What kind of flooring do you use/recommend?

Question

Long term rental hold. 20+ years.In Texas, 2 story house with plywood upstairs.

Had one flooring store recommend glue down, they said this is better than 20mil 5mm snap in LVP flooring, as the snap ins sometime break and you can easily replace a glue down.

Another flooring store recommended "loose lay flooring" basically that is similar glue down, but has sticky material on each board.

What are your thoughts? We decided to go with 20mil 5mm LVP waterproof.

Greg Scott · Answer

In our apartments we use glue-down vinyl plank. However our floors are lightcrete. Our installer does not like installing those on plywood.

Ryan Kelly · Answer

@Bob S. stairs are tricky with LVP, but we've used floating so far. Some brands are better than others for having the nose pieces for the front of the stairs. Overall, we like LVP for the durability factor.

What kind of flooring do you use/recommend?

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