My subfloor is slab on grade. The original flooring throughout the entire house was VCT 8"x8" squares which we had carpeted over years ago. I just removed the carpet and pad, did some minimal patching to smooth out the areas where the tile was damaged, and installed the Modin directly on the tile. The Flooret installation sheet says no underlayment is necessary and since our home is 55 years old with no moisture problems, I didn't think it necessary to use a moisture barrier. The planks are about 1/4" thick so they will hide minor imperfections but it IS vinyl so it will show some through. The fact that the surface is not glossy helps to minimize any unevenness.

@frangurerin I've had the Quick Shine Floor Finish on my floors for a few months now - its still shiny - and have not stripped it - except one small area where I tried to use the baking soda / water solution to take out a stain and it dulled it really bad so I had to strip that small area. It was not easy to strip so I dont plan to strip it again. The Floor Finish shine holds up great. No more footprints or streaks. This is what is working for me and my floors are now super easy to take care of: >> Clean and dry and apply 3 coats of Quick Shine Multi Surface Floor Finish - leaves it super shiny. This will hold up a long long time and you should not have to do again for a few months - and then you just need one coat to bring back the shine, if you need that at all.. >>To clean it daily, weekly, etc. I use Quick Shine Floor Cleaner with a wet mop, do one wipe down after that with a mop with water to remove some excess, then - and this is the important thing - I dry it with a big towel (this acts to buff it and avoid streaks or cloudy floors) and my floors are beautiful and super easy to maintain. And no more footprints or streaks. Everyone comments on how great my floors look. Read the reviews on Amazon on the Floor Finish - everyone loves it.

The other LVP is not just in the hallway, it's throughout the main part of my house - open concept kitchen/living room. Carpeting only remains in two bedrooms. Our pets have basically destroyed the carpet over the years and I need to replace it with something more durable. I've had good luck with LVP with pets compared to both carpet and hardwood, which is why I want to go in that direction. I'm amazed in the improvements in LVP since I bought the original floor long ago!

I live near a Daltile showroom and picked up this black slate look tile (click these words) for our kitchen family room renovation. This "Daltile Delegate Black" is porcelain and has some "slate-like" dimension on the surface. I also have samples of Daltile's real Brazilian black slate tile so I can make a comparision. Brazil Black Slate These tiles do not come in 12 by 24." Although they look black in the picture, they are a soft charcoal gray in real life. Only available in a square shape. Perhaps a sealer would make it look blacker? If so, we don't want a floor that requires that level of maintenance. As such, we will probably go with "Delegate Black." I just took this picture. Here is a single 12” by 24” Delegate tile on the bottom, two Brazil Black slate tiles above and a square sample of a black painted wood for reference. The Brazil Black tiles are slightly darker than pictured below. The Brazil Black (the real slate) also leans slightly blue (at least these two tiles do). The Delegate Black doesn't appear to lean blue or green. What appears to be "veins" in the tile are actually changes in the surface of the slate/porcelain. I've been to other tile showrooms and the Daltile "Delegate Black" is the best fake slate I've seen. @Gin J Choosing flooring is just a tough process for those of us who cannot have single type of hardwood throughout the home. Our kitchen is next to an engineered hardwood floor that we cannot match since it's a distinct style that was made 10 or so years ago. Porcelain tile is our best bet. Black plays nicely with the amber/ distressed/ red tones of the engineered wood floor it will abut.