To test flooring for foot-traffic wear, we rub abrasive paper discs back and forth against 6x6-inch flooring samples, checking for wear every 50 cycles. The best flooring is unscathed after 500 ...

Best Durability: Shaw Industries Shaw is the second-largest flooring company globally, and it’s another staple in the laminate flooring market. They offer over 200 styles and colors.

Top Living Room Flooring Options That Are Durable And Design-Friendly For the resilience needed in a high-traffic area, one of the best types of flooring you can choose is a good natural hardwood.

Laminate flooring was invented in the late ‘70s by Swedish flooring company Perstorp, but it wasn’t widely introduced to the European market until 1984. And it wasn’t available in the U.S ...

HomeAdvisor, the home services website, estimates that it costs $3,131 to install new flooring in a standard, 320-square-foot living room (20 feet by 16 feet), with budget installations of, say ...

Flooring is an important functional and aesthetic part of your home. Our research team considered 17 companies and chose 3 Buyer’s Choice Award winners based on value for price, customer service ...