ot-kitchen flooring

Nick m · Mar 5, 2015

We're in the middle of remodeling our kitchen and dining
room in our old farm house. Most of the rest of the house is
hard wood, don't want more of that. Ceramic tile is cold and
brittle, not too interested in that. We have been looking at this
new cortec stuff. They claim it's tough, not as cold and easy
installation(floating/snaps together). What do you fellers
recommend? Like the floating idea but not necessary.
Staying away from a wood look.

Mark-Ia · Mar 5, 2015

We had carpet for 20 years on concrete floors. Went with vinyl a couple of years ago. Much better than the carpet.

SCUBAInstr · Mar 5, 2015

I work for a flooring manufacturing company and without a doubt, look at Luxury Vinyl Tile! (aka "LVT"). Get any pattern you want (tile, wood, rock, etc) and VERY durable and waterproof! Goes over almost any existing flooring (not carpet, sorry) with ease.
I have used it a couple times and love it!

My 2 cents...

Tommy D.

glennster · Mar 5, 2015

i have been using a floating vinyl floor in my rentals property kitchens for a while now. there is an insulation pad that goes down first, then the sheet vinyl is cut in. the shoe molding keeps it in place. when it does wear out, simply pull the shoe molding and roll up the old floor. easy to replace.

bradley martin · Mar 5, 2015

We installed Pergo laminate flooring about 16 years ago in our century home and have been extremely pleased with it. We went with a "black marble look" rather than the more common wood grain. We also used the commercial grade ( at that time they had a lower priced option. It has taken a real lickin' with kids, pets, mud and everything else tracked, spilled or dumped on it and still looks really good. I would avoid the cheaper laminates.

Dick2 · Mar 5, 2015

I put Pergo in our whole house, including the kitchen and bathrooms. Wife says that is the easyist floor we've had to clean.

You can use the snap-together laminate if you want, but it won't be waterproof unless you glue every seam and end connection with waterproof glue. You don't have to buy the flooring manufacturer's high priced glue; Titebond II or Titebond III will work very well. Titebond III doesn't set up as fast as II, so you have more time to get the panels just right.

We've had laminate now for 16 years; wouldn't even consider anything else. You can buy it in wood finish or a finish that looks like tile.

Athol Carr · Mar 5, 2015

Cork tiles are warm, easy to clean and dropped stuff (crockery etc) bounces!

Athol Carr · Mar 5, 2015

Nice and light

01gentdc · Mar 5, 2015

gonna look at that cortec stuff ,, imho , I like pergo or equals ,, my brother installed pergo style floor in kitchen that has a slate tile look ;; impressive ,,. all these floors are very good about glass drop survival ,, aint no way I wouldever put in ceramic tile ever again , too much work , too much cleaning woes , and the only time that cold floor feels good to me is in the summertime , I like hardwood floors if .... my ancesters feet tread all over that floor ,,m ,other than that ,, same story as ceramic tile.. 30 yrs ago I installed anso4 carpet overheavy pad on the steps and bedroom suite upstairs ,, very good investment ,,. I sleep on that floor when my backflares up ,, sure has worn nicely,,.1st wife and tried to wearit out and wegot was a little rugburn from time to time , but other than that it rode good .

Bret4207 · Mar 6, 2015

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A couple thoughts- We put in a "floating" laminate floor in our 1880's farm house. The nice thing is is it tends to follow the twists and uneven sections of the ancient flooring. That's also it's downside! There is no way to keep moisture from dogs and kids and boots out of the cracks that open and close throughout the season. It's been a complete waste of money for us. So, whatever you put down, do what you can to provide a smooth, level, solid subfloor. We did it it like the company said and we'll be ripping it all up soon. Go overboard on prep and don't cheap out on getting GOOD flooring.

Hobo,NC · Mar 6, 2015

(quoted from post at 22:02:26 03/05/15) I work for a flooring manufacturing company and without a doubt, look at Luxury Vinyl Tile! (aka "LVT"). Get any pattern you want (tile, wood, rock, etc) and VERY durable and waterproof! Goes over almost any existing flooring (not carpet, sorry) with ease.
I have used it a couple times and love it!

My 2 cents...

Tommy D.

I did a hole house in LVT... Its expensive if you add up the prep my recommendation is not to use a dark color like I did... I could have used laminate for around haft the price BUT I have some laminate in another house and have had issues... No way would I ever use laminate were water could find its way to it...

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