I had wood look tile in a bathroom in the last house and would have eventually put it in the basement had we stayed there and I'm a fan... but for a main level, I think it will be too cold/hard/expensive.
I just talked with the contractor and vinyl plank, engineered and hardwood are all viable options if you choose the right products for this job. He's going to show us some stuff later today - he said if we do go engineered we'll have to make sure we use a product that can be refinished later that has the right composition so that if there is any water later its not going to blow up the floor, and probably have to go a little wider to control for expansion/contraction. Since this is above a basement I'm more likely to ruin the basement drywall than the flooring if the dishwasher explodes so that's good to know. If it were on slab, we'd be having a different conversation I think.
I am reading this a lot about the vinyl plank. It makes it really attractive.
I just talked with the contractor and vinyl plank, engineered and hardwood are all viable options if you choose the right products for this job. He's going to show us some stuff later today - he said if we do go engineered we'll have to make sure we use a product that can be refinished later that has the right composition so that if there is any water later its not going to blow up the floor, and probably have to go a little wider to control for expansion/contraction. Since this is above a basement I'm more likely to ruin the basement drywall than the flooring if the dishwasher explodes so that's good to know. If it were on slab, we'd be having a different conversation I think.
(12-21-2018, 10:09 AM)WRXtranceformed Wrote: 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.
I am reading this a lot about the vinyl plank. It makes it really attractive.