Laminate Options vs Others

last year

Building a new house that will have ~4,500 sq ft of non-tile flooring (zero carpet). I’ve been battling back and forth between laminate, LVP, and engineered hardwood.

We have 5 dogs and engineered hardwood would get destroyed, it just would. I prefer laminate to LVP because they look more like wood, tend to have a better grain feel, and don’t have a shiny plastic reflection.

That said I’ve only seen Karastan and Revwood. I’ve been told these are mid-grade but I cannot find other options. What is the universe of better performing laminates out there? Are the any LVP that can come close to the real look and feel that laminate provides?

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Patricia Colwell Consulting
last year
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Kronotex is made in Germany can be had in the US I think it is now called Swiss Krono. I have some of it but bought it before it was widelay available in Canada so had it shipped with a friends move to Canada. I have 3 huge dogs one 148Lbs my floors have been down for 18 yrs not one scratch but I do not have wood look one looks like slate the other like carrara marble . I love tme they clean up nicely too. We do have LVP in our walkout since the dogs have a free run dog run and a doggie door that also cleans up nicely . It also has been down for 18 yrs and was old school type so we did dricore under it in the basement for a bit warmer feel. It is a wood look I do not think it fools anyone honestly but some of the newer LVP are pretty realistic looking .
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