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Kitchen floor - How easy is it to maintain wood? Please help!

Darren Roiser
hace 7 años

We can't decide between whether to use wooden floor in a kitchen or porcelain? Does the potential for spillages, grease, red wine and mud from outside mean its completely impractical to clean? Thanks!!


Victorian Home, South-West London · Más información

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    Laura Butler-Madden
    hace 7 años
    I've always used wood in kitchens as I much prefer it to porcelain. We've never had problems with marking or warping, I think as long as you look after it, it will be ok. Laura

    Comentarios (8)

    • PRO
      Ruth Turner Interior Design Ltd
      hace 7 años
      I would not really use wood in a kitchen. It's not really a practical choice especially if it gets very wet as it can warp. It also marks easily so can become tired looking very quickly. Porcelain is definitely the more practical choice. There are some great wood effect tiles out there now.
    • PRO
      Walrow kitchens
      hace 7 años

      We agree that wood isn't a practical choice for the kitchen as spills and stains can cause real problems. Our advice would be to keep the kitchen easy to clean and maintain, and keep your wood floor for another part of the house.

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      Room by Room (Midlands) Ltd
      hace 7 años

      Wood floors are prone to scratching. The key is regular hovering to reduce any potential scratching, mopping with an appropriate wood floor cleaner as needed and ensuring that your floor is oiled (the oil will help manage the spill issue but recommend mopping any spills up as they happen). Wood floors are less practical than porcelain but they do add warmth visually and underfoot. If using engineered wood the option for underfloor heating is an added bonus.

    • PRO
      The Wood Works
      hace 7 años

      Laminate flooring with a wood effect is a good option and as stated before adds a great amount of warmth to a room. It is also very easy to look after!

    • Elizabeth Dixon
      hace 7 años

      2 kitchens ago I had reclaimed teak parquet flooring - looked great when it was polished but needed quite a lot of regular work. Also quite dark. We put maple in the conservatory which was definitely a mistake - lovely and light in colour but a pain to maintain. My last kitchen was laminate oak - very practical but perhaps a bit cheap looking - although it was OK for that house which was a temporary home for me. Now I'm in a bigger and rather grander house and also in a quandary about what's going to be best for the floor - limestone or porcelain tiles would look great but I wonder if they're going to be cold and less user friendly if anything gets dropped ....

    • shelleyuk
      hace 7 años

      I have high end expensive laminate on my floor. It wasn't much cheaper than using wood but I was talked into it as being more practical. Its been a nightmare. With wood on the floor you would drop a bowl, it would smash and you be left with a dent in the floor but that becomes part of the character of the floor. With laminate you drop a bowl it chips the glaze and tears the photo underneath and you're left with a light coloured chip in the floor which really shows up and looks rubbish. Don't go for laminate. If I could rip ours out I would but its only been down for two years and it runs underneath the kitchen cabinets.

      I'd go for wood or if you're worried about spills and maintenance then karndean is a good option.

    • PRO
      Moduleo UK
      hace 7 años

      Hi Darren,

      Wood effect vinyl flooring works well in a kitchen as it's easy to clean and hard-wearing. It is also a great heat insulator and can be used with underfloor heating.

      We are specialists in luxury vinyl flooring, please see our website for the full range of our wood effect tiles: http://www.moduleo.co.uk/products/wood 

      Let us know if you have any questions!


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