I couldn't find the home maintenance/care thread and it wouldn't matter anyway b/c I've never read it to know if this is covered.
I finally committed to one of these things this year. Some dipshit in my stack was putting the stuff that fresh food is packed with down their drain, backed up the pipe and caused water in mine. I didn't think it was that bad, but it's going to end up having me replacing the entire floor except for the carpeted bedroom and one tiled bathroom, plus all the cabinetry, countertops and backsplash. Basically, with the water having touched the wood floor and the island that is cabinet material, everything of that material has to be replaced b/c they can't match it.
Anyway, the floors were engineered wood. I can replace it with like-quality engineered wood, but I'm leaning towards getting slightly less expensive luxury vinyl for practical purposes and having more flexibility if more crap happens in the future. I'll utilize the price difference in upgrading the other stuff. Smart? Dumb?
Assuming that's the move, anyone know anything about vinyl flooring? I can't find crap online that clearly says what the "best" one is, and the guy at the store was telling me they're all pretty much the same and that the price differences are in how good the graphics are, which seemed like bullshit. Surely there are different levels of quality in the construction of the floor material itself, right?
It seemed like there's good designs/colors in every brand and sub-type. I want to know the best floor type/brand/model first and then select the design/color out of that field.
What's the best flooring? Within the LV world, I think there's no max price I'm limited by because it's all cheaper than what it would be to get engineered wood.
After the flooring is settled on, this thread will move on to cabinetry, counters and backsplash. T-Y.