Fuzion Flooring: Hardwood, Vinyl and Laminate

This is where most people get stuck, because the vinyl side has several parallel families rather than one simple ladder. Here is what the names actually signal.

• SmartDrop 7 and SmartDrop 9: a drop-lock click plank, where the number indicates the plank width in inches. Wider boards read calmer across an open room.
• SmartDrop Elite 7 and Elite 9: the step up within the same click system, and the version to look at for busier floors.
• SmartDrop vinyl tile: the same click approach in a tile format, for people who want a stone or concrete look without a tile setter.
• Dynamix: the broadest family. XL is the larger-format board, Chevron is the pattern cut, 3DGE refers to the bevelled edge treatment, and HardCore is the rigid-core build. Endure, Grande, Lone Star, and Premiere sit alongside them.
• NXWood and NXWood Pro: Fuzion's newest resilient line, positioned as the next step in the category.
• Atelier, Brew City, Cream City, and Woodlands: distinct visual ranges within the vinyl plank category.

Decision: Ignore the family name and ask two questions: is the core rigid, and how thick is the wear layer. A rigid core is what makes a plank dimensionally stable over concrete and in a basement. The wear layer is what determines how the floor looks in year ten. Ask us for the current spec sheet on any Fuzion collection and we will read those two numbers to you before you commit.

Fuzion's hardwood range is deep, and it splits along two lines that matter more than the colour: the species, and whether the board is tongue and groove or click.

Tongue and groove collections

Most of the range, including Castello, Patina, Northern Retreat, Monarch Woods, Prairie Storm, Coastline, Nouveau Renaissance, and Classical Elegance, is a nail-down or glue-down board. These are the natural choice for the main floors of a house, in European Oak, Hickory, Maple, Walnut, and Acacia.

Outer Banks Clic

The floating click engineered oak. If you are going over a concrete slab in a condo, or you want a faster install without adhesive, this is the construction to specify. Outer Banks Elite is the tongue and groove counterpart.

Velvet Grove

Engineered oak with a wirebrushed, low-luster finish, offered as a wide plank and as a true herringbone. Herringbone is laid board by board at an angle, so budget for the labour as well as the material.

Truth: Collection names across the Fuzion hardwood range describe grain, tone, and finish, not veneer thickness. Veneer is what decides whether a floor can be sanded back decades from now. Two collections that look alike on a sample board can differ on that spec, so confirm it before you order. Our hardwood vs vinyl guide covers the wider trade-off.

Stairs are where flooring projects come apart. You choose a floor, the installer lays it beautifully, and then the staircase is finished in something that almost matches. Fuzion's Moulding Mate line solves that directly with stair tread and riser sets made to pair with its floors, alongside mouldings and vents.

If your project includes a staircase, specify the treads at the same time as the floor rather than afterwards. Browse wood stair treads and risers and baseboards and trims, and see our flooring underlayments for what goes beneath.

• Condos and concrete: Outer Banks Clic engineered oak, or a rigid-core Dynamix plank. See the best flooring for a Toronto condo.
• Main floors of a house: tongue and groove engineered hardwood, nailed or glued.
• Basements, bathrooms, and laundry: vinyl plank or vinyl tile, not laminate and not hardwood.
• Homes with pets and kids: a rigid-core vinyl with a heavier wear layer. Start with the best flooring for pets.
• Offices and light commercial: Fuzion also produces carpet tile and hybrid resilient lines. Ask us what is currently available for commercial projects.

The full Fuzion range is still being loaded onto the site, so the fastest way to see current colours across the hardwood, vinyl, laminate, and stair lines is to visit a store or call the store. Both Squarefoot locations carry the brand and can order any collection from the current book, including the matching Moulding Mate treads, mouldings, and vents.

Squarefoot installs what it sells. Hardwood, vinyl, and laminate are all fitted by our own in-house crews, residential and commercial, not subcontractors, so the team helping you choose between a click and a tongue and groove board is the same team accountable for the finished floor. See our hardwood installation, vinyl installation, and laminate installation pages.

If you have been searching for flooring near me, both stores welcome walk-ins. Compare planks in Mississauga or find hardwood near you in Barrie, and bring your room measurements so we can work out box quantities on the spot.

Fuzion competes across three categories at once, so cross-shop it accordingly. Against vinyl, see COREtec, Biyork, Vizion Floor, and Flooring Terminal. Against hardwood, see Appalachian, Twelve Oaks, and Purparket.

Call ahead or book a store visit and we will pull the collections you are considering, read you the wear layer and veneer specs, and match the stair treads while you are there.

Mississauga: 905-277-2227, 700 Dundas St E, Unit 3-4

Barrie: 705-726-2272, 112 Saunders Rd, Units 1-4