such as porcelain or ceramic. As far as comfort, tile is colder and harder than wood flooring, so it’s not quite as comfy to walk on. Wood flooring has a tendency to scratch, so it’s best to ...

wood floors aren’t ideal for high-traffic areas like hallways, kitchens, laundry rooms, and mudrooms. For those places, Consumer Reports’ tough flooring tests show that durable porcelain ...

Kitchens and bathrooms need different flooring from your family room. Let CR guide you through the options.Don’t buy the most ...

As much as she loved her wood flooring, she ripped it out, plank by plank. Then she went to Daltile, where she's a manager, and looked over one of her store's hottest products: porcelain tile that ...

A classic flooring material, tile resists wear, moisture, scratches, and stains—and new designs are great imposters, able to convincingly stand in for wood. But installing porcelain tile can be ...

Keeping in mind how thin most ceramic floor tiles are, you never want the base under the tile to move, nor do you want a hollow space under the tile, even as thin as a piece of paper. Should this ...

We’re talking ceramic or porcelain tiles ... need to transform your bathroom from the floor up. Love the look of wood flooring, but not the cost of getting genuine timber installed?

Laminate flooring can resemble almost anything: stone, tile, or wood. That’s because it’s composed of a photograph sandwiched between a dense fiberboard base and a clear plastic protective top ...