The Best Scratch-Resistant Flooring Options

When purchasing something as significant as new flooring within the home, you want to guarantee that your investment will perform nicely and age gracefully as the years pass. While floors in the home are meant to be walked across, played on, taken on spills, and generally ready for whatever you or loved ones throw its way, that doesn’t mean that they can’t also look beautiful in your home at the same time. 

A durable flooring option that can take on excessive wear and tear with minimal damage is the most appealing for many homeowners. Whether you have children, pets, or neither, you want flooring that is tough on spills, stains, and scratches. 

While no flooring will remain scratch-free forever, the options outlined below are some of the most scratch-resistant on the market today. Learn about the Dolphin Carpet & Tile top scratch-resistant flooring options today!

Carpet

While painfully obvious, carpet is a flooring option that is 100% scratch-proof. So, any blog that details the best scratch-resistant options must mention carpet flooring. While carpet is not susceptible to scratches, scuffs, or other markings like hard surface flooring options, it is vulnerable to damage from spills and stains. 

Overall, carpet is an affordable, comfortable flooring option that is certain never to scratch. Carpet works well in bedrooms, living rooms, playrooms, etc. 

Tile Flooring

Tile floors are synonymous with durability and strength. Thanks to tile’s inherent hardness from its fiery construction, tile floors are tough on scratches, dents, and other wear and tear that can cause damage to other flooring options. Pets, children, and general wear and tear will not cause scratches on tile floors like other flooring options.  

Whether you opt for porcelain tile, ceramic tile, or another option, you can rest easy knowing that you have one of the most scratch-resistant flooring options available in your home. Overall, tile is an attractive, long-lasting flooring option that will age well. Tile can function well as a flooring option throughout a home. 

Luxury Vinyl Flooring

Luxury vinyl flooring is engineered and emulates the look of hardwood or natural stone but is made of vinyl. Offering realistic-looking hardwood and stone visuals, luxury vinyl flooring is an engineered option that offers the benefits applicable to said flooring, including advanced resistance to scratches. 

Luxury vinyl flooring is very resistant to scratches, dents, and stains, making it an excellent option for kitchens, living rooms, and other high-traffic areas within the home. The layered construction of luxury vinyl makes it nearly impenetrable from a scratch-and-dent perspective. It’s also waterproof as well. 

Laminate 

Much like luxury vinyl, laminate is another hard-surface flooring option that can effectively emulate the look of hardwood or stone but at a much lower price. Due to its multi-layered approach, laminate is another fairly durable and difficult-to-scratch flooring option for your home. 

Of the scratch-resistant flooring options on this list, laminate is the most affordable option. This, in turn, means it is the least resistant to scratches. Overall, laminate flooring can take on wear and tear well. 

Are you interested in learning more about the best scratch-resistant flooring options, or do you want to learn more about our selection at Dolphin Carpet & Tile? Contact us today to learn more.