Laying Laminate Flooring in Kitchen

gazfocus

Thanks for all the comments everyone. I hadn't thought about the height of the floor covering so that's really useful but that makes me think even more that surely it would be better to have flooring laid before fitting the kitchen because then it will be done to the right height.

keystone wrote: »

As for fitting laminate floor in your new kitchen just one word of advice - DON'T!!

Cheers

What makes you say that? The choice at present is between lino and laminate. We can't really afford real wood or tile flooring.

keystone

gazfocus wrote: »

What makes you say that? The choice at present is between lino and laminate. We can't really afford real wood or tile flooring.

Because it WILL get wet and when it gets wet it WILL swell and will, as a result, look pants.

Cheers

DevCoder

Laminate should never go near any kitchen or bathroom as Keystone says.

The only laminate Ive tested with a small amount of success in Kitchens was click tile, which has a better interlock and a bigger area per board then normal laminate so less prone to water ingress on a small kitchen.

Lino would be better imo if you are not going to tile.

Maquarius

unless you use aqualoc which is 100% waterproof laminate for bathrooms & kitchens..

scottishblondie

gazfocus wrote: »

Thanks for all the comments everyone. I hadn't thought about the height of the floor covering so that's really useful but that makes me think even more that surely it would be better to have flooring laid before fitting the kitchen because then it will be done to the right height.

What makes you say that? The choice at present is between lino and laminate. We can't really afford real wood or tile flooring.

Most laminate is no more than 10 or 15mm thick - so you are unlikely to really notice any height problems! The cheap stuff can be as little as 5mm, and underlay will only add another 4 or 5mm.

And I would agree with not putting laminate in a kitchen - it doesn't react well to getting wet! Neither does wood, btw. You'll need to wipe up all spills pretty quickly.

Have you considered click vinyl? You can get it in wood effect or tile. I've recently done my entire ground floor in this. Looks good and it's 100% waterproof. Dead easy to lay too - much more so that laminate IMO.