Types of Flooring: How to Choose the Right Flooring for Your Home
The main types of flooring are hardwood, engineered wood, vinyl, laminate, tile, natural stone, carpet, and concrete. Installed costs in 2026 run from about $3 per square foot for basic carpet or laminate to $50 or more for natural stone. Three questions settle most decisions: how much water the floor will see, how hard the […]
Types of Wood Flooring: A Complete Guide for U.S. Homes
Real wood flooring comes in three constructions: solid, engineered, and composite engineered. Everything else in a showroom describes something other than the material — parquet is a pattern, reclaimed is a source, prefinished is a finishing method. Bamboo, cork, laminate and LVP aren’t wood at all. Sort those apart and the showroom stops being confusing. […]