Vinyl Planks (Recycled)

Luxury vinyl planks with recycled content; durable, water-resistant, and comfortable underfoot.

Carbon and evidence

Product Evidence

Generic material record — no manufacturer product attached.

AI-estimated material

Evidence Base

Category estimate

No product evidence is attached to this generic material, so nothing on this card is numerical. The guidance below is qualitative — an AI-assisted category profile — for early design discussion, not for figures.

Next step: request a current product EPD or manufacturer carbon declaration, or swap in a branded product that holds one.

What's missing (3)

•No current product EPD is recorded.
•No quantified carbon result is recorded.
•No product-specific circularity or material-health claims are recorded.

Service Life — the B4 Replacement Input

15 years · basis not recorded

≈4 installations over a 60-year building study period.

B4 (replacement) follows the building, not the product: an assessor multiplies replacement cycles by project quantities. This record supplies the service life and does not compute B4.

Design & Specification Notes

Luxury vinyl planks with recycled content; durable, water-resistant, and comfortable underfoot.

Typical Uses

•Primary flooring
•High-traffic circulation
•Work areas

Key Performance

Hard-wearing surface for high footfall.

Specification Actions

•Provide VOC/indoor-air evidence and list key additives (e.g. plasticisers, flame retardants) where relevant.
•Verify recycled PVC content and free of harmful plasticisers (phthalates)
•Specify click-fit system for partial replacement

Indicative Health & Indoor Air

medium Risk

•phthalates
•vocs

PVC flooring can contain phthalates and emit VOCs. Specify phthalate-free products meeting FloorScore or equivalent.

Evidence:No evidence held

Products in this category

2 products from 1 manufacturer. Ordered by the evidence each record holds, never by commercial standing.

Specification

Finish: Recycled vinyl planks
Service life: 15 years