COREtec Pro Plus 7" Rigid Core Vinyl Planks

We absolutely love our new floor; so much we’ve decided to carry it into our pantry and laundry area as well. I look forward to talking to your friendly customer service staff soon.

I wanted to give 3.5 stars. I very rarely give 5 stars cuz it has to be 100% fulfilling to the point of making me cry. So instead of just rating it average with 3 I had to go up to 4. Delivery to my door in expected time in good order. I have never used this stuff before but have installed porcelain, ceramic, bamboo floors and vinyl. Porcelain and ceramic tile floors are getting to difficult for me to since I no longer a spring chicken so I tried this stuff because I wanted a water proof floor that is easy to clean due to dogs. I was very happy with the selection. So many options that selection itself was difficult. I do not like the usual floors (you know the ones that look like real wood in the usual wood colors) and they provided that for me. Now to the installation and product: The product is flexible enough to follow a woncky floor but firm enough to hide a little woncky. You can score and snap in the cross-cut direction. It doesn't work real well in the ″grain″ direction. Scoring must be heavy because if not there is a chance the cut will not follow the score. The material can be sculpted or cut with a sharp blade. I have a rounded shower base and instead of trying to cut with some power device I just carved it out with a blade. Worked fine enough. I did this because precision was important and this stuff is not cheap. The floor must be clean of little floor gremlins (little pebbles, dirt-rocks, shavings etc). I looks great and is easier on the hands and knees than mixing mud and wetsaws with NO seams or grout. I decided to buy this product after getting a sample of it in the mail and then putting it in the sink full of water overnight to see what it would do. It was pretty amazing that yes, it did swell but only a very little bit. I could still put the tongue in the groove and snap it together but it was not happy doing so. I left it to dry and it went right back to its happy little self. I really expected it to look like a sponge but it didn't. Anyway, I am not done yet as I have only completed the bathroom but so far my gripes are the following: The cork base of the tile does what it is intended to do but that quality also makes it stick to the floor if there is any sticky stuff from previous flooring (adhesives n such). That brings me to really the only complaint I have. The short snap cannot be placed and completely snapped at the same time as the long snap. Due to physics it cannot be done simultaneously. Therefore, one has to wiggle-squiggle the short snap as far as is possible (which is not complete) and then insert the long snap and complete that snap. Then you have to go back and hammer bang the short snap together from the other end so that there is no crack space left in both directions. This will lead to some damage to the banging end eventually. Sometimes the banging doesn't work and you have to take it apart and try again. The banging part might have been worsened by the fact that I removed a glued linoleum floor and some tack remained and the cork like it. I still have a room and a closet to do that has carpet so I will find out if it is as difficult as the bathroom was. I would buy it again. I think it will last a while and it floats, is water-tight, relatively easy to install and is just pretty. Oh, as is usual the trim parts are expensive, geez. There is no acclimation period either and is much lighter than ceramic tile OMG! Time will tell though how I feel about it long term.

Our installer suggested we purchase a rigid core vinyl plank. After researching a few brands, I decided to purchase Coretec Pro Plus. The planks installed easily, and we are very pleased with the color we had chosen. By ordering online, we saved money, and the person I worked with was very helpful. Delivery was a little tricky. The delivery is curb to curb, which means the delivery person will not place the product in your garage or home. We live on a gravel road, and when we were called about delivery, they were hesitant to come down our road, because delivery is made by a full size semi truck. We had to meet the driver in a parking lot near our town. The driver transferred the boxes to our pick up truck, which worked well. I'm not able to comment on the durability of this product because it was just installed, but it does look great!