I was so set on getting wood look tile until my friends told me to check on Luxury Vinyl, and after doing some reading here on GW, I am almost convinced to switch to LVP/LVT. BUT then I see @Season Contreras's beautiful tiles, I am not so sure again! I like the durability of the tiles and that we can drag furniture on it with no problem of scratching it or damaging it, but then I like the LVP for being warm and not so hard on foot. We are doing about 1000 sqft for kitchen plus family room and entry way, (the rest of the house is carpet for bedrooms and a loft). We have two boys and a dog, a pool right outside the family room, got a big yard with lots of dirt, boys will probably bring some of that in all the time.... Houses in my neighborhood worth about a little over a mil (not ours because we bought it a fixer), they mostly are retired so no little kids running around so they mostly use hardwood or engineered wood. We are in our 40s and plan to retire in this house and not selling anytime soon. What should I use, Wood look tiles or Luxury Vinyl? Thank you for your help!

Interesting...the "Country" grade for Columbia states the knots are to be no bigger than 1.75 inches in size. Which means, had the planks with really big knots been culled, you would have received a full refund/replacement for each board that had a knot bigger than advertised. Unfortunately, in the flooring business "A floor laid is a floor paid." In other words, once it is installed there is no recourse. And I'm even sorrier to tell you that painter's tape is aggressive enough to pull up even the toughest polyurethane finish. For that reason, the blue tape is not something that should be used with floors. If anything, the yellow "sensitive surface" tape is what can be used. And even then it MUST BE removed every day...because any adhesive left long enough can pull up polyurethane. Sadly, your floor has one of the least desireable finishes: urethane acrylic. I'm not fond of it's bigger/better brother polyacrylic...I can only guess the urethane (cheaper than polyurethane) acrylic combination is less than exciting. I know you are horribly disappointed - and you should be - but there are some discussions that need to be had with the installers and the people who installed the product without knowing the specifications. I don't know who that is...but someone who was overseeing the install *should (ahem...this is rare but it is still part of the job of foreman) have known the quality of the product and the specifications. If the foreman/GC knew the knots were only supposed to be 1.75 inches in size, s/he would have known to stop work IMMEDIATELY, call the supplier/store AND THEN call you. As for the missing finish...this is not an issue with the store or the manufacturer...this is an installer issue. Whomsoever said "Ok" to blue painter's tape to be: A. Used on a polyurethane/urethane floor, and B. Allowed to sit for several days is the person who is responsible for dealing with the replacement of those planks. This is going to be a very tough lesson for someone to learn. Again, I am really sorry you went through this. It should not be like this...but it is sometimes. To get a greater sense of the quality of this product, feel free to peruse their installation/warranty paper. It is riddled with spelling and grammatical errors (in English...someone else will have to check the Spanish). https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59a8391fe3df28057d0cc72b/t/5de97cfe9b7dad66621a3762/1575582984071/D%27Vine+Eng+Installations-1204.3.pdf Even in the installation instructions it says: Stop and check everything is OK and the owner likes what is in the boxes. It says it at the top in the red box that takes up 1/4 of a page.

Hi all, I was trying to find som reviews on Bravada symphony and found this thread. Our new symphony floors were installed by contractor about 3 months ago and was covered with Ram boards. The construction has finally ended and after the complete cleaning I’m first time seeing the floors in real. I’ve always had engineered wood floors but this one to my surprise has so many dents and rips. I wanted to ask here did anyone else have the same issue ? I’m wondering if it’s quality control issue or crew that was working inside did this much damage. Attached are some pictures

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