In article 7qmhg.1951$974.1940@trndny06, Donna says...


"cheaphomeowner" wrote in message
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I live in Ohio and I currenlty have vinly on my lower floors and I
would like to up grade. I would like which would be better to put
into the house, wood or tile? In terms of taking care of, wear and
adding over all value to the house for when I resell. I am not sure
how wood floors would handle snow, salt and the traffic of the
kitchen. Any advice?

Go with both.

Tile in the mudroom, laundry room and kitchen (and any other heavy traffic
and/or wet rooms), wood everywhere else. Wood holds up well, if it's a
hardwood. Do not save money by putting down pine -- it dents like you
wouldn't believe.

If you put down wood, a satin polyurethane finish shows less wear than a
high gloss.

Ditto. At least in the laudry room and bathroom, since they're separate rooms
if I understand you correctly. It *is* good to have tile in entry and mudroom
areas - is ther really no way to delineate these? Actually, I don't think it
looks bad at all to have a rectangle of tile area (I'm doing this downstairs but
using vinyl) in front of doorways even if it is in a small space, then otherwise
wood. Folks seem to be pushing to have wood everywhere for "unity" or
"continuity", but really, that's not practical in a lot of cases and, I'll bet,
in ten years it will be more in fashion to break up spaces more according to
function.

Banty


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