What's the best hardwood floor alternative?

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Tear that trashy shite up and put down real wood floors

I just put more flooring to match the original wood flooring in my home. It was a parade home when built, so it was some pretty expensive stuff.
The children's rooms had carpet while the rest of the home was th wood flooring.
It comes in the interlocking planks, but the top is real wood. Mine is "hand scraped pine" and ran me $6.39/ft (contractor price) on top of that I paid $2/ft installation and price of glue(about .50/ft)
This is some very nice stuff and is as tough as can be. It's interlocking and glued to the slab, so there is no movement feel or noise.
As it gets old and used, it's real and starts to show the dents and stuff that gives it more authentic looks, but can still be "screed" (lite sand and refinish) many years down the road if needed.
I recommend this type if product....makes home value rise, and in my case, married the additional rooms to the rest of the home.
But basically, my cost was $10/ft.....ouch! 1 room done, 2 more to go after holidays
Its is beautiful though...wish I knew how to share a pic

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They might have a tile product. Some of those products are getting really good.

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there are a ton of options for “wood” tile especially if you like a rustic or distressed look. Much easier to maintain than real wood and more durable.

There is a video on YouTube by SSLfamilyguy where he takes sheets of 8x4 plywood sheets (must have one side extremely smooth) and he simply cut them into 8 inch strips and polyurethaned them and damn did it look good. I am seriously considering this as it is MUCH cheaper than traditional flooring.

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Engineered hardwood is what I put down. If I knew how to upload a picture I could put a picture up.

Wood is dead, shag carpet is coming back in a big way...

Cypress wood