What kind of floor for a frum home?

amother

Cadetblue

Wed, Nov 20 2024, 2:31 pm

I lived in lkwd in new construction. Had wood in my LR/DR and vinyl in my playroom. The vinyl looks cheap. I moved now and again wood floor is my first choice. The nicest floor in my current home is the wood

miami85

Wed, Nov 20 2024, 2:36 pm

We've lived in our house for 6+years now, and we have a wood laminate through the main level of our house (ranch-style house) but the corners are all coming up now and schmutz under the boards makes it worse. We need to reglue most of them. WE don't have the finances to replace the boards now.

amother

Forestgreen

Wed, Nov 20 2024, 2:41 pm

Im in the same boat. Need to replace floors after 130years!!!! Yes, our wooden floors held up nicely for approx. 90 years, we sanded them 15 yrs ago, but were told there is noooo way we can sand them again, and now we are lost and dunno what to do. Good wood costs, a lot, ppl claim even great high end wood ( which wa cant afford) wouldnt look and keep up as well as our old scatched damaged floor.

oohlala

Wed, Nov 20 2024, 3:58 pm

I have a wood that sealed with a matte finish. It was refinished three years ago. It is scratched for sure but only I can tell. The overall effect is nice and I wouldn’t want any other floor type.

amother

↑ Saddlebrown

Wed, Nov 20 2024, 10:41 pm

amother Forestgreen wrote:

Is that a typo? A Hundred and Thirty Years? If it’s 130 then wow!

↑ nylon

Fri, Nov 22 2024, 6:19 am

amother OP wrote:

What kind of wood is most durable?
Where do I buy prefinished wood?

Why is vinyl hard to clean?

Most flooring stores will have prefinished wood. There's something called the Janka scale that rates it:

https://www.bellforestproducts.....ness/

A good flooring store can help you a lot, with finding the right wood for you.

amother

Purple

Fri, Nov 22 2024, 9:21 am

I have wood floors in my dining room and bedrooms. I'm living in my house around 12 years and I see that I do need to refinish my dining room floors now... but it held up for quite a while. I didn't notice scratches but maybe I'm just not the type to notice. I like the look and it's much easier to clean than tiles.

If you don't want it to get scratched there are things you can put on the bottom of the chairs.

amother

NeonPurple

Fri, Nov 22 2024, 10:12 am

amother Zinnia wrote:

Why does one talk about how horrible vinyl is to wash??? I know it’s not just mine cuz many ppl I say it to agree with me. It’s physically hard to wash! I way on a very tight budget so wood was out of the question and we did vinyl cuz we didn’t want to do carpet and it was the next cheapest option… it does not wash well!! And the floor guys have no clue. I asked one he told me just use a spray mop (hello? In a house full of kids a spray mop doesn’t do anything to a dirty floor besides spread the dirt around) and the other one I asked told me yeah it washes well, regular mop.
No it doesn’t ok? I had wood floor and ceramic tiles in my previous house and both were such a pleasure to mop. Vinyl is so not and the tough spots are very hard to get off. Same ocedar spin mop…

I was wondering the same I have vinyl in the bedrooms (renting) and it’s always dusty no matter how often I wash them. I clean it and 2 hrs later walking barefoot and I feel the dirt under my feet I hate it.

amother

Sapphire

Fri, Nov 22 2024, 10:14 am

We did wood a year ago. My kids play ball on it constantly. We are not careful to avoid damage. Wash it frequently. It has scratches but overall looks great you just gotta ignore the scratches. Previously had vinyl and after a while it was chipped and worn around the edges and didn’t look great looked cheap.

amother

Navy

Fri, Nov 22 2024, 10:20 am

I love the look of wood the most. Unfortunately it never worked for us. I have a houseful of boys and the floors would get get so scratched right after we resanded it. It was so upsetting we redid them 3 or 4 times in 15 years. Finally we got huge matte porcelain tiles with heating underneath and it's a game changer.

amother

Mintcream ↓

Fri, Nov 22 2024, 10:36 am

amother OP wrote:

This is our forever home.
I prefer wood as a look, it's so warm and classy.
My issue is the scratching. I can't babysit my floors so realistically speaking am I going to have yucky scratched up floors aside for the first year or so after it's been resanded and polished? Or will my floors be nice for a bunch of years and sanding every 10 years let's say is enough?
It seems everyone these days are doing vinyl as a preference to wood (not just as cheaper, some are actually not that cheap). Wondering if there is a reason why this is preferred by so many.
My house is an old house, it's not a new modern house and the floors are goners and nothing is level or flat.

You can do a relatively cheap porcelain tile that looks exactly like wood and lasts a long time, doesn’t get scratched

amother

↑ Mintcream

Fri, Nov 22 2024, 10:37 am

amother Mintcream wrote:

You can do a relatively cheap porcelain tile that looks exactly like wood and lasts a long time, doesn’t get scratched

Not sure where you live but lazer marble in brooklyn on dahill road has nice options in all price ranges

amother

Azalea

Fri, Nov 22 2024, 10:43 am

I wouldn't get prefinished wood because dirt will get stuck between the planks. If going wood, site finished is the best. If your doing vinyl you should get top quality or else it will scratch and will not be durable. Also do not get beveled edge planks because dirt will get stuck between the planks. I personally have vinyl plank flooring and it held up great, the brand I have is called cortec.

amother

↑ OP ↓

Fri, Nov 22 2024, 1:18 pm

amother Forestgreen wrote:

Our floors are also 100 years old. What do you mean new floors will never look as good as the old floors?
My thoughts about doing wood is that it last forever (with resending )and looks beautiful and warm.