i'm in local home depots ,lowe;s and flooring stores a lot. Been looking at the stuff for at least five years or more. Actually I am considering vinyl plank flooring for our bathroom and if I go with it ,it will go right over per go !
Here is what I can tell you, the stuff I looked at just the other day is glue-less. And it is joined together about like the snap together
pergo and all the other plank flooring name brands. The joints however are simply pieced together. In short easy install. Actually I hate per go, I use different brand names on the snap together plank flooring.
You may have noticed there has to be at least 100 different name brands in that snap together plank flooring since per go's patients
ran out years ago. And the stuff keeps getting better because of improvements.
OK, so it is the improvements in the different product lines you really have to stay on top of. 3 years is a long time ago.
All that stuff is rated kitchen and bathroom. What you have to do is find out which of brand names is the best for your money.And the easy install.
AND, you do know the carpet and padding hides a lot ,talking about whats under the carpet, your flooring. If it's an older home
nothing is level. High point and low points. The vinyl will fallow the contour of the floor-sub floor.
OK so the first thing you want to do after ripping out your carpet, padding and tack strips is sweep it all up clean and inspect the underlayment. Find the high and low spots, throw a level across the floor. Than make your decision about what you are going to put down.