Anyone have experience with vinyl plank flooring?

[Jay B.]

Anyone have experience with vinyl plank flooring in a rental?

The stuff I am referring to can be seen here:

TrafficMaster Allure 6 in. x 36 in. Cherry Resilient Vinyl-Plank Flooring

Thanks

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My son is midway through installing one right now.

He put the wood look in one kitchen and it has held up well. So now he is doing a laundry room, bathroom, and kitchen in the tile look Allure plank.

Having learned from the last install, he bought a super fine blade for his chop saw, and it makes the job much easier.

There is more waste with the tile look, because the "grout lines" have to be matched up. There was virtually no waste with the wood look.

It goes down really fast if the room is square and the walls are straight. It's slower when there are lots of closets and some diagonal walls, but when the floor shape is complex, it is a lot easier to fit than sheet vinyl.

I scrubbed the old floor and the new floating plank goes right over the top of the old vinyl floor.