Water line failed, need new flooring. Currently have edit: Laminate and it’s not my favorite but I’m sure the options are limited. I’d like real hardwood but that will be figured out after we see what the insurance pays.

Other than LVP or real hardwood, is there a good option?

We’re unsure on tile currently, though the bath and mudroom/laundry have held up well.

Probably no tile for cost.

Currently looking at LVP but it will require some extra baseboard work.

This message has been edited. Last edited by: Riley, December 07, 2024 08:40 PM

Wood-looking tile is what I plan on eventually replacing my LVP with.

The look of wood (-ish, but more than LVP), with the durability and ease of cleaning of tile. And both better looking and better wearing than LVP.

We did hardwood over our slab after removing carpeting. When the time came to do the remainder of the house we went with LVP. As soon as my wife looks the other way I'm ripping out the LVP and going hardwood.

How about tile?:



^^^That’s our master bedroom, bath and closet.

Huh, that’s the entrance to master bedroom and we’ve had it for maybe eight years now. I never noticed it before, but looking at the picture, they didn’t stagger those very well, did they? Now I’m gonna see that every time I walk in the room.

We went with COREtec for the entire house in MI except the bathrooms:



It was the really expensive stuff though, over $10 a sqft. It was the happy wife, happy life color. It’s supposed to be just about everything proof and it’s warmer and softer on bare feet.

Tile is good as long as you have a good, solid subfloor.
If you have weak points in your subfloor, you'll get cracking in the tile sooner or later.

A) Insulate the tile floor - not many people insulate slabs. Not sure why. That, or heated floors are much nicer.

B) I'm assuming trowel down epoxy isn't an option - works well at work.

Do they still do custom pour in place linoleum? There's one of those going on 90 years old in a family member's house. (It is a compass rose, poured into what was the play room for small children.)

The problem with hardwood is drops, dings, scratches, etc. still need to be sanded and re-coated at some point.
I’m over that.
Tile is a nice option.

The only bit of caution I'll give you on wood look tile is to watch the stuff that's textured or grooved. I laid wood look tile in my condo years back and it was a total pain int he dick to clean.
Its durable and looks good, just make sure it cleans easily.

ETA: I probably also bought the cheaper end of the spectrum when I purchased my tile.

Our entire house is wood-look tile [smooth, not textured], and the back porch too.
Easy clean, pretty durable [have a couple small cracks in low traffic areas] and I like cold tile, barefoot on a warm day.

I do have a few 'hollow' tiles, but don't want the effort of re-doing them to fix it right now.

We had real hardwood at our former house. Looks great, but over time needs maintenance

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Originally posted by RogueJSK:
Wood-looking tile is what I plan on eventually replacing my LVP with.

The look of wood (-ish, but more than LVP), with the durability and ease of cleaning of tile. And both better looking and better wearing than LVP.

I've had that in my bedroom and dining room the last 8 years. It's been great.

Bump.

We had laminate and are looking at LVP and real hardwood but no tile.

We put in Karndean LVP two years ago and are very happy with it.
Durable and easy to clean.

Vinyl, laminate, wood, and tile all have their pros and cons.

I’ve put in porcelain tile in most of the house. It has so many advantages compared to the other types of flooring. But it’s all about getting a solid tile crew as installation is just as important as the actual floor. To me it’s the strongest, most durable, easiest to clean and you could drop a jack on good porcelain and it wouldn’t even make a mark.

I’m currently reflooring a bedroom and I went with laminate. Oak would have been 33% more expensive. Tile was out for this room because it’s a sound room. My HT has carpet and that’s the only room in the house that has carpet. I’m going to use this same laminate in my office, and back to porcelain tile for the master.

Stained concrete would be #1 on my list but the foundation really needs to be poured for it. People that replace traditional flooring run into a lot of issues doing stained concrete. The stain never ends up being what they wanted. I’m going that route for my metal building, as in the whole thing. Area rugs and sound treatment for any room that needs audio.

We installed porcelain "genuine imitation wood grain tile" throughout the house. We chose Brazilian rosewood pattern and couldn't be more happy with it.

Thanks all!

Just finished the LVP install and it’s great.

Need to find some good help to install the appliances carefully… the first guys dented the fridge and made a chore of it.

I’ll be looking at renting an air pallet type thing.

Sheet of 3/8" or 1/2" plywood, on top of 1.5" schedule 80 PVC pipes cut about 3" narrower on each side of the appliance/board and roll your appliances in place.

I would not use laminate if you gave it to me for free.

I use hardwood over wood construction.

Engineered hardwood over concrete floors. It is better for moisture and movement. It can not be sanded and refinished more than once or twice.

I use tile that looks like wood in mudrooms and some bathrooms.

We did a premium LVP made by Lowes in 2022 for our kitchen reno and it's been really good. The stuff seems pretty bulletproof and solid.

I was interested in doing LVP from a company called Florret. They offer a 40 mil wear layer and the samples I got looked very nice.

I liked the warmth compared to tile. (Walking in socks or barefoot.)

Unfortunately, our builder refused to do it. Toll Brothers does not even offer an LVP option in Florida now. Never got a straight answer as to why.

So we went with a tile that looks like wood.

I presume that LVP means, what luxury vinyl plank??
Hard to decipher.

If that's what it is, what's the problem with it long term? It's much softer than tile, that means less likely to break a plate or suffer head injury from a fall. Waterproof. ?Not as cold as tile?

We have good quality but older laminate that is NOT waterproof. New stuff claims to be waterproof (Quik-Step is the brand).