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Whats a good replacement for this? Hardwood floors i imagine are best, but tend to be expensive.

• ericd 2y ago
  There’s always the possibility of making smaller houses with higher quality materials. Or idk, tile? Linoleum?
  • Kirby64 2y ago
    Is linoleum any better? Also, tile has a substantially worse under-foot feel for certain areas than a hardwood or hardwood-like substance. Too hard and too cold.
    • ericd 2y ago
      "Linoleum is a floor covering made from materials such as solidified linseed oil (linoxyn), pine resin, ground cork dust, sawdust, and mineral fillers such as calcium carbonate, most commonly on a burlap or canvas backing." Not sure if there's anything that's been shown to be a problem in there, but it doesn't seem to involve any pthalates. But yeah, I'd personally just go with a smaller house with hardwood, rather than a larger one made of crap like vinyl planking (and that's what we did, in practice).
      • scubadude 2y ago
        Lino is an example of a great technology that we had to "improve" (make cheaper) and replace with godawful plastic.
        • ericd 2y ago
          Funny, because iirc it already had the reputation as the cheap option.
        • leobg 2y ago
          Yeah. Also, drinking straws. straw > plastic > PFAS coated paper
• Dig1t 2y ago
  Bamboo is excellent, they can make it look like other types of wood, it’s pretty affordable, and it’s environmentally friendly. Another option is cork.