12-21-2018, 10:09 AM
(This post was last modified: 12-21-2018, 10:11 AM by WRXtranceformed.)
I didn't get to choose the engineered hardwood in our main level because we bought a spec home. They used a decently upgraded version (I forget the brand) but it's not aging well and we do not wear our shoes in the house, do not have kids yet, and have no pets. The biggest issue I have with it is not necessarily the wood itself, they put the expansion joint for the main level slab right through the middle of the damn house, so I have a separation through our kitchen and living room of about 1/8". Other than that, we've had a few issues with the edges of the engineered planks chipping and like I said, we are pretty easy on our floors.
I put the wood-looking vinyl in our townhouse before we sold it and it looked awesome. My brother in law also got the higher end vinyl planks with the matte and "hand scraped" finish, which actually looks really good (ie. like wood) and their two young boys are HARD on it and it hasn't shown a scratch. His litmus test was scraping a key across it before they bought it.
For my two cents you probably don't want because it's neither of your options:
After spending Thanksgiving in my uncle's 10,000sq ft.+ mansion in ATL, I am dead nuts sold on doing the tile that looks like wood in our main level when I have to replace this stuff in a few years. We had talked about looking into it but after seeing it in person in his basement (ie. laid on concrete slab) it looks freaking fantastic, is really durable and if for some reason you were able to scratch / damage / break it, it is tile so you can just crack it out and replace it. That's another big issue with the engineered / locked in woods....if you ever need to replace a few boards you usually have to replace everything all the way to the wall to get to it. With thin grout lines and dark sealed grout, you wouldn't have to worry about it getting dingy / nasty like you do in bathrooms.
I put the wood-looking vinyl in our townhouse before we sold it and it looked awesome. My brother in law also got the higher end vinyl planks with the matte and "hand scraped" finish, which actually looks really good (ie. like wood) and their two young boys are HARD on it and it hasn't shown a scratch. His litmus test was scraping a key across it before they bought it.
For my two cents you probably don't want because it's neither of your options:
After spending Thanksgiving in my uncle's 10,000sq ft.+ mansion in ATL, I am dead nuts sold on doing the tile that looks like wood in our main level when I have to replace this stuff in a few years. We had talked about looking into it but after seeing it in person in his basement (ie. laid on concrete slab) it looks freaking fantastic, is really durable and if for some reason you were able to scratch / damage / break it, it is tile so you can just crack it out and replace it. That's another big issue with the engineered / locked in woods....if you ever need to replace a few boards you usually have to replace everything all the way to the wall to get to it. With thin grout lines and dark sealed grout, you wouldn't have to worry about it getting dingy / nasty like you do in bathrooms.
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2017 Mazda CX-5 GT AWD Premium
Past: 2016 GMC Canyon All Terrain Crew Cab / 2010 Jaguar XFR / 2012 Acura RDX AWD Tech / 2008 Cadillac CTS / 2007 Acura TL-S / 1966 5.0 HO Mustang Coupe
2001 Lexus IS300 / 2004 2.8L big turbo WRX STI / 2004 Subaru WRX / A couple of old trucks