Some of the planking is made of a substrate that is similar to MDF (basically cardboard). I made some temporary repairs using this. It does not like moisture at all.
Recently I replaced all of that with some which is labeled "waterproof" and is made of a vinyl substrate that is more like the old, traditional asphalt tile. It really does seem to be waterproof.
Most big-box joints will have samples you can take with you. I suggest you choose very carefully as anything with wood fibers will be swelling up once any moisture gets to it. Bring your samples home and expose them to varying levels of dampness to see how they react.
2¢ Just my six cents.
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Cheers, Ed
The stuff we're talking about is vinyl - all but the cheapest stuff is waterproof. It only looks like wood - there's no wood or wood fibers or other leftover wood product in it. It looks like wood, until you hold it up close, but some of it is even textured along the simulated grain. It's pretty amazing stuff. I was looking at it for my kitchen a while ago, and if you stick with colors that you might actually find on real wood, and avoid the really cheapo stuff, it's quite impressive. Totally different from laminate flooring like Pergo. It goes on and is easily maintained like that crappy 70's linoleum everyone put in their kitchens, but it looks like a wood floor. I like the idea because besides the kitchen and bathroom, my entire house has real hardwood floors (some was buried under 80's carpet, but that was all ripped out).
--Randy
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rrinker The stuff we're talking about is vinyl - all but the cheapest stuff is waterproof. It only looks like wood - there's no wood or wood fibers or other leftover wood product in it. It looks like wood, until you hold it up close, but some of it is even textured along the simulated grain. It's pretty amazing stuff. I was looking at it for my kitchen a while ago, and if you stick with colors that you might actually find on real wood, and avoid the really cheapo stuff, it's quite impressive. Totally different from laminate flooring like Pergo. It goes on and is easily maintained like that crappy 70's linoleum everyone put in their kitchens, but it looks like a wood floor. I like the idea because besides the kitchen and bathroom, my entire house has real hardwood floors (some was buried under 80's carpet, but that was all ripped out). --Randy
Planks or squares, it is a product commonly known as LVT, or Luxury Vinyl Tile.
Some of it clicks together and floats, some of it glues down, but it is a rubber/vinyl product all the way thru.
Sheldon
rrinker I am so sick of hearing "this thing" "day", I can't wait for this to be over. But of course I still am getting things like "black friday extended" and "cyber monday - extra 24 hours!" It's all a scam. There are never any really better deals than you can get at various times of the year. But boy have the sheeple bought in to it. When I need something, I'll buy it. If it's on sale - great. If I don;t need it immediately, I'll wait for a sale. If something I've had my eye on goes on sale, especially a significant one, I'll buy it. Doesn't have to be "cyber monday" or any other 'special' day. I realize I am a mostly lone voice whistling in the wind here, it's hard to overcome years of marketing brainwashing. Same for the stores that open Thanksgiving afternoon. They aren't heartlessly making thei employees leave behind families to come to work. The heartless ones are the sheeple who go out in droves to shop Thanksgiving afternoon. If no one showed up, the stores wouldn't open. / end rant So no, I got no model train things for "cyber monday". I did buy a few household necessities like soap and toilet paper though - does that count? I take my car for inspection tomorrow, I guess that makes it "car repair wednesday". --Randy
I am so sick of hearing "this thing" "day", I can't wait for this to be over. But of course I still am getting things like "black friday extended" and "cyber monday - extra 24 hours!"
It's all a scam. There are never any really better deals than you can get at various times of the year. But boy have the sheeple bought in to it. When I need something, I'll buy it. If it's on sale - great. If I don;t need it immediately, I'll wait for a sale. If something I've had my eye on goes on sale, especially a significant one, I'll buy it. Doesn't have to be "cyber monday" or any other 'special' day.
I realize I am a mostly lone voice whistling in the wind here, it's hard to overcome years of marketing brainwashing. Same for the stores that open Thanksgiving afternoon. They aren't heartlessly making thei employees leave behind families to come to work. The heartless ones are the sheeple who go out in droves to shop Thanksgiving afternoon. If no one showed up, the stores wouldn't open.
/ end rant
So no, I got no model train things for "cyber monday". I did buy a few household necessities like soap and toilet paper though - does that count? I take my car for inspection tomorrow, I guess that makes it "car repair wednesday".