FLOORING COMPARISON

Please note that this is a generic flooring comparison designed to give a brief overview of major differences between materials. Uses, features, and installation methods can vary depending on the manufacturer. 

*How to define the WPC, SPC and More Rigid Core Products?

WPC represents the class of rigid vinyl flooring products with an expanded or foamed polymer core. Originally called 'wood plastic core' or ' wood polymer core,' it is often referred to as waterproof composite or core. SPC products refer to the class of rigid vinyl flooring products with a solid polymer core.

While both WPC and SPC are both part of rigid core produt family, each flooring type has significant differences. Generally speaking, the typical construction of WPC flooring includes an expanded or foamed core, topped with a vinyl layer, design layer, wear layer and finished top coating such as UV cure urethane. Think of it as an extruded core with an LVT layer bonded on top. Many WPC floorings include a pre-attached underlayment to aid in underfoot comfort and to provide better sound properties.

The SPC core has a much higher consentration of limestone, less polyvinyl chloride (PVC), and is not expanded by the use of foaming agents. SPC construction thermally fused the design layer directly to the core, eliminating the vinyl layer that's used between the design layer and core in WPC construction. Typically SPC flooring are thinner, denser and heavier than WPC flooring.

WPC flooring's foamed core reduces weight, providing more quiet, warmth and comfort underfoot than SPC flooring; SPC flooring is harder to cut than WPC but also more dent- and impact- resistant; both floorings are waterproof and hide minor subfloor imperfections, and both can be installed in larger areas than laminate or floating vinyl floors before T-molding are required.

*How it performs compared to luxury vinyl and -most important- how to install them?

Rigid core floorings are engineered to help solve problems that traditional LVT can not. WPC and SPC are easier to install over imperfact subfloors and are less likely to show subfloor irregularities. Rigid core flooring are also waterproof and water-resistant.

WPC and SPC flooring are both installed with click locking systems.  While WPC and SPC will work with minor subfloor imperfections compared to LVT and glue-down sheet vinyl, any abrupt changes in height along the subfloor will cause the flooring to fail.

WPC and SPC planks lock together and can be installed above existing flooring. An even greater benefit of SPC and WPC is that the products can be installed without acclimation, making them an excellent choice for projects on a quick timeline. All these floorings- WPC and SPC flooring have similar installation methods, since most of them are designed to be floating floors with click systems. Rigid core is a more forgiving material to work with than glue-down options.

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