Porcelain Tile Vs Engineered Hardwood On Feet And Legs
With hardwood your room will be warmer and heating bills lower.
Porcelain tile vs engineered hardwood on feet and legs. Hardwood is also much warmer on your feet vs tile planks. The downsides not mentioned in your article is the hardness factor for people and aging population. Tile conducts heat better so it conducts the heat right out of your feet. Standing on tile flooring presents problems with people s feet knees and ankles over time.
Porcelain tile is best installed on a slab because movement and flexing of the floor can result in cracked tiles or disintegrating grout between the tiles. Due to its greater weight porcelain is even more susceptible to this kind of damage than other types of ceramic tile. Your pets will also be more comfortable. Because of its dimensional stability engineered wood flooring can be installed on almost any floor even on a concrete slab an unstable surface that is not suitable for a solid hardwood floor.
The engineered wood compared to solid hardwood feels about the same temperature but you are putting it on top of concrete so any material will likely feel cooler than if you installed the same flooring a story or two up in your home. Porcelain tiles are beautiful easy to install and maintain easily. Ceramic tile and engineered wood flooring are great flooring options with their own advantages and disadvantages and which one to buy depends on many factors.