<span style='font-size: 11pt'>I ripped out the carpeting in the game room for the same reason. Yuck. It was always spotted and dirty looking. I have a laminate but I don't remember the name. Sorry. I have a regular hard wood floor in the dining room and it would be hard to see a difference.
I put porcelin tile that looks like stone in the fixer upper. I love it and it's pretty indestructable.
I am coming to dislike carpeting anywhere but the bedrooms.</span>
