Why do people install expensive hardwood flooring in their kitchens, the place where you are most likely to drop food, cutlery, spill liquids, etc?
Why do people install expensive hardwood flooring in their kitchens, the place where you are most likely to drop food, cutlery, spill liquids, etc?
Seems like a terrible idea to me.
You make one mistake one time and bingo, you cost yourself a few grand to have it sanded, leveled, varnished, and polished.
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IMO the best flooring for kitchens is cork or real linoleum (not vinyl).
I have stained concrete and i love it. Spill or pets = spray it and wipe it up. Scrapes= reminders of the people we've had over, the chairs we've dragged up to the kitchen table, and the dancing in the living room. I also have soapstone counters because i like to see the scraped circles and remember bottles of wine and whiskey that we've shared. I'll be sad when we sell it. If they want new counters, I'll buy the old ones from them.
Sealed concrete and terrazzo are good choices too, but IMO aren't the best because the slightly softer surfaces of linoleum and cork might save you from dropped dishes or cookware shattering or denting, if you're lucky.
We're about to move into a different house and will have to replace all flooring after foundation repairs. I would go with linoleum but i don't think i can convince my husband that it's not the same as vinyl. Also, i don't want any height changes so I'm not sure what floorings i can put in the kitchen and living that are level.
I would go with linoleum but i don’t think i can convince my husband that it’s not the same as vinyl.
"Vinyl is bad because it's made of petroleum, whereas real linoleum is made of plants and is therefore more eco-friendly" isn't sufficient?
(I have to admit, the other advantages of linoleum over vinyl are... not much.)
Linoleum is also antibacterial, which is a good property for a kitchen floor.
I don't think so. He'll say it still looks like old rolled out vinyl.