Why I Started Installing Luxury Vinyl Plank Flooring The first time I installed luxury vinyl plank flooring, I was honestly just trying to avoid paying contractor prices. A friend had gotten a flooring quote for a small basement remodel, and the labor cost alone nearly gave both of us a heart attack. So naturally we thought, “How hard can this be?” Well… harder than the YouTube videos made it look lol. I still remember kneeling on a cold concrete floor at almost midnight trying to figure out why the planks suddenly stopped locking together properly halfway across the room. Turns out our first row had drifted slightly crooked. Tiny mistake.…