardwood flooring and installation here, and I gotta say you make a decent point. I would like to note though you have engineered hardwood and not “on site finished” hardwood. Big difference in quality and what you get out of it. Also as far as durability goes, I’ve re finished floors that were as old as the 1700’s. Laminate doesn’t even have that option. If you are gonna stay in a home for more than 10 years, get the nicer product
Great advice, thanks. What are your thoughts on how vinyl holds up to long term damage?
You LVP looks awesome. It looks so real. What brand is it?
Hardwood floors have been around for hundreds of years. The scratches and wear are called patina. If you try to buy recycled hardwood floors for the patina you come to realise aged hard wood is a premium material while artificial flooring is simply inferior. It's like comparing natural diamonds to cut glass. Nothing wrong with LVP as flooring other than it being fake, it does the job well, but it's cheap because ... it's cheap.
PLEASE! what brand and color is the LV!
I'd say the opposite, luxury vinyl in the living room, kitchen for water resistance and durability; then hardwood for the bedroom for the warmth quality
Lvp for the bedroom with shower/tub.. waterproof!
Great video! What brand LVP?
My main issue is that I have radiant heated floors. Wood is an insulator, I need a floor that transfers the heat fast. Ceramic tile in most of the house and the vinyl in places like my bedroom.
What brand of LVP and what model is it ? Click, looselay or glue down?
Wood changes color through the years, especially cherry.
Can you feel the difference when you step on them?
Hello, and thanks for this video! Would you please give me the info on which brand luxury vinyl this is in the video? I went back 4 years and could not find any of your install vids for these floors. Thanks and best wishes!
What brand of LVP did you go with? I have planned to redo my flooring and in the market looking for a premium product that will last.
The hardwood is more environmentally friendly. Eventually both will end up in a landfill. The plastic MAY get recycled, but will still be off gassing and will end up as pollution. The hardwood is cut from trees, but if it's from a managed forest they are replanted, sequestering carbon even after being cut and when it goes into a landfill it will decompose. Both can have their place, but wood is a cleaner resource.
So, I had luxury vinyl placed, and it looks okay. However, I don't like the feeling of the floor under bare feet and there is a smell that has lingered. It's hard to explain but it is bothersome. I would much rather have real wood floor.
What is your LVP brand/color? Looks great!
This looks like Home Depot Brand Lifeproof®️.
Even though the vinyl looks nice, it is pretty easy to tell which one is real wood and which one vinyl :)
plastic underfoot is such an icky feeling, though. it feels alien. and not grounding.
All vinyl is not the same. What brand did you buy?
It is from the caca tree.
Are BPAs of concern with luxury vinyl? I wouldn't want to sacrifice walking bare foot.
Only if someone licks the bottom of your feet
Worked in the residential construction business for 40+ years... I could be wrong but what he is calling "real hardwood" does not look like it AT ALL, ZERO. What it looks like is "laminate" wood flooring. Yes laminate wood flooring has a veneer of real wood on the surface, glued to laminations of other cheaper woods (think plywood) or some other substrate materials. Why do I suppose that? The "planks" are short and they have beveled edges, plus if you look closely at the surface of this laminate wood flooring you can see an undulation or waviness. What does that tell you? "Real" wood floors are made with tongue and groves edges (nailed into the tongue with the grove of the next row covering the nail and tongue of the last). Then the whole assembled floor surface is sanded flat, which would leave no beveled edges or wavy undulating surface. You understand. Next if you notice the top, finished surface of the two different floors, they are on the same plane. Real hardwood planks are a minimum of 3/4" thick, while vinyl planking is only a third that thickness.... so how is it that they are at the same level? Maybe they used an underlayment under the vinyl too build up the height... maybe; but I doubt it. Looks like he is comparing vinyl planks to wood laminate planks (read prefinished wood VENEER surfaces). Hopes this helps.
"Laminate" is compressed mdf stuff with a printed wood finish on top. Engineered hard wood flooring is real wood veneer of various mm thickness of the wear layer on top of a plywood substrate.
I definitely stand corrected in the labeling of what I was trying to describe above in my comment. I should have said "engineered hardwood flooring" instead of "laminate wood flooring", as one could easily think I was referring to "laminate flooring". Notice the word "wood" is left out. Why would I have made such a mislabeling? Well "engineered hard wood flooring" is a "lamination" (gluing together)of different layers of real wood, just like plywood, basically, with the best/prettiest layer on top; which is prefinished. Other than that labeling, that might confuse, what I said, I believe is correct.... Tell me tkeosaksith do you think what the video is comparing to "Luxury Vinyl flooring" is "real (solid) hardwood" or "engineered hardwood flooring"? Best regards.@@tkeosaksith
@Im1withU in this day and age I truly respect when someone corrects themselves without taking the easy way out and deleting. Big ups 💯. Maybe it'll rub off on the rest of society.
@@Im1withUThe marketing about floor labeling is one of the most confusing in the world. When I bought mine, I was upset and asked the seller in the shop why he was calling "solid wood" to a product that was clearly made of MDF + laminate, and he told me: Well, technically MDF is made with "wood" isn't it?, and it is not hollow, so it is "solid".
Honestly, half the queries were which lvp was this and you couldn't be bothered to share? Unbelievable.🙄
The LVP looks much better
I don't like hardwood floors at all, overrated.
I'll take carpet and then the LVP
Hardwood is better
That's what she said.
Prefinished hardwood floors are crap
The factory coating on hardwood is impossible to beat. Aluminum oxide, 9-13 layers depending on brand, multiple UV layers. In-home finishing can't even remotely come close.
I can testify and say that’s wrong.
Your speaking is so sing song - your pitch goes up and down in extreme ways and with no connection to the content of what you’re saying - that it’s very annoying.
No need to be so critical. He sounded just fine to me.
@@mlockette8084 I totally agree with you! He sounded fine to me and I understood him perfectly.
English is my second language and I understand him perfectly! What is wrong with you? He sounded fine!
What a stupid and petty thing to say.