Another thing to consider when looking at the engineered floors is plank length. I just realized why I didn't like some of the photos I saw ... they had too many short pieces which gives the floor a choppy look and to me, it looks too much like a tile effect. The Uptown Floors suggested above sound great, and I will look at them more closely, but they still have "shorter" board (12" to 8 ft). I am looking at another company with board lengths from 3 ft to 12 ft. Those longer boards make a big difference in the overall look in a larger open floor plan. The longer boards do cost more, so I need to do some more comparisons and value of spending more for a more pleasing look. Their other specs are mostly similar. I think floors are going to be my hardest decision!

I had always loved hardwood floors and wouldn't consider anything else... Until we bought our current house. It has LVP (Coretec Plus) that visually is pretty good at fooling people into thinking it's real wood. When you walk on it, you can tell it's not because it doesn't have the echo of wood. But it also doesn't have the hollow sound that I remember Pergo-type floors having. Since we have an open floor plan, it is actually nice that is is a quieter flooring. We found a box with a few extra pieces of the flooring in the garage, and decided to test how hard it was to scratch/damage. Hubby dropped an ax on it, no marks. Then he "chopped" it with varying degrees of strength and it really took a solid blow to do damage. He also took a screwdriver to it, dragging the tip of the tool across the "grain" of the LVP (the grain is raised) to see how much pressure it took to create a visible mark, and again, it took significant force to make a mark that was noticeable. And with all of the marks that were eventually made, they all maintained the same color under the damage, so they weren't terribly noticeable until we held the plank up in the sunlight at the right angle. So I'm not pretty happy with the flooring, especially since we live in a mountain climate (snowy, muddy) and have large dogs. I think it will hold up very well. I have no experience with other brands though.

I recently had SUPERCORE SPC plank flooring installed over 1200 + square feet in my house that has just sold. It is beautiful flooring and it will be installed throughout my new home. I bought it from WeShipFloors.com. They are great people to deal with, and have been very helpful to me. There is a lot of info on their webpage about SuperCORE. The crew that did my install were very impressed with the flooring. I like the rustic look, but I know it’s not for everyone. SuperCORE comes in about 50 colors I think and numerous wood patterns. It has an aluminum oxide top coating which is very resistant to scratching. It also has an attached foam backing. They will send you samples that can help to narrow down your color choice. I chose a color from several samples and then ordered a full box to click together to get a better idea of the color and pattern of Krypton. I have not been disappointed. I am attaching some photos, but the lighting is not very good and the color is off. The photo of the sample box of flooring with my cat is truer to the color than the photos of it after install. I also like that it can be installed over a large area without thresholds between rooms. Good luck in your search. If you check out SuperCORE, I think you will be impressed. If you do a search for SUPERCORE on this site, it should bring up several discussions with photos.

Bump. I would also like to see specifically the French Oak variations, especially Lombard and Delano.