Laminate hardwood advice needed

[Aaron]

So our dogs have fucked up our carpet.

 

I want to get something in the living room, probably a laminate hardwood of some sort.

 

What can I expect to pay for the flooring, and/or installation.

 

Places to buy? Recommendations?

 

I'd be open to tile of some sort in the kitchen too, but that'll probably be down the road.

[evan9381]

$2-4/sq foot, higher depending on quality. Do it yourself. Ive done 3 large rooms in my house, and done work for some others. Its not hard

[Aaron]

From what I have found, you can get engineered hardwood for about the same price as laminate. Why wouldn't I go that route?

[evan9381]

It just depends on what you like and what you want to spend. You said you have dogs, i have scratch resistant stuff in my kitchen....the guy at Lowes handed me a sample and said "here take your keys and scratch this" I tried, and couldn't get it to mark. might be something to look into if your dogs tore up carpet

[Aaron]

Apparently if you purchase the engineered hardwood with a thick finish layer, it can be refinished almost as many times as straight hardwood.

 

I'll have to do some shopping around and see what we like.

[06busa]

We went with a laminate flooring because of our boxer, knowing it would hold up well.

[LJ]

Pergo. Real look and feel of hardwood. Comes in single planks so it looks like real hardwood (not the obvious 3 pieces per plank and obviously fake looking). They also have a lifetime warranty against any type of wear.

 

I put it in my old house. Not only did the dog's nails never scratch it, but the resin coating on the pergo is so hard that it ruined a $50 saw blade from doing 700 sq ft.