luxury vinyl plank vs engineered hardwood in kitchen
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Comments (4)Diane Higgins, I found your "cheap and fake" comment interesting. Are you assuming that people only buy LVT/LVP to mimic hardwood? That is certainly not the case. Some do, but many are looking for a floor with a pattern/look that they like, and a wood-look is NOT what they are looking for. For instance, the OP has a gorgeous kitchen floor - that is certainly NOT a wood-look floor - it looks like a tile. And it IS a tile - a vinyl one. I think it looks gorgeous....See MoreVinyl Plank vs. Engineered Hardwood Flooring and Transition Issues
Comments (3)I have vinyl plank with huge dogs in my walk out basement where they have free access to a large dog run it has been in for 11 yrs and still looks awesome. We have a laminate on our main floor that looks like slate and has also stood up to the brats for 11 yrs there is no way wood could have handled all that abuse. IMO laminate or vinyl plank in good condition is better than scratched up wood floor that would have to be refinished before sale. We now have a great pyrenees as our 2 old dogs have passed away and he really is rough on floors , no wood could possibly stand up to him.The pic is the laminate floor and the old dogs...See MoreBest flooring types. Engineered Hardwood vs luxury vinyl vs tile.
Comments (4)We are planning to replace flooring throughout our house as well, 2900 sq ft. We currently have 20yo tile and carpet that our new dog has had accidents on. We are trying to budget and also debating btwn hardwood, porcelain wood look plank tiles , or engineered vinyl luxury plank. Any thoughts on Engineered vinyl. I’ve read feels/looks most like wood, is waterproof (rather than water resistant) , doesn’t dent from weight of furniture is pet friendly, and cost less than real wood and tile. My preference is tile due to pets and water , but most likely cost prohibitive due to labor intensive/cost. Hardwood not pet friendly or moisture friendly in kitchen , guest bath. We have a very open floorplan where we cannot separate flooring from kitchen and bath. BUT i’ve also read that you do not get ROI on vinyl flooring, even though a designer told me she is installing Luxury vinyl in multi-million $ homes these days (I am in S. California) Any advice appreciated...See MoreEngineered hardwood vs Luxury Vinyl Plank
Comments (8)I don’t agree that LVP is not a good choice for basements. We used it because we have a walk out that goes to a free access dog run with 3 big dogs and the other entry is to the pool so lots of traffic with wet feet, muddy feet and at the end of the day a quick mop and it looks like new 12 yrs later . Hardwood would have by now looked like garbage from dog nails and water left sitting. IMO you choose flooring to stand up to your lifestyle not because some imaginary buyer will like it better. We have always had floors that are not real wood because we will always have big dogs and no matter how careful you are they can do some real damage to wood floors....See Morechocolatebunny123
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