Those of you with kitchen tiles, do you find it TOO cold?

Slinky_Malinky

I have large ceramic tiles in my kitchen and regret it very much. They are very cold and very slippery when wet plus I hate cleaning the floor as the room is over 7 metres long. If I had my time over I would have carpeted the dining area and had something else at the cooking end ( not sure what, possibly lino or good quality vinyl or even Amtico/karndean type stuff if funds could manage)

fishing-girl

i have had an extension built 3m x5m that the original kitchen opens into.
i have had slate tiles with slate skirting and it is the best flooring i have ever had.it is cool but not cold.i never wear slippers just bare feet. its not underheated. slate is expensive but if you shop around it is cheaper than karndean/amtico we paid £25 m.
love my floor it so easy to keep clean.

sunshinetours

I was going to say slate tiles may be good option. Possibly slightly warmer on the tootsies than ceramic tiles. Also look fab IMO.
Easy to clean and last forever

Karndean is great and we have it in the dining part of the kitchen but not sure how it would react to a kitchen flood like you mentioned. its fine for spills and splashes but not sure about submersion! its alos not cheap - look on karndean website for stockists. PM me if you are in Essex and i'll send you details of who I know locally

Quality vinyl is probably cheapest option and some are pretty nice but never as nice as quality tiles or real wood flooring

As others have said consider underfloor heating although the electric version can be expensive to run in a large room and the "wet" version expensive to retro fit

its_all_gravy

Our kitchen floor is fffffreeezin we are about to embark on a refit and i will be sure to put underfloor heating in before the new tiles are laid
We already have this in the conservatory and as the saying goes Its Grrreat

paddypaws101

I don't think underfloor heating is SO expensive to fit and everyone who has it loves it.
Otherwise...I have Amtico ( spacia, cheaper range ! ) and absolutely LOVE it. After I had chosen my floor I found a Polyflor stockist...they mainly use it in commercial projects....and i have to say the range of designs and quality was really impressive. Also cheaper!

pawpurrs

They can be cold, just laid a terrocotta floor, but this time have gone for underfloor heating, its so cheap and easy to do, and it really makes all the difference! No need to go for lino, go for a lovely real slate, or terrocotta etc just use underfloor!:T

fidnhilly

Its really interesting to hear other people's experiences, thanks very much. I am still ummming & ahhhing lol Swayong towards polyflor atm :-) We are having electric underfloor heating in conservatory but I think the kitchen/diner will be too expensive to use that as its quite a big space.

MrsE_2

I have large ceramic tiles, they are cold & anything you drop smashes.

robjcooper

Gorgeous riven verde slate tiles + polyplumb water underfloor heating = cosiest room in the house - just ask my 2 cats who now spend most of their time sprawled out on the kitchen floor.

pollypenny

We have always had tiles in the kitchen It was lovely and cosy when we had a boiler there, next to the fridge, which of course was on all the time and pumping out heat.

New boiler in 2008 and an efficiently working fridge has meant a blooming cold kitchen. I can't face taking tiles up to put in underfloor heating though.

Any idea on costs for a 10' by 10' room?