Floor material for entry/laundry/mud room?

[Anonymous]

We want to replace the 22 year old vinyl floor in our laundry room. It is a tiny room connecting our attached garage to our kitchen and houses our laundry machines as well as hooks for backpacks, coats, etc. it is hopelessly cluttered. One day I'd like to stack the machines and get a custom bench, cubbies, new hooks, etc. but too many other items above that on e list.

SO for now I'm doing new paint and new flooring and maybe a new light. What would be good flooring for this? I was picturing travertine but my contractor says this is not good for vibrating laundry machines, even though I've seen it in tons of houses when we were looking to buy. So if not travertine, what? The kitchen has beautiful wood floors, so I don't want to try to match them and I'd be worried about wet snow boots sitting on wood flooring. DH wants to consider new vinyl which he claims is "much nicer" than old vinyl and doesn't look like vinyl. But I'm not sold.

Thoughts? My taste is pretty traditional, but casual, not formal at all.

[Anonymous]

I'd do higher-end vynil plank flooring. You won't have to remove the old vynil. The thicker ones are very nice. Check build direct. Com for examples.

[Anonymous]

Is he against all stone? Slate?

Marmoleum?

Ceramic/porcelain tile?

[Anonymous]

I agree with your husband. I am a materials snob, but put in vinyl plank flooring for our mudroom with laundry machines. It's nice underfoot, easy to clean, wears like iron, and inexpensive. And it looks nice. As for lighting, I would do recessed 4" cans. Keep lighting off the floor and walls to maximize space.

[Anonymous]

please look at slate! home depot has lots of color choices. mud/dust etc doesn't show on it as much as ceramic, as well. do a stone sealant (also at hd) on top of the slate but BEFORE you have it grouted. (the grout haze can discolor unprotected slate). if you don't trust your contractor to seal it before grouting (i've been there!), then just wipe the pieces off and seal them on the weekend by yourself, before the tiler even starts.

it will look GREAT next to wood floors and as a mud entry, i promise!

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I agree with your husband. I am a materials snob, but put in vinyl plank flooring for our mudroom with laundry machines. It's nice underfoot, easy to clean, wears like iron, and inexpensive. And it looks nice. As for lighting, I would do recessed 4" cans. Keep lighting off the floor and walls to maximize space.

I would only put vinyl in a rental.

Definetely want ceramic or porcelain tiles for a mudroom or laundry room.

[Anonymous]

What about porcelain wood look tile - some of the options out there are really nice looking.

[Anonymous]

vinyl planks for sure, just don't go cheap

[Anonymous]

This is vynil

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:vinyl planks for sure, just don't go cheap

Yup. We have this in our laundry room. It looks nice and is super easy to maintain. Lots of styles to choose from. I think tile/slate might be pretty slippery if it is an entry way.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:This is vynil

Ewwwwe

[Anonymous]

Vynil

[Anonymous]

If you're planning on totally remodeling the room in a few years I would go with a high end vinyl that you can rip out if you dislike it in a few years.

[Anonymous]

Vynil. You get the idea.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I agree with your husband. I am a materials snob, but put in vinyl plank flooring for our mudroom with laundry machines. It's nice underfoot, easy to clean, wears like iron, and inexpensive. And it looks nice. As for lighting, I would do recessed 4" cans. Keep lighting off the floor and walls to maximize space.

I would only put vinyl in a rental.

Definetely want ceramic or porcelain tiles for a mudroom or laundry room.

You have no idea what you're talking about. Vinyl planks have come a long way and are so much more comfortable and safer in mudroom or laundry room.

Be sure to get the vinyl planks that are cemented to the floor. Do not get the click-type planks which can allow for moisture to seep through the cracks.