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Originally Posted by bmcgowan13
We had mostly tile (carpet in the bedrooms, hallways and family room) completely removed in 2019 and had Shaw's LVP installed in all the carpeted areas to include the stairs.
Love it. No more carpet matting or wear patterns through the common areas. Easier to clean up and dirt, grass, pine needles, or burrs that happen to hitchhike in on the dogs.
Also--as somebody else mentioned the size of the tiles 8" through 24" do not seem to "age" well. They seem to date the home back to when those sized tiles were the vogue. (Like avocado appliances)
One big advantage to the LVP is that when you decide to replace the flooring a decade from now it is MUCH easier to remove LVP than ceramic tile. The machines, buffers, chippers, dust vacuums, etc., required to remove the ceramic tile is a huge inconvenience and mess--not to mention the cost to remove it.
The downside to LVP is that our dogs tend to slip a bit on the vinyl (but no nail marks at all) and we are required to wear house slippers or crocs everywhere now to head off foot pain and planters fasciitis. Walking on hard surfaces for a few days definitely made our feet sore.
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The previous owners removed all of the flooring ( I Know there was carpet in the BRs, but no idea what was in the rest of the house), and replaced it all with matching LVP. We're very happy with it.
We have ceramic in several rooms on our house in MD (kitchen and sunroom and marble in the foyer, and yes ceramic/marble is harder on the feet.
Our dog has the same problem with slipping, especially when she's trying to jump on the couch or the bed. So we bought a little foot stool as a first step to the bench at the foot of our bed. Once there she has no problems (and no scratching of the floor, as well...)
And as a Podiatrist, you should NOT be walking around the house barefoot! The Crocs are a great choice! I also have a pair of Oofos sandals which are super comfortable...