Tile Vs Hardwood Installation Cost
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Tile vs hardwood installation cost. It is suggested you select harder woods for your hardwood flooring installation. While ceramic or porcelain tiles would cost you around 1 15 per square foot sf an ash wood floor for the same area will cost you around 7 18. Tile installation costs 2 to 7 per square foot for vinyl or lamainte and 5 to 10 per square foot for porcelain or ceramic while hardwood flooring ranges from 6 to 12 per square foot. Hardwood flooring is a more expensive choice especially if you choose a hard quality wood material.
The price of tile can range drastically depending on the design and pattern you select as well as the material it is made of. On the other hand however hardwood is more slip resistant which makes it a safer choice for homes with children elderly people and pets. There are multiple reasons why people chose wood floors over other possibilities. Obviously depending on your exact wants the tiles may get more expensive.
But overall they tend to be less expensive than traditional hardwood. But hardwood floors can be refinished a few times after installation what is impossible to do with porcelain tile or any other flooring materials. Hardwood flooring pros and cons. 1 rating of flooring materials was estimated on the scale from 1 to 5 accounting 1 as lowest and 5 as the highest quality of a product.
Installation can be much higher also if the hardwood flooring is not pre finished. In comparison real hardwood flooring costs an average 5 to 10 per square foot with installation running an additional 4 to 8 per square foot. The average cost of vinyl floor tiles or planks is about 3 per square foot and the average installation cost is 2 50 per square foot for a total of 5 50 per square foot.