Waterproof means the plank sheds water. It does not mean the

COREtec Pro Plus and Shaw Floorté aren't disposable floors. The SPC core is 100% waterproof, dimensionally stable across full temperature swings, and engineered with Angle-Tap click-lock geometry that lets a single damaged plank release and re-lock mid-field — no thresholds cut, no rooms torn out. That's what makes a m

COREtec Pro Plus and Shaw Floorté are built around an SPC — stone plastic composite — core, typically 5mm to 8mm thick with a 12-mil to 20-mil wear layer on the premium tiers. That density is what makes the plank repair-friendly: the board holds its shape when a neighbor is unlocked, so the Angle-Tap click-lock geometr

A Princeton homeowner called me because a hairline seam had opened down her hallway. Three years in, and the floor was suddenly moving. That's humidity. Click-lock LVP swells and shrinks with the seasons, and if the perimeter gap got covered or a cabinet was set on top of the field, the planks lift when you walk. In a 

Waterproof means the plank sheds water. It does not mean the assembly below it does. Under a Basking Ridge second-floor bath that's usually 3/4-inch tongue-and-groove plywood; in a Bernardsville ranch it may be OSB over joists; in a Somerset slab-on-grade it's concrete with vapor drive rising through the pour. COREtec