COMPARE VINYL AND LAMINATE FLOORING Vinyl flooring in bathrooms, laminate flooring everywhere else. *Vinyl flooring decidedly beats laminate in its performance in wet places.

Even in better homes where you would not expect to find vinyl flooring, exceptions are made for bathrooms. *All Other Rooms: laminate flooring provides better looks and greater comfort. Kitchen and Powder Rooms: Kitchens and guest bathrooms *However, some key areas, such as around the sink and dishwasher, can experience enough water to cause laminate to swell up over

COMPARE VINYL AND LAMINATE FLOORING Vinyl flooring, if installed directly on a subfloor or concrete, is hard and cold. Because laminate is thicker than vinyl and incorporates wood content, it is easier to walk on and warmer to the touch than vinyl.

Introducing foam underlayment adds even more comfort to laminate.

COMPARE VINYL AND LAMINATE FLOORING While not having resale value approaching solid or engineered wood flooring, laminate does have moderately good value and usually will not put off home buyers. If anything, laminate flooring has had a few years' headstart over vinyl in terms of introducing features that consumers like, such as deeper embossing, better imaging, and improved click-joinery.