Kitchen flooring - thoughts

catsdad

Fitter has included Howdens flooring SDH 2085 Nat Stone Tile (laminate flooring) which is coming in at £403...

Here's a link to B&Qwebsite, Tile-Loc tile-effect laminate whose colour we prefer to Howden's...
Comparable in quality , would you reckon? or does Howden's offer any particular qualities for kitchen use? b&Q offering 4 packs for price of 3, so 8 packs £180 10 packs £240...

240 vs 403


http://www.diy.com/diy/jsp/bq/nav.jsp?action=detail&fh_secondid=11348277&fh_location=//catal!!!1/en_GB/categories%3C%7B9372013%7D/categories%3C%7B9372028%7D/categories%3C%7B9372109%7D/specificationsProductType=laminate_flooring/specificationsSpecificProductType=tileloc_laminate_flooring

tpt

Completely agree.

You haven't posted the size of the floor, but if you do....

Assegai

i agree with the other two also. Laminate has kind of seen its day. Tiles can be a lot more durable i.e if you drop a knife onto them it will not pierce the floor and you can get natural stone now quite cheap if you shop around.

keystone

andrew-b wrote: »

I wouldn't put any sort of laminate in the kitchen

Neither would I.

Assegai wrote: »

if you drop a knife onto them it will not pierce the floor

but it could crack a tile.

OP - what about sheet vinyl?

Cheers

tpt

but it could crack a tile.

not if they are laid properly it couldn't! (but then i'm guessing the wink meant you knew that)

Barneysmom

The choice is yours.
But I never have tiles or laminate in the kitchen or bathroom but that's because it really hurt my head once when I went flying on tiles. It hurts.
I always go for vinyl now.

pookiewn

I have a similar laminate in my kitchen put down by the last owner. It hasn't aged very well, it's only been down for about five years and eighteen months of that the house was empty. It is very slippy when wet and always cold - so walking in the kitchen without slippers in winter isn't an option! The last owner seemed to buy everything at B&Q, I'm guessing the ones you linked to are an updated design to the ones I have already.
If you have alternatives for your kitchen floor, I would go for that instead.

catsdad

Thanks to all for replies...

By choice, I'd probably opt for a decent comfy vinyl, but room is L shaped approx 6m x2m, opening to 6m x 4 m at widest and longest points with a couple of recesses (cupboard under stairs and dining area. In practical terms ( not wanting a join) I'd be throwing half away...

Barneys mom - My wife had the same experience and is wary of opting for real tiling for this reason...

MaggieBaking

In our old rented house we had tiling in the kitchen. I'm forever falling over but I didn't slip once. I also dropped something very heavy on it once (I think it was the lid of a slow cooker which broke in half) and didn't crack a tile, fortunately.

It was mottled slightly and the texture was very unslippy. I have slipped a few times on inappropriate bathroom tiles so I understand the fear. I would never say never, just make sure you get the right one.

BlueC

brendank wrote: »

Barneys mom - My wife had the same experience and is wary of opting for real tiling for this reason...

Not all tiles are slippery. A lot of modern floor tiles have very good grip even when wet, just don't buy gloss.

I'm with the others. Personally I would never put laminate in a kitchen (or anywhere else!), and if I wanted something that looked like tiles then I would buy, well, tiles.

steptoe1971

I'm also having a kitchen fitted soon and probably going for sheet vinyl. It just seems the most practical for me - cheap enough to replace and easy enough to replace in a few years if necessary