Advice please on kitchen flooring

sara2323

We also had tiles fitted a few weeks ago and they really easy to look after.

They were bought from B&Q and did'nt cost much, the fitting cost quiet a bit though as he had to remove the previous flooring. (just to keep other floors in level with the kitchen floor)

Lady_E

Alan_M wrote:

What area is being covered (in square metres or sq/ft) and what is your budget?

Confirmed area to be covered is 14sq metres

Alan_M_2

Cost is going to be dependant on your existing substrate, I'll expand.

If you have a concrete floor then tiling is a realistic option, it might be slightly over your budget but it will give the best and longest lasting finish.

Alternatives would be any of the vinyl tiles, Amtico (probably over budget) Karndean (similar to amtico but cheaper) and your cheapest option is probably some form of vinyl.

If you have a wooden floor then the best part of your budget will be taken up reinforcing this and preparing to tile before you even buy the tiles themselves.

So with a wood floor your best bet is a vinyl type tile or roll vinyl.

I'm a stone wholesaler, ballpark figures to supply and fit a Limestone floor would start at £75 sq/m up to £125 sq/m for some of our first quality products and this is fitting on a concrete floor, wood would require more work.

Regular tiles will cost you in the region of £50 sq/m supply and fit on conctrete.

Vinyl will be your cheapest option.

Or there is laminate of course.

nearlyrich

We have a light beech kitchen with red granite tops, the floor is tiled in a random pattern with pale pink floor tiles and the wall tiles are terracotta. Easy to look after and looks great.

I also have a dark and small north facing kitchen and it looks much brighter (and bigger) than it used to.

wendyl1967

http://www.karndean.com/newhome.asp

We had a new kitchen fit two years ago. We decided to put down karndean. It is a cheaper version of Amtico. It is very hard wearing and easy to clean.

You can download a programme from the official site and try out all different patterns and styles.

Our kitchen it aprox 15 ft by 10 ft and it cost £500 for fitting and everything.

Friends have put me off having laminate in the kitchen due to problems with it lifting if it gets wet.

Alan_M_2

Oh, slightly off the subject, but a little practical advice on your Ikea units.

1/ Ikea units are 10mm deeper than standard UK units, so regular 600mm worktops won't fit.

2/ They have no service void at the back of the base units for you to run pipes and electricity, the back of the base units nails directly to the back of the carcass, unlike UK kitchen where it would slide into a groove 40mm or so in from the back (due to the modular design of Scandanvian homes this isn't necessary). This means if your walls are not absolutely square it's not that easy to fit.

So, buy a slightly deeper (non Ikea) worktop at 650mm, fit a batten to the wall at about 40mm thickness, any dscrepancies in the wall can then eaisly be taken out by planing the batten. This also gives you a 40mm void to hide all pipes and electrics.

The only downside is you lose 40mm of kitchen space.

Lady_E

Alan_M wrote:

Oh, slightly off the subject, but a little practical advice on your Ikea units.

1/ Ikea units are 10mm deeper than standard UK units, so regular 600mm worktops won't fit.

2/ They have no service void at the back of the base units for you to run pipes and electricity, the back of the base units nails directly to the back of the carcass, unlike UK kitchen where it would slide into a groove 40mm or so in from the back (due to the modular design of Scandanvian homes this isn't necessary). This means if your walls are not absolutely square it's not that easy to fit.

So, buy a slightly deeper (non Ikea) worktop at 650mm, fit a batten to the wall at about 40mm thickness, any dscrepancies in the wall can then eaisly be taken out by planing the batten. This also gives you a 40mm void to hide all pipes and electrics.

The only downside is you lose 40mm of kitchen space.

Thanks for the excellent advice , I had seen other threads about Ikea carcasses not being "standard" size but did not understand the implications , but I do now! I will let Lord E know the above info .

Thanks to everyone for their input , I am a lot clearer in my head as to what I want now .