PVC flooring

I have a house that's been vacant for a few years because of my wife's illness I never could get back on it to repair water damage to the floors. It needed a hole make over I have completed the outside and not I am on the inside... I have committed to my daughter she could live in it rent free while she went back to collage for her masters...

I am not sure if she will hang around after she gets her masters so will sell are rent it (sell more than likely) when she gets her education in order... My issue is she has a damm small house dog..

I am considering PVC flooring in the hole house,,, has anyone had any experience with it... Its cheaper than hardwood and vinyl... I like vinyl but its hard to suck up the waist...

I have already replaced 2/3 of the flooring and have under lament in place,, The cost of preparing the other two bed rooms for PVC flooring is not a issue...

Is PVC flooring a good choice....

What is PVC flooring??? Do you mean VCT???

Hobo,
Where can you find it at a decent price? All of it
I've heard about is that specialty garage flooring.
And that stuff is HIGH!

I have used the Allure PVC flooring from Home Depot. I like it and have had good luck with it. Some lots can have a strong plastic smell/odor so I would install it before anyone is living in the house. Just install it and air the rooms out for a day or two an it is gone.

Where the stuff really seems to shine in high moisture areas like bathrooms. I like where you do not have to have the floor perfectly smooth to use it. A small crack in the floor will not show through it. So if yo have to repair a bathroom floor you don't have to use filler and sand it smooth like for vinyl. In the bathrooms I have used it in I left it loose on the floor but used silicone chalk around all the edges. It is waterproof.

I am going to use it in two bedrooms in one house. There you will just put a trim board around it like the laminates use.

Like I said earlier. I have really liked it so far. Plus you have a lot of choices of colors/patterns too.

Look on Home Depot's site. It is Allure flooring. It is a PVC plank type flooring. It over laps like the old ceiling tile. There is a adhesive strip about inch wide around the edge that laps over a strip on the next strip.

They have it at looks like wood, stone, patterns, etc. I think there is like 300 different colors/styles.

I've got the Allure JD Seller is talking about covering the whole downstairs in my house. I've got a narrower type with a hardwood look in the living room and master bed room, and the wide stuff that looks like tile in the kitchen. When first put down I had to physically show people that the hardwood wasn't actually wood, it looks so real.

Putting it down is very easy, but if you need a few hints/tips, hit me up. As far as standing up to traffic, mine has been down for nearly 6 years now, and even with a Lab, a Chihuahua, and the rocks I track in from outside, it looks none the worse for wear. Ultimately I have never regretted putting it down, and would gladly do it again if the need arose.

We just installed Lumber Liquidators "Tranquility" flooring in one of our rentals. We picked it because we needed something we could install below grade on concrete that would match the Pergo and hardwood in the rest of the house. I can't say what the long-term result will be but it looks like it's ridiculously tough and it's pretty easy to put down. It looks great. Tranquility is a click-together vinyl plank; normally you install it over a felt underlayment. It is a "floating" floor.
Lumber Liquidators Tranquility

When they put PVC soles on kids shoes it was very slippery.Cant see that it would make a good floor.

This what I am looking at

http://www.artistekfloor.com/res/product.asp

LVP flooring...

I've used the Allure flooring and not had any problems. Lots of people have had problems with it in high moisture situations like bathrooms and basements.

I just looked at the technical info for the Artistek flooring. The only one that has a PVC finish is the American Plank which appears to be their bottom line. The wear layer is half as thick as their mid grade products that have a ceramic bead wear layer.
The PVC has a 6 mil wear thickness and a 7 year warranty. Their mid grade has a 12 mil wear layer and 25 year warranty. Their best product has a 20 or 30 mil wear layer and a lifetime warranty.
In my experience (over 35 years in construction) you get what you pay for when you buy flooring. I suspect the labor is about the same for each grade. You still need to put down a shoe molding (if you want a professional looking job) no matter if you go with the cheap or good stuff. The prep is the same. Spend a few dollars more and get better flooring. I can't imagine putting in a hard surface floor that might only last 7 years.

There are other types of PVC flooring. There are glue down tiles that are used in high traffic commercial applications. If you do keep the house for a rental you may want to go that route since you can take up a damaged tile and replace it much easier than you can the type that partially overlap.

My advice is spend a few more dollars up front so you won't have to spend even more re-doing it in a few years.

(quoted from post at 10:37:43 09/13/13) When they put PVC soles on kids shoes it was very slippery.Cant see that it would make a good floor.

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Gotta believe they thought of that and it's not like the old shoe soles.

PVC makes good sewer pipe but thats about it.

PVC IS good for something besides sewer pipe. Glue down PVC tile is used in commercial rest rooms, gymnasiums,and other high traffic applications. SOME PVC flooring is really good stuff. Unfortunately the stuff the OP asked about doesn't look like it is very good.