Wood floor in kitchen?

ClubDead

Just gone sale agreed on a house that need redecorating. Do you think it would be a bad idea to have the ground floor (hall, sitting room, kitchen/diner) floored with one wood flooring? I like the idea of the floor flowing, without being broken up by tiles over the whole level.
Any one here done this? Are there any problems with having a wood floor in the kitchen?
Note: it just me, my husband and small dog....no kiddos

GingerLily

We have a high quality water resistant laminate throughout the downstairs, it looks very nice but we have to be careful in the kitchen and mopping is tricky.

Have you considered wood effect tiles? It's perfect for pets!

stimpson

I had wood floor in the kitchen in my last house. A leaky dishwasher left it warped. Never again. It will be tiles this time I think.

ClubDead

GingerLily wrote: »

We have a high quality water resistant laminate throughout the downstairs, it looks very nice but we have to be careful in the kitchen and mopping is tricky.

Have you considered wood effect tiles? It's perfect for pets!

I saw some wood effect tiles last week and thought they looked great. Then I thought how cold they would be underfoot.

Payton

I have water resistant laminate flooring that goes from the hallway through the kitchen and living area no breaks and it looks great. I still have a box left over just incase.
I did look at getting tiles but its the cold on your feet that i cant stand with tiles regardless how warm your house is unless you have underfloor heating.

GalwayUsr

We recently renovated the downstairs area and I put down a Vinyl Laminate in the whole kitchen/downstairs area. So far so good. Looks and feels very warm, soft and quiet.
Hope that helps

Wheeliebin30

GalwayUsr wrote: »

We recently renovated the downstairs area and I put down a Vinyl Laminate in the whole kitchen/downstairs area. So far so good. Looks and feels very warm, soft and quiet.
Hope that helps

How did you handle getting the floor around the kitchen units neatly?

MAJJ

Wheeliebin30 wrote: »

How did you handle getting the floor around the kitchen units neatly?

Most kitchen units have a kick board and they alao have a tool that cuts under units and door frames. Island can be moved and floored under. That's my experience from my house when we got floor for entire down stair.

MizMix

we have a high quality laminate (balterio 12mm Ac6) all through our recent build except bathrooms. We absolutely love it- have it in the kitchen too. Really debated this but we've a very modern kitchen and house in general and the pale wood effect warms it up. Engineered wood was out of budget plus we've kids and a large dog. We wipe any spillages right away. Mopping is a little tricky as our laminate is matt and it's important not to use much water but it's ok- we don't mop often, just spot clean.

Finish in the kitchen is neat with kicker boards.

iora_rua

There is a new type of quality laminate on the market that I came across some months back. Can’t remember the name of it just now, I think it was manufactured in Austria or Switzerland and I remember Noyeks supplied it. The main selling point was that it was more water resistant due to the interlocking design and finish. Will try and hunt it down, maybe tomorrow.

Graham

The newest Balterio range (Grande) is meant to be water repellant, to the point where they suggest it is suitable for bathrooms and can be wet-mopped.

iora_rua, if you spotted something similar in Noyeks it's likely to be the Swisskrono equivalent.

iora_rua

Graham wrote: »

The newest Balterio range (Grande) is meant to be water repellant, to the point where they suggest it is suitable for bathrooms and can be wet-mopped.

iora_rua, if you spotted something similar in Noyeks it's likely to be the Swisskrono equivalent.

Yep, that sounds familiar! Was thinking of something like this for our flooring needs but have had to park it for the moment.

ClubDead

iora_rua wrote: »

There is a new type of quality laminate on the market that I came across some months back. Can’t remember the name of it just now, I think it was manufactured in Austria or Switzerland and I remember Noyeks supplied it. The main selling point was that it was more water resistant due to the interlocking design and finish. Will try and hunt it down, maybe tomorrow.

oh that sounds cool, I will check it out

jlm29

Have you checked out amtico? I wish I’d looked into it when we did our kitchen. I got it in the hall recently and I love it. I’d put it everywhere if I could!

drunkmonkey

Laminate looks fake I've never seen a decent one yet, We put in a new kitchen a few years ago and put in a good quality engineering wooden floor, it looks amazing it was against everyone's advice bar my uncle who's a carpenter, we get loads of compliments on it, we've small kids and so glad we didn't put tiles down when ever any of them falls. Most of the house is wooden floors, we went with laminate in a new room we done up, regret putting it down it looks ok but we just ran out of budget.
Don't leave water on it overnight or for long periods and it'll be fine, ours is mopped and hoovered as you would with any floor.

cruizer101

Completely off topic but that is a great picture of your dog, made my day.


Back on topic, how much ball park were you talking for the engineered wooden floors. Did you install them yourselves, I know laminate can be done easy enough yourself, is there much more to engineered wood, they still just slot into each other don't they.


Personally I'd be inclined to go for tiles for kitchen or possibly lino, have seen some very nice good quality stuff recently, but considering wood elsewhere.

ClubDead

drunkmonkey wrote: »

Laminate looks fake I've never seen a decent one yet, We put in a new kitchen a few years ago and put in a good quality engineering wooden floor, it looks amazing it was against everyone's advice bar my uncle who's a carpenter, we get loads of compliments on it, we've small kids and so glad we didn't put tiles down when ever any of them falls. Most of the house is wooden floors, we went with laminate in a new room we done up, regret putting it down it looks ok but we just ran out of budget.
Don't leave water on it overnight or for long periods and it'll be fine, ours is mopped and hoovered as you would with any floor.

By engineered wood, do you mean hard wood floor (real wood floor)?

drunkmonkey

No engineered the first maybe 12ml is real wood and the rest usually plywood or similar to look at it's the same as a solid wood floor. Both can be plained back if you ever need to spruce it up to look new again. Engineered is easier put down than solid wood and cheaper.