recommendation for kitchen floors

[Anonymous]

Agreed, but spring for sheet Marmoleum and a specialized installer rather than the "click" planks. We used click and love our kitchen, but some of the seams are just slightly visible, and when we had a tiny leak from under the sink the nearby seam puffed up.

We investigated all of that and chose the glue down option. The cork on the click planks has the same water problem. It's ridiculous that they even offer that stuff for flooring. I think it's because it's much easier to install. As you said, the other glue down system requires a specialized installer (which we used for our bathroom). We could not be happier with the marmoleum floor in the bathroom. It is a sheet, so grout free and it is soooo easy to clean and has a perfect texture for bare feet (non slip).

[Anonymous]

When I started looking for upgraded flooring options for the kitchen, I found a ton of people who wished they had just stayed with sheet vinyl. For that reason, I did not replace the kitchen floor and just stuck with the neutral color tile-look sheet vinyl we put in 12 years ago. People who walk through assume that it's tile (because it's neutral and they're not looking too closely.) Unlike any of the other solutions, it's waterproof, has very few seams, soft and warm to walk on, and durable for a high-traffic area. Seriously, consider Armstrong or Mannington and you'd be surprised how nice it looks.

Yes, I've heard of many people using what they call "luxury vinyl".

[Anonymous]

Vinyl or luxury vinyl is great for a trailer

[Anonymous]

How about slate? I like that look and it isn't awfully expensive.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

There needs to be a new, revolutionary, but luxe solution for kitchen floors (like the new finishes for appliances they are just starting to dabble into)

Marmoleum---which is a composite of linoleum and cork.

Agreed, but spring for sheet Marmoleum and a specialized installer rather than the "click" planks. We used click and love our kitchen, but some of the seams are just slightly visible, and when we had a tiny leak from under the sink the nearby seam puffed up. Now that the leak is fixed the seam is back to normal/invisible, but a continuous sheet would have been a lot safer in retrospect.

Also, I know there's a collection of DCUM Marmoleum haters who will show up soon. Definitely a more modern/Euro look than wood, so depends on the rest of your kitchen and house.

Euro look? I'm from Europe, and I have never seen it. Everyone has tile or wood.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Agreed, but spring for sheet Marmoleum and a specialized installer rather than the "click" planks. We used click and love our kitchen, but some of the seams are just slightly visible, and when we had a tiny leak from under the sink the nearby seam puffed up.

We investigated all of that and chose the glue down option. The cork on the click planks has the same water problem. It's ridiculous that they even offer that stuff for flooring. I think it's because it's much easier to install. As you said, the other glue down system requires a specialized installer (which we used for our bathroom). We could not be happier with the marmoleum floor in the bathroom. It is a sheet, so grout free and it is soooo easy to clean and has a perfect texture for bare feet (non slip).

Can you recommend your installer? (I am the PP.) I would love to use Marmoleum in our basement as well, if it could be done in a water-tight way. We've never had water come up from under the floors or from the walls, but we do have a washer and AC unit down there, so the potential for some spillage one day.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I've never heard someone say they wouldn't buy a kitchen with ceramic or porcelain tile. I'd go with that. Tile is pretty standard for a kitchen floor, especially if the house isn't open plan and you don't have the same hardwoods throughout the whole first floor.

You can put a rug in front of the sink for more comfort while washing dishes.

I hate tile/ceramic in a kitchen. I don't know that any kitchen floor would be a deal killer for me, since it's not a permanent flaw, but tile/ceramic would make me drop my offer the most.

We just discussed kitchen floors in another family-oriented internet forum I post in, and every person with tile said they hated theirs, both because it was painful to stand on and because everything shatters when dropped (or is so heavy it chips/breaks the tile). Preferences were split between wood, cork, and Marmoleum (mostly depending on the style of the rest of the house), but nobody wanted tile.

Yeah, I credit our tile floor with my knee pain. It started about six months after we moved in and nothing else has changed.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Also, I know there's a collection of DCUM Marmoleum haters who will show up soon. Definitely a more modern/Euro look than wood, so depends on the rest of your kitchen and house.

Euro look? I'm from Europe, and I have never seen it. Everyone has tile or wood.

I am not posting the link because I want to have a debate about the causes of autism, especially because this seems like a case of correlation is not causation, but here ya go, linoleum in Sweden:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/link-between-autism-and-vinyl/

[Anonymous]

If you are focused on resale, definitely ceramic tile.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you are focused on resale, definitely ceramic tile.

?

Despite the people here saying they hate tile?

[Anonymous]

I am not posting the link because I want to have a debate about the causes of autism, especially because this seems like a case of correlation is not causation, but here ya go, linoleum in Sweden:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/link-between-autism-and-vinyl/

Wood, linoleum, cork, and marmoleum (basically cork and linoleum combo) are all natural, the last three being more eco friendly as well.

[Anonymous]

I am not posting the link because I want to have a debate about the causes of autism, especially because this seems like a case of correlation is not causation, but here ya go, linoleum in Sweden:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/link-between-autism-and-vinyl/

I think you mean to say vinyl. Linoleum is a totally natural.

[Anonymous]

We just bought a house with slate in the kitchen and I love it. Easy to clean - looks elegant. BLACK GROUT not shiny (i have had bad ceramic tile in the past) I put down small matching mats at the stove and sink.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Also, I know there's a collection of DCUM Marmoleum haters who will show up soon. Definitely a more modern/Euro look than wood, so depends on the rest of your kitchen and house.

Euro look? I'm from Europe, and I have never seen it. Everyone has tile or wood.

I am not posting the link because I want to have a debate about the causes of autism, especially because this seems like a case of correlation is not causation, but here ya go, linoleum in Sweden:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/link-between-autism-and-vinyl/

What I meant I've never seen in Europe is marmoleum, which I know realize is a brand name of linoleum made by the company Forbo. Linoleum is an age-old material that I associate with institutional contexts, but which I know has been making a comeback as an environmentally friendly material. All I was saying is that I still personally don't know anyone who would choose it for their kitchen today (and I know quite a few people with high end kitchens in Europe), and so I find it funny that it's branded as a "Euro look" when it's not like it's super popular over there.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

I am not posting the link because I want to have a debate about the causes of autism, especially because this seems like a case of correlation is not causation, but here ya go, linoleum in Sweden:

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/link-between-autism-and-vinyl/

I think you mean to say vinyl. Linoleum is a totally natural.

I think we're all clear on that. The POINT is that a PP said s/he was from Europe and there was no linoleum there. In the article, they talk about linoleum. In Sweden. Which is part of Europe.