I really dislike tile floor in a whole house unless you live in the tropics. As for the finish on the floors tile when wet is always slippery but the only space to me that would bean issue is a bathroom..I find tile floor very hard on knees, feet and backs I guess as I get older this is even a bigger issue . I do love the look of those tiles . I have laminate from Germany that looks like cararra marble it is in my bedroom and I love it so I understand the look for sure

I'm with Patricia...but other than the downsides of tile, the tile you have chosen shows it has the slip rating for SHOWER floors! If it is good enough for a shower it is good enough for Granny.

I love the look of the tile you selected. I had all tile for 20 years and then I moved to a home with carpet. I don't like carpet, but found that within a month of living here I was going to bed at night without leg pain and back pain. I am slowly changing all the flooring to LVT and loving it.

There is no way a back or a knee knows the difference between walking on hardwood or tile. This is silly.

A floor can get a coefficient of friction rating, wet and dry, which is a scientific measure of how slippery it is.

@Joseph Corlett, LLC -

Before calling someone else's viewpoint "Silly" you may have wanted to validate your position.

It took me less than 1 minute to do a google search and find this abstract.

"Abstract

This study investigated the influence of flooring on subjective discomfort and fatigue during standing and on potentially related objective measures. Participants stood for 4 h on each of 7 flooring conditions while performing computer tasks. During the 3rd and 4th h, floor type had a significant effect on a number of subjective ratings, including lower-leg and lower-back discomfort/fatigue and 2 of 4 objective variables (center of pressure weight shift and lower-extremity skin temperature). In addition, lower-leg volumetric measurements showed tendencies toward greater lower-extremity swelling on uncomfortable floors. The hard floor and 1 floor mat condition consistently had the worst discomfort/fatigue and objective ratings. Significant relationships were noted between the affected subjective ratings and objective variables. In general, floor mats characterized by increased elasticity, decreased energy absorption, and increased stiffness resulted in less discomfort and fatigue. Thus flooring properties do affect low-back and lower-leg discomfort/fatigue."

Jennifer:

Thanks, but where's the comparison between tile floors and wood floors please?

@Design Girl Thank you. I would really appreciate some pictures please. Also to confirm it was satin finish on the floor or matte?

@Joseph Corlett, LLC

It seems to reason that if running on concrete is worse than running on asphalt, both hard surfaces, but not equally hard, that wood flooring (hard) would be better than tile (very hard).

Drop a hammer on your hardwood flooring - you will dent the hardwood flooring.

Drop a hammer on your tile flooring - you may shatter or crack the tile, but you will not dent the tile.

I can state that I lived with tile and it caused a lot of leg and back pain.

I moved - had carpet - reduced leg and back pain.

Replaced carpet with LVT - no increase to the leg or back pain.

My guess would be that Hardwood would be most similar to LVT in terms of hardness.