Best pet friendly, waterproof laminate flooring for rentals????

[Reuben Rodriguez]

I have been putting “Cascade H2O” laminate flooring in my rentals with intention of keeping the rentals for long term and not having to replace the flooring too often. I’m wondering what other laminate flooring you prefer for rentals? I’m looking for quality that will hold up to the abuse of rentals. I try to be selective on the dogs living in the houses to try to keep the ware and tear down but “Cascade H2O” laminate just doesn’t seem to hold up with dogs. I know I could just do away with dogs in my rentals but I like catering to the type of renters with dogs. I’m looking at replacing carpet in another house and am hoping for some guidance on the next choice of laminate, any and all feedback is welcome.

Thanks 😄

[JD Martin]

Originally posted by @Nathan Gesner:

Luxury Vinyl Plank (LVP) is probably more resilient. I have it in quite a few rentals and in my home. It's not hard to install and has held up nicely.

 This is what I use exclusively if I'm not refinishing an existing floor (old hardwood). I use Smartcore from Lowe's. It has a decent wear layer (12 mils) is thick enough to not flex like crazy and already has the underlayment attached. It is 100% waterproof, you can pick it up and relay it if you had to, and holds up nicely against scratches and things like that especially if you get something with a random pattern (I like a heavy wood grain look). I now have it in almost every rental; some I've had it in for 5 years now and it still looks like the day it went down.