Refinish pine floors or install 'Pergo" or laminate?

[Just Don]

I am at odds with the guy helping me reno my reno. He says just buy carpet. He hasnt run rentals to see what happens to rental carpet. I am so tired of replacing carpet. Going to wood floor,,,they can buy a area carpet if they want.

Anyway I "thought" there was oak hardwood under carpet. Guess its only hard if you hit your head on it. Turns out its 'soft' wood,,,pine flooring which is pretty common back in day of build. Pine still looks good but not as luxery as oak and its softer and scratches more easily.

Other factor is it needs patched in a few places where wall/doorway was moved and heat registers moved.

Is a pergo laminate oak floor better than pine? Been told this house should rent from 6 to 700 a month,its small.

I wanted to put ceramic tile in kitchen and laundry/back entry. Linoleum is my helpers first choice. Had too many ripped ruined and burned to do that,,,plus it is slick with snow on your feet. Ceramic is colder on bare feet,,,thats why throw rugs were invented.

Pergo or pine??? vinyl or ceramic?

[Robert R.]

I know this post is a little old. But when I redid my kitchen in my condo, we found some ugly looking oak underneath 4 layers (vinyl, vct, 1/4" luan, and asbestos tile). It cost $150 to sand/refinish and it looked great. The glue was no problem since it was so old and dry.

I always advocate hardwood and porcelain as the best long term flooring solutions.