What is a perfect alternative to expensive hardwood floors? Other than laminate.

Other than laminate.
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i have vinyl surrounded by my hall and the bedrooms. my friends think its a great opening cuz it looks like wood but its easy cleaned n cheaper
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what around the kind that u can laydown and they snap togehter i think not sure whats its call but u could ask someone at your local home depot store or lowes

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parquet flooring is really inexpensive and will still give you the solid wood as well as simple installation also check out lumberliquidators .com for some really affordable prices!
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Check out bamboo flooring. Better than hardwood contained by wear at laminate pricing, and earth friendly.
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Answers:    If you want the look of wood, I'd go for engineered wood flooring. It comes in prefinished planks, approaching a laminate floor, but the top surface is real wood (or real bamboo), not plastic laminate. So approaching solid wood flooring, each engineered wood plank has a personal grain and figure. Here's how the fabric is installed:

http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/how-to/i...

The cost depends largely on the quality of the flooring. I installed maple engineered flooring in my subterranean vault rec room a few years ago and it's holding up great. Wasn't terribly difficult to install, either.

Here's a broad guide to wood flooring in case you want to consider other option:

http://www.thisoldhouse.com/toh/article/...