Luxury Vinyl Planks

I currently re-flooring all our upstairs rooms, except bathrooms, with the "designer-series' LifeProof LVP. The main difference between it and the regular LifeProof is the thickness of the wear layer, has a more matte and slip-resisant finish too. Think it was about $3,600 total for 54 boxes (~950 sq-ft).

Are you planning to do the work yourself?

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Cost not an issue

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then go with ceramic. LVP in the residential market is pretty low quality. If LVP is what you want though, contact a local supply house and review their commercial grade options

Built a house 40 months ago and went with LVT for all the BRs, hall, dining & den on the first floor (2300 sf). Went with the expensive stuff. It's separating and peeling in spots already.

Planning on replacing in 2027 with oak & tile.

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separating and peeling

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Ours is doing the same. Slivers along the edges of some of the planks delaminate. I’m going to have to go fill them all in with epoxy so they don’t continue to propagate.

LVP is plastic with a picture of wood on it . Not something I would consider as adding any value to a nice house

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LVP is plastic with a picture of wood on it . Not something I would consider as adding any value to a nice house

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Agree…. And it has served its purpose with 3 boys

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Went with the expensive stuff. It's separating and peeling in spots already.

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What brand / model did you use? Quality is determined by more than a mil wear layer.

I have Mannington Adura Max and it looks like the day I installed it 7 yrs ago. I also have 2 dogs that go nuts on it every day.

Flooret Signature seems to be the most recommended in 2026.

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LVP is plastic with a picture of wood on it

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There's ceramic tile with pictures of wood on it too. Engineered wood flooring is basically plywood with a veneer of wood and the same auminum oxide wear layer as LVP but often less of it. Flooring always comes down to the quality of installation and thoroughness of prepping the installation surface. I'd take properly done LVP over poorly installed tile or hardwood any day. There's a vast difference between lower grade LVP and the higher grade stuff. I am removing low quality, poorly installed floating LVP right now. It's seperating at seams where the subfloor is uneven and it's so thin that it's total thickness isn't even as thick as the core layer of what I'm putting down now.

"Designer Series" LifeProof. Has a 30 mil wear layer, feels more grabby than the normal stuff but basically all the upstairs areas could be called high-traffic in this house. Eventually the entire downstairs will need to be done as well as re-tiling the bathrooms.