A few comments about above posts:
- engineered hardwood is real wood. It looks and feels exactly like full 3/4" hardwood, but is better suited to the TV concrete slab floors. It is nothing like laminate, which does look more like plastic because it is.
- if you 'float' engineered hardwood, instead of glueing it down, it will feel funny, just like laminate does.
- if you think "tile is best" you should consult the threads here which air many complaints about tile being very hard to keep clean, cold, too hard, etc.
- In my first post above I was talking about cost from direct experience. I paid a fortune for engineered hardwood from Great Lakes. A year later I saved a ton by buying the same quality flooring and excellent installation at Lowes.
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