Flooring: Reviews

ConsumerReports.org: Consumer Reports is one of the few sites that compares actual products and recommends brands as well as types of flooring.

AskTheBuilder.com: Nationally syndicated newspaper columnist Tim Carter explains various types of flooring in response to readers' questions.

Lowes.com: This retailer website offers a basic look at wood, laminate, tile and vinyl flooring.

Better Homes & Gardens: Although not comprehensive, this report describes basic flooring options and includes a guide to choosing and maintaining floors and a quick reference guide to flooring costs.

Which? Online: Which? is the British equivalent to Consumer Reports.

Dulley.com: This brief but helpful free report covers hardwood and laminate flooring.

American Hardwood Information Center: This is the website of a trade organization, but it's helpful because there is an enormous amount of information on various kinds of wood, and there is no attempt to steer the reader toward buying wood from a particular vendor.

WolfeFlooring.com: This retailer website obviously wants to sell you flooring and thus is not unbiased.

SeeMyDesign.com: This website seems to exist in part to direct readers to sellers of flooring, but there is still plenty of worthwhile information about various flooring types, including wood.

FlooringGuide.com: This website directs readers to manufacturers and retailers.

ConsumerReports.org: Consumer Reports gives general information on laminate flooring, as well as recommending actual brands.

The New York Times: The New York Times notes that the latest laminate floorings offer improvements in appearance, ease of installation and even sound underfoot.

AskTheBuilder.com: Nationally syndicated newspaper columnist Tim Carter explains laminate flooring in response to readers' questions.

Lowes.com: This retailer website discusses the basics of laminate and other types of flooring.

Better Homes & Gardens: This guide describes the basic types of flooring including laminates.

Which? Online: Which? is a British publication that's similar to Consumer Reports.

Better Homes & Gardens: This brief report offers suggestions for high-traffic areas in your home, offering pros and cons for many types of flooring, including laminate flooring.

SeeMyDesign.com: This website directs readers to manufacturers, but it also has plenty of useful information about various flooring types, including laminate.

FlooringGuide.com: This website has a useful database with information on just about every type of flooring.

Better Homes & Gardens: This report discusses a number of flooring options, including stone.

Better Homes & Gardens: This short article offers suggestions for areas that see a lot of use in your home.

AskTheBuilder.com: Nationally syndicated newspaper columnist Tim Carter answers readers' questions about different types of flooring, including stone flooring.

Essential Industries, Inc.: Essential Industries produces polymers and resins for floor finishes, so it's not an unbiased source of information.

WolfeFlooring.com: Wolfe Flooring sells various types of flooring, and thus is not unbiased.

SeeMyDesign.com: SeeMyDesign.com seems to exist in part to direct readers to flooring manufacturers and resellers, but it also presents useful information about stone flooring.

FlooringGuide.com: FlooringGuide.com has several useful articles about selecting and purchasing stone flooring, as well as articles on stone flooring maintenance.

ConsumerReports.org: Consumer Reports doesn't rate ceramic tiles but does cover vinyl imitation tile.

Lowes.com: This retail website offers a basic look at choosing and installing tile flooring.

Better Homes & Gardens: This article describes different types of flooring and includes a section on ceramic and stone tile.

Better Homes & Gardens: This short report offers flooring ideas for high-traffic areas.

Essential Industries, Inc.: Essential Industries produces polymers and resins for floor finishes, but the website offers helpful information on the various types of tile used for flooring.

WolfeFlooring.com: This retailer website provides helpful information on buying and installing ceramic tile.

SeeMyDesign.com: This website exists in part to direct readers to sellers of flooring, but there's a useful chart comparing the different types of flooring, including tile.

FlooringGuide.com: This website directs readers to manufacturers and retailers, but it also has helpful articles on selecting and installing tile flooring.

ConsumerReports.org: Consumer Reports test 10 vinyl flooring products and rates them according to their ability to resist wear, scratches, dents, stains and sunlight.

AskTheBuilder.com: Home improvement columnist Tim Carter presents helpful information on vinyl flooring while answering readers' questions.

Lowes.com: This retailer website offers helpful information on choosing, maintaining, and installing vinyl flooring.

Better Homes & Gardens: This report describes basic flooring options and includes a very short section on vinyl that mainly highlights the different types without much information on installation or costs.

Better Homes & Gardens: This report offers brief flooring suggestions for heavily trafficked areas.

Essential Industries, Inc.: Essential Industries makes resins and polymers for floor finishes.

WolfeFlooring.com: This retailer website sells flooring. It also presents useful information on buying and installing vinyl tile and sheet vinyl.

FlooringGuide.com: This website offers detailed information on installing and caring for vinyl flooring.

ConsumerReports.org: Consumer Reports discusses the pros and cons of "green" flooring, including bamboo, cork and linoleum.

AskTheBuilder.com: Columnist Tim Carter answers readers' questions.

JamesDulley.com: This brief but helpful free report covers cork flooring.

FlooringGuide.com: Bamboo is discussed as a "specialty" flooring in this how-to guide to different types of flooring.