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Porcelain for floors, wet areas, and anything outdoors. Ceramic for walls and backsplashes in dry rooms, where it does the same job for less money. That’s the short answer on porcelain vs ceramic tile, and it rarely changes from one project to the next. The two words get used loosely because they’re close relatives. Both…

Luxury vinyl plank, or LVP, works for most of a Florida house. Laminate for the dry rooms where scratch resistance and the wood look matter most. That’s the short answer. Most people comparing LVP vs laminate assume they’re close to the same product. They aren’t. LVP has a vinyl core. Laminate has a wood-fiber core.…

Engineered hardwood and solid hardwood are both real wood. The surface is the same material either way. What decides between them isn’t the wood. It’s what the floor is being built on. Solid hardwood is one piece of wood all the way through the plank. Engineered hardwood is a real hardwood top layer bonded to…