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Am I going to regret this?

7 years ago
After a lot of indecision, I have finally picked out the Shaw Endura Ginger Oak lvp to go through most of my house. It is 12 mm wear protection, and not that thick. Because of this, I am having it glued down onto my concrete sub floor. I am hoping this pattern isn’t too busy once it is installed throughout my house. Any help or comments? We are putting it in our bathroom too.

Comments (33)

  • 7 years ago

    I think it will be beautiful. I used a different brandLVP

    in my kitchen, but here's what it looks like.

  • 7 years ago
    I’m also a huge fan of LVP and used it for my whole upstairs. I like the color you chose. It definitely takes a beating!
  • 7 years ago

    I love it! It is going to look great.....go for it


  • PRO
    7 years ago

    How much variety is there within the box? In your third photo showing 7 boards two are identical and two more are nearly identical. That will get really obvious when installed across a whole house.

  • 7 years ago

    depends on the area you're in and if you will be selling. LVP is a downgrade from hardwood. (you're taking out real wood and doing vinyl?)

    as for the bathroom, I would NOT put it in there. And if you are leaving that current tile, it is absolutely too busy a pattern. Go with a solid tile in the bathroom.



  • 7 years ago
    LVP is great in bathrooms
  • 7 years ago
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    Personal preference. I would continue the wood you have as a highly preferred choice, maybe having it refinished in a jacobean or walnut. A brown with no red or orange to the color. I also prefer the tile currently in the bathroom to the LVP.

    The samples seem to have the variaton of hickory wood and that would be a total No for me.

  • 7 years ago
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    I wouldn't say it's 'great' in bathrooms. LVP has to be waterproof for use in the bathrooms. It also doesn't have the life of tile or natural stone.


    Are you getting waterproof LVP?


  • 7 years ago
    We tore out our real hardwood and carpet and laid a floating engineered hardwood. If i could go back, I would have laid new wood in place of carpet and refinished it all the same color, keeping the real wood. We have lvp in our bathrooms and Inwish we had gone with tile. It is easier to clean and nearly indestructible. I am not a pro.
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    Agree with Michelle. Here’s a thought.,it will save you $$$$$...apply another clear top coat of water /dust sealant on your concrete subfloor ...a gloss one....and your floors will SHINE with beauty and reflect wonderful light. Then purchase an area rug and voila, you are done and your floors will look FABULOUS. EASY TO MAINTAIN>. Any concrete flaws will look great as they become part of the rooms charm.

  • 7 years ago

    I agree with Pa P, I painted and lived with concrete painted for years. shine held up and looked great, Might be more durable in bathroom

  • 7 years ago

    Jan, that actually looks pretty good. I've yet to see a LVP that looks worth using, but yours is the exception. Looks like real wood

  • PRO
    7 years ago
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    Looks even MORE so in person. : ) Rather thought.... hey, I might love that in my own place!!! I admit I was holding my breath until install lol

  • 7 years ago
    So you’re replacing hardwood with vinyl? Yes, you will regret that. Have you looked into extending the hardwood and refinishing it in a browner/more neutral tone instead? I am a big fan of LVP, but in this case I think you are devaluing your home.
  • PRO
    7 years ago
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    The flooring I posted was used locally in a luxury lake home nearly 4000 square feet. When asked "what are these hardwood floors! I LOOOOOVE them" , The owner says, oh heavens I can't remember!!" .............

    I've seen some sand on site and engineered flooring "devalue" a house when poorly done, or poorly selected. Do a thing well and appropriately?

  • 7 years ago
    Jan, that is a nice floor. Next thing you will be claiming is that you invented the internet!
  • 7 years ago
    Jan I wasn’t replying to your post. I was answering the OP. I don’t think that taking out hardwood and replacing with the vinyl she chose is going to improve the value of her house. I have used vinyl many times, and I think that its generally a great product. In this particular case I wouldn’t do it.
  • 7 years ago
    I think the original hardwood floor is better, IMHO.
  • PRO
    7 years ago

    LOL.........anything is an improvement from wall to wall beige carpet : )

  • 7 years ago
    Some luxury vinyl “wood” looks like the real thing. Many people with the actual “real” thing use area rugs in the living room, dining room and elsewhere, because an all-“wood” floor throughout the house is too much of the same thing. After you have your LVP installed and put your furniture on it, you will decide you need some contrast and texture. Then you will go out and buy area rugs. It is still a lot better than a house full of beige wall-to-wall carpet.
  • 7 years ago
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    Even though some LVP looks OK and is appropriate for the location, the installations I've seen feel and sound different to wood... kind of a plastic klack klack sound...I suppose it may depend on the installation method, gluedown vs. floating?

  • 6 years ago

    K R can you tell me the brand and color of the LVP that you used?

  • 6 years ago

    K R - Looks like you and I chose the same exact color to do all upstairs in.

    I'll try to remember to take pix and post here...

  • 6 years ago
    <?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><md>Jora, do you know the brand/color you installed? I want a rich brown but the samples I see are too small so it's hard to tell
  • 6 years ago

    Hi Jessica

    I just took a pix of the bedroom for you. The lighting is not good, it's only a little piece of the room, and I took it with an iPhone...so consider all of that! :)

    I have one of the stairs as well - pix attached (stairs are still in progress...but you can see the flooring).

    They are actually TWO different flooring (long story), but they match identical (although it may not seem so in the pix due to lighting).

    If you are still interested, let me know and I'll send you the info.

    Pix are in the next two posts (Houzz is not liking me adding them here).

  • 6 years ago

    I'll try posting tomorrow...Houzz is being exceptionally difficult!

  • 6 years ago

    If you are worried about having the original wood and then more new wood and they won’t match, you could just go with two different and stain it really dark. Like in the “Jaw dropping former
    Foundry home” Houzz article that dropped today.
    There is also a common trick on Rebecca Robeson’s videos where she uses a tile that looks just like wood for the bathrooms and picks the right one that matches the hardwood floor color.
    I have vinyl fake wood floors and they are cold and hard on the feet in the kitchen - there’s no give to them.

  • 6 years ago

    It looks very busy to me.

  • 6 years ago

    Interesting solution, anyway. Busy to me too.

  • 6 years ago

    No way i would give up real wood for laminate!

  • 6 years ago

    A floor is generally a background for the rugs and furniture and fabrics in a room. A floor with lots of color variation will fight with everything. Keep the flooring appearance more a solid color or you WILL be sorry later. Real wood is always more desirable than faux wood unless it has been ruined and isn’t salvageable.

  • 6 years ago

    If you have a combination of hardwood and carpeting, it seems like you’re trying to get one floor product throughout. If you don’t find hardwood under the carpets, a good wood floor person can match what you do have and refinish all of it to match. If that’s out of your budget, go with Jan’s vinyl floor suggestion. The one you picked, as felizlady says, is too busy. Floors are the background for your furniture and rugs and accessories. You need something with less movement so it can be used everywhere.