I have to replace mine in the not too distant future. Every kind has its advantages and disadvantages. I’m willing to go with whatever is best. Just wondering what you all like and why? The look and convenience is important.
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Forbo Marmoleum.
Kinda hard to beat good ole' tile. Takes the moisture, durable, various designs and colors.
Semper Fi
Ceramic with infloor heat.
Cork if you stand around alot cooking or bull #### ting.
Real lino or marmoleum if you don't have a need to drag the refrig or stove around.
Hardwood if you don't drip anything when cooking. Grime on HW in a kitchen is no picnic cleaning up.
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I've thought about putting tile down in mine but Julia Child, a very famous cook on TV and in whom I have some confidence, says she insists on sheet flooring with some kind of cushion underlayment. Apparently, she says, cooks who spend a lot of time in the kitchen need the cushion effect to keep their feet and legs from getting stressed after long periods of standing on their feet. It's easily cleaned too.
Installed just about every kind of flooring material and work in kitchens with all types of flooring. No contest.
CORK.
Frankie
Experiment with the placing of the ingredients on the plate. Try the mozzarella on the left, the tomato in the middle, the avocado on the right. Have fun. Then decide it goes tomato, mozzarella, avocado. Anything else looks stupid.
Richard E. Grant as Simon Marchmont - Posh Nosh
Cork. Ok, I'll bite, tell me why.
A. It is soft, easy to walk and stand on for long periods. If you are in your bare feet (mornings) you will really appreciate it.B. Any floor - wood (poly'd), sheet flooring, even composite vinyl tiles (with a finish applied) and cork (poly'd) all have a monothic surface. There may be hairline cracks on the poly'd floors but they aren't enough to discount them. Moisture won't get through unless you are derelict in your use.C. There are a variety of styles, designs and colors to choose from.D. It is pretty cost effective. More $$ than VCT, but cheaper than tile or wood.E. It can be forgiving. If a plate or glass falls it may survive. Not so with wood or tile.F. Room is softer with cork - sound wise.G. Durablilty comes from the finish. You must wear through the finish before you start to wear through the cork.Frankie
Experiment with the placing of the ingredients on the plate. Try the mozzarella on the left, the tomato in the middle, the avocado on the right. Have fun. Then decide it goes tomato, mozzarella, avocado. Anything else looks stupid.
Richard E. Grant as Simon Marchmont - Posh Nosh
Thanks Frankie. I never thought of cork, and you've really answered my question. I'm going to give it serious consideration. I appreciate your effort.
I assume it goes in as tiles with a certain mastic, obviously I have never installed a cork floor.
Depending on brand, it is applied using a waterbased contact adhesive. The tiles come preglued. You only apply glue to the well prepared subfloor. Poly is also waterbased. Warranty requires you use their poly.This is the resource I use. They are quite helpful regardless of how much you buy.http://www.duro-design.com/Frankie
Experiment with the placing of the ingredients on the plate. Try the mozzarella on the left, the tomato in the middle, the avocado on the right. Have fun. Then decide it goes tomato, mozzarella, avocado. Anything else looks stupid.
Richard E. Grant as Simon Marchmont - Posh Nosh
DIRT
Since you did not define BEST I can use any type of measurement I want and make ti the BEST.
Seriously to get anykind of meaningfull resposne you need to give some parameters.
Money
Usage - Sunday breakfast, every thing else is eaten out or both of you cook and cook all the time allong with having you 15 children and 33 grand kids in the kitchen at the same time.
Wear - pets and kids.
Neatness.
I said looks and convenience, that's all the parameters you need. Go for it....I know that you're capable.
All depends on the type of usage its going to get.
Thankfully, I was able to talk my wife out of hardwood in the kitchen. With four kids who can't open the refrigorator without spilling something...HW woulda been trashed inside of 6 months.
I used ceramic tile....and am incredibly happy I did.
We don't spend long hours sttanding and cooking or baking in there...so the hard surface isn't an issue.
Mebbe after the kids are grown and outta the house I'll make the wife happy and put down HW.
J. D. Reynolds
Home Improvements
I have to talk DW into HW for the kitchen, better do it before she changes her mind.
As you said the kids are grown and will be leaving soon.
If money weren't an issue, I'd consider either cork or rubber tile. Both look great and nice on the feet.
In our case, money is an issue...we're looking for a quick redo of our kitchen floor. We're going with commercial Armstrong Vinyl tile. About $.66 a square foot. Durable and not too hard to install.
The 'BEST' kitchen floor would be a solid steel grate open to a pan underneath that could get hosed out once a week.