re: LVP v engineered hardwoods and terrazzo question

Love my LVP from CaliBamboo. I’d Google the site and link but then every damn add would be for them (which is how I found them in the first place)

There some threads I posted about my experience and some other posters followed my advice and used them as well

This was the quote from January 2020



Was $3.79 / sq ft then had some discounts on top that

Here was my thread for the work
LINK

Man it’s been awhile. I hired a handy man I knew and he knocked it out. I’ll have to look at some old files to see what he charged

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This was the quote from January 2020



Was $3.79 / sq ft then had some discounts on top that

Here was my thread for the work
LINK

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Thanks for sharing - and that looks good!

Yes I'm also dreading the labor / install cost along with completely rearranging / moving my home in order to get it installed.

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how was the labor cost as a % of the materials cost?

we're doing 3700sf of hardwood so the labor cost is concerning on top of the materials.

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You can't figure based on a % of materials because just like hardwood the price for materials from least expensive to most expensive can vary a lot while labor is going to be fairly similar. If the prices are similar to around me you are looking at $4 per sq give or take for LVP or engineered hardwood labor. This can go up a fair amount depending on the floor that is currently down (I got the impression this isn't new construction).

If you are doing 3700 ft^2 of LVP/engineered I assume it is safe to say your house is at least 4000 ft^2. I personally wouldn't do LVP in a house that size it would be engineered hardwood at a minimum especially if it was a "forever" house. One thing to keep in mind for LVP and engineered hardwood is the wear layer. My next-door neighbor owns a chain of flooring stores and a few months ago he was showing me some LVP with a 4 mil wear layer and was laughing about people buying it.

Good info. We were pretty much in the hardwood camp but there's so much talk about LVP I didn't want to dismiss it right away. You are correct this is hopefully our forever home but if not we want the work we do to be an asset to the house.