Seems like a terrible idea to me.
You make one mistake one time and bingo, you cost yourself a few grand to have it sanded, leveled, varnished, and polished.
Hardwood floor sealer exists. It’s called vitrification
You’d be nuts to install a hardwood floor and not protect it!
Throw rugs and tile in mine
Peacocking.
I put whatever I want in my kitchen because I’m a superstar and fuck your disapproval.
Trampoline floor
I like the cut of your jib.
Mostly I have seen it to have seen it with cheaper floating options and even in the bathrooms to have a seemless consistancy throughout a condo. Never seen it done in a house.
They 'tarded
When I bought my house it had 2 layers of carpet in the kitchen. I replaced it with hardwood because I didn’t want to stain the carpet.
Carpet in the kitchen is almost as nasty as fur on your fridge.
it’s very easy to sweep and mop!
Same people install white or cream carpets just before they decide to have kids or a party.
A good poly and an appropriate hardwood selection can do a lot to protect the floor.
Would I ever do a natural wood floor in a kitchen or full bathroom? Absolutely not because I actually use a kitchen and have a dog that would maul hardwood with zoomies.
We put bamboo flooring in. It looks great! It’s held up to cats running claws out and me dropping things.
Ditto on bamboo, it’s nigh indestructible
Albeit in a well climate controlled area. High humidity isn’t good for bamboo. I used to work with a manufacturer whose warranty for bamboo floors had high requirements for humidity, which basically eliminated my area if you like to keep your windows open. If you are in a well climate controlled area, it’s awesome and renewable.
Oh yeah, now that you mention it, there were dire humidity warnings all over the flooring I got.
I imagine there might be similar disclaimers on carpets too
Carpet is much more resilient to moisture, as long as it gets dried back out - that’s why it’s so popular in basements. Tile and vinyl plank also hold up really well to lots of moisture. Wood Is ok with humidity, it will expand and contract, but immersion will destroy it.
I have never seen a wooden floor in a kitchen, where do you live? May as well use a carpet floor lol
In Brittain they often have carpet in the toilet. How tf do you clean that, it will get soaked with piss, you dirty fucking Brits.
I am British, lived here for 35+ years (all my life) and I’ve never seen carpet in a toilet or bathroom.
Hey it’s not me experiencing urine leakages often enough to develop such presumption, buddy
You think flushing doesn’t sprinkle toilet water everywhere?
Yup, just shut the cover before flushing
Mythbuster showed 20 years ago that doesnt work
Whenever a man is peeing standing up, droplets will spread around the toilet. Over the years, the buildup will be horribly unhealthy and disgusting. But for Brits who already never wash their hands, it may not be such big of a deal.
Then just don’t pee standing up, I’m a dude and when I’m at comfort of my home I always choose to sit on my toilet. It’s so much better that way, much more comfortable and less messy.
I always sit down, but can you be certain every other man peeing in your toilet does the same?
well fuck you for making me realize that my carpet after all may be stained with fluids that never left my belly.
Welcome to the 70’s-80’s when carpeting was de rigueur for bathrooms and kitchens.
Fun story … my son was a climber so all food was in the highest cupboards. One time I needed a bathroom break, and in under 5 minutes he’d dragged a kitchen chair to the counter, climbed up, took down the flour and dumped it all over his little sister. Honest to gawd all I could see of her was her dark eyes in a cloud of white.
And just to boost his creativeness here, he decided to move the chair to the sink, grabbed a cup of water and they started making flour pies on the carpet.
Gotta love kids!
I have 3 kittens in their puberty, that’s already more then I can handle. I’m skipping kids.
Are dropping kettle bells on your wooden flooring or something 🤣.
No, but cooking pots could fall and those have sharp lips which will indent the floor. Same with other hardware like cutlery.
And I will handle knives more likely in the kitchen than in the living room.What else are you going to put in the kitchen though, carpet?
Laminate
Of course not, that’s what linoleum is for
That’s what I was thinking. Linoleum can be ugly and will cut/dent easy, but it’s the cheapest to replace.
Tiling
That’s like 5x the cost though and you’re likely to break anything you drop onto it like dishes or bottles.
Our kitchen has laminate plank flooring and it has held up really well. I believe it’s original which means it’s made it 22ish years so far with part of that time being a rental full of college kids who apparently stored all their literal garbage in the garage and put a bunch of holes in the walls.
Ceramic tile is tough as hell and cleans easily.
No, friend dropped a steak knife tip down on theirs, took a chip out of it. From reading comments I guess they must have not sealed/varnished it.
Our kitchen is integrated into the living room (open kitchen space) and the whole room has hardwood flooring. Due to the room layout it would be hard to establish a “border” where the flooring could change (e.g. tile floor in the kitchen area). It it easier to have one type of flooring across all the room.
We rent, and unfortunately we were the first ones after the hardwood flooring was put in, which means that every spill and every scratch is on us. We decided not to bother, as every spill leaves a mark (regardless how fast your clean-up effort is), and thus adds character to the floor. It’s a living room after all.
We know that a chunk of the security deposit will likely be gone if we move out. It would probably be as much money as to have the floor sanded down by ourselves.
Despite hardwood flooring has some disadvantages regarding spills and scratches, it makes the room much more cozy than any other type of flooring. The most durable type of flooring would be sealed screed flooring you expect in a warehouse. But that wouldn’t look cozy.
Spills and dropped items are kind of expected in a kitchen, no? Wouldn’t most of this damage be categorized as normal wear and tear? As a tenant it’s not expected that you hand back the property exactly as it was when you took possession - it’s up to the landlord to budget for normal maintenance.
We are on good terms with our landlord, and repairs (mostly heating) are taken care of quickly. So far there are no problems at all. But we like to anticipate the worst. I too believe that spills on a wooden floor in a kitchen are normal wear and tear. I think it all depends on what else in the appartement is worn out (some things even due to real negligence), if we move out any time in the future eventually.
Every spill leaves a mark?
Hardwoods need finish coats. Sounds like a real half assed job you’re living with.
