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Water-proof floors
Including installation, carpet take up and haul away, shoe mold, and transitions.
From $4.99 per sq. ft.
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IT’S ALL IN THE CORE
VINYL FLOORS BASICS
Like laminate, solid hardwood, and engineered hardwood floors, vinyl floors have a protective wear layer on their top surface. The wear layer’s purpose is to protect the decorative film layer, followed by the core structure.
The first generation of vinyl floors has a core made from plastic, thus called vinyl. With technological advancements, second-generation vinyl floors have a core made from wood and plastic composites, thus called WPC. Whereas the 3rd generation has a core made from stone and plastic composites, thus called SPC. The main benefit of the non-wood cores is to resist water.
WPC vs. SPC
Wood-plastic composites (WPC) are an alternative solution to glued-down vinyl sheets. One of the benefits is a more rigid core structure with higher durability and performance. WPC and SPC, unlike vinyl sheets, are not glued down. An advanced click-lock mechanism is used, making them easy to install.
Stone Plastic Composites (SPC) were later introduced as a core problem found in WPC when exposed to temperatures above 150°F. Thus, instead of wood, stones are mixed with plastic to create a denser core version with a higher melting temperature.