Oren wrote:
On Thu, 28 Feb 2013 11:21:30 -0500, "TomR" wrote:

2) waterproof interlocking strips (laminate?) that snap/click
together.

The snap/click type of flooring I've seen or worked with was not a
laminate. More like a fibrous cardboard material. Flimsy, difficult
to fit and easily damaged. Water is an enemy.


As far as "Water is an enemy" goes for the snap/click type of flooring, I
thought the same thing. But the links that I provided say the stuff they
are selling is waterproof and it can be used in bathrooms, laundry rooms,
basements, etc. I don't know because I haven't used it or even checked it
out yet at a big box store, Lumber Liquidators, etc. I wonder what it is
made of since it doesn't say it is "vinyl", but it also doesn't say what it
is. And, I wonder how it looks -- because people often say "it looks just
like real hardwood" but my experience is that it usually looks like fake
hardwood to me.

I found those links and started investigating because investors and
landlords in another forum that I belong to have started discussing this
stuff recently. I would have to do more research on my own to be convinced
that, yes it is waterproof, and yes it really does look like real hardwood
flooring.

I am actually thinking about trying one of these -- the snap/click stuff --
in a 1-bedroom, living room, den apartment that is now down to the subfloor
where I was planning on putting in new hardwood flooring in all 3 rooms.