I will have to check earthwerks out! Never heard of it before. Thanks for the suggestion.

I've sold quite a bit of the Earthwerks and would recommend it. The luxury vinyl plank flooring is a great choice!

Do you know who carries it in the Toronto, Ontario area?

http://www.carpet-wholesale.com/item_172667/Tile_Floors/Earthwerks_Vinyl_Floors/Montana_Plank/GMP_9925.php This is what I have. You can find it from several dealers online or go to Earthwerks site here for Canada. http://www.earthwerks.ca/ to locate a dealer. They have tons of different styles. I used a rustic vinyl plank in our last house and it was beautiful.

Thx janesflame.

I used the Home Depot stuff in a busy entrance space two years ago and have been happy with its performance. The subfloors have to be very smooth for it to look its best, and since I had ancient linoleum tile covered with shag carpeting, foor prep took quite a while. Also remove your shoe molding/and or baseboards to cover up the expansion gap, and pay attention to the pattern repeat and really randomly stagger the joints.

It is a little hard to cut--use a good utility knife that can be changed without a screwdriver and buy a big pack of replacement blades. Also be careful to square the first row with carpet double-sided tape because the rest will follow. Once you get started, it goes pretty quickly, unless you have to make a lot of cuts. Use an oscillating tool to undercut door casing if you have to--it is impossible to get a clean intricate cut.

I looked it up and it got a lot of positive reviews. Seems to wear like iron. Only had one problem with a burn mark, but my battery charger blew up (thank goodness we were home) and I don't think any flooring would have been unscathed from that incident. It is pretty hard to patch--you have to replace the whole plank very carefully.

I used a vinyl plank in 2 different rentals I have. I put it down about 6 or 7 years ago. One small family lived one for 4 years and a single person lives there now. The other has a elderly lady in there. The bigger test would be the young family. The vinyl looks as good as the day I put it in, I have been very happy with way it looks AND performs. I have it in the kitchen, laundry rooms and dining rooms.

Oh terrific. Thank you two for the advice. It does sound like it would work for us.

We installed the vinyl planks in our living room and dining room. After the installation we noticed "scuff marks" all over the flooring.. long story short, the marks were made from the tips of our shoes when we were kneeling on the installed planks. We did not leave the marks, they were actually made from taking off the surface of the planks. And by the way...we had tennis shoes on. I ended up purchasing 2 large area rugs to help hide the marks. I can't even imagine what kitchen chairs would do to the surface. Only good thing is that the flooring was very easy to install.

Would not recommend this product. We were sold this product and told it was tested to withstand a lot of traffic and was moisture resistant; we were told it was left in water for several days as a test and it withstood even that. We placed on concrete slab and within two months it began to separate. Manufacturer takes no responsibility and blames the problem on moisture. (I guess the water tank test was a sales plan). Very disappointed.

Scott, which product were you unhappy with, Home Depot or Earthwerks?