I saw the issues that came with hardwood floors first hand time after time doing service work for new home construction. I also used laminate in a couple of my own homes as an affordable alternative to hardwood but had issues in the first year with water and chipping.

We decided to install luxury vinyl plank when we built our current home. Its been over one year since we moved into our home, and I wanted to take a few minutes to walk through and show you how it has held up in terms of scratches and dings, spills, and humidity, and temperature changes!

Feel free to reach out in the comments with any questions!

Video Contents:

0:00 Introduction
0:20 Why We Chose Glue Down Vinyl Plank
1:01 Quick Tour Continuous Vinyl Entire House
2:00 Why We Didn't Use Hardwood / Laminate
2:46 Water Resistant, Pantry Example
3:39 Water Resistant, Kitchen Example
3:55 Close up Look Product Out of Box
4:13 Vinyl and Humidity
5:11 Problems: Gapping & Temperature Issues
7:48 Scratch Resistance Examples
9:06 Scratch Example
9:41 Why Doesn't Everyone Use It?
10:09 Calling For Questions
10:21 Problem: Bumps Show Through
11:23 Conclusion & Subscribe!!!

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