[MarkofSJC]

Very interesting on the issue of hardwood floor height issues ~ I would have thought those were lower profile than tile or stone (and certainly less weight ~ thought that would be the dream finish for the durability).

What's the maximum height that works? I really hate laminate...the "clicky clacky" sound walking on them just sounds cheap. While I would prefer to go with a "real wood plank" floor (if I can't have stone), but I was told that engineered wood takes the atmospheric/humidity changes better.

While I would love to have heated floors, I suspect the insulating values of wood would result in nothing really radiating outward.

Thinking a little further out of the box...we've recently seen some porcelain tile that you'd swear was wood. Very light, very thin and with a heat pad under it may do what we want it to do.

It all circles back to what the max height needs to be to clear those drop floors ~ anyone know for sure?

Thanks for the awesome advise!