![]() When it comes to selecting the best carpet for your needs, where do you start? If you’re like most people, walking into a fully stocked showroom can be overwhelming. The next time you’re in your local flooring retailer or here at D&S, be sure to give rigid core flooring, and specifically SPC flooring a good look! Here at our showroom, we carry and display the following SPC options from these companies: WPC resilient vinyl is still more resistant to indentation than traditional LVP or sheet vinyl while maintaining the soft feel customers have come to love about vinyl. The core is made up of wood pulp, plasticizers, and foaming agents. WPC is made with the same idea as SPC, only its engineered core is softer, thicker (taller), and less dense. The second type of rigid core flooring is called wood plastic (polymer) composite (WPC). So, rigid core alone is nearly triple the entire LVT market in 2015. To put this in perspective, total LVT sales just six years ago were $1.45 billion. Compare that to 2020 when rigid core/SPC checked in at $2.617 billion and 1.63 billion square feet. ![]() That translates to $3.845 billion in sales and 2.047 billion square feet. FCNews research shows that rigid core/SPC garnered 45.6% of total resilient sales in 2021 and 34.8% of volume. “.the rigid core subsegment of the resilient category is driving the overall growth. Here are the recent stats per Floor Covering news: With these practical improvements, visual appeal, and competitive price point, it’s no wonder rigid core/SPC flooring has been flying off the shelves. As for price point, SPC costs between $3.50 and $7 per square foot. It’s better at hiding subfloor imperfections (no telegraphing) than standard LVT and comes with all the attractive features of LVP: beveled edges, textured wear layers, and high-definition print designs for added realism whether you want a wood look or a tile look. Many SPC products also come with a click-together system for easy installation. As a thicker LVP product, SPC also absorbs and blocks more sound and is more dent-resistant. This dense core adds dimensional stability to the product, which means it reduces expansion and contraction with changes in temperature and humidity. In addition to these layers, it has a dense, engineered core typically comprised of 60% calcium carbonate (powdered limestone), polyvinyl chloride, and stabilizers. Like LVP, SPC has several layers: a finish layer, wear layer, print layer, and backing. SPC VinylĪs we explain in our All About Vinyl article, rigid core or stone polymer composite or solid polymer core (SPC) is a luxury vinyl plank (LVP) or tile (LVT) with an engineered core. Thanks to this latest introduction, vinyl is not only budget-friendly, waterproof, soft underfoot, and easy to maintain, it’s even more durable, dimensionally stable, and dent resistant. Vinyl flooring is the most popular and fastest-growing hard surface flooring in the United States, and the biggest contributor to that growth is the innovative, “rigid core” sub-segment. ![]()
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