Laminate or tiles?

neneromanova

Just pricing up options for new flooring throughout the new Utility room/Kitchen/dining room & Hallway. (Will have carpet in the living room)

What do you find better wearing? and less slippy. The difference between both is about £100ish so not much, but I don't want to put laminate down and find it's no good with kids & a dog (Pug).

Any suggestions?

cyclonebri1

You have a dog, you have kids, and to top it all it's a kitchen, so add water and spilt fluids.

What do you think???????????????????????

Sorry, but you want it cheaper?, or you want it to be functional and last?. It has to be tiled if I'm still unclear to you.

Just thought, you didn't say which was cheapest, if it was tiles I'm going to stick 2 pencils up my nose and put a square handkerchief on my head, wibble;)

victor2

Definitely tiles where there's a chance of water spillage and/or things getting dropped on the floor. Porcelain tiles are extremely hard wearing and will survive a saucepan being dropped on them. Whoever fits them will get through a diamond cutter or two, as regular ceramic tile cutters won't touch them.
Laminate has got to be cheaper though, and you can get some water resistant types.
We had porcelain tiles in our kitchen about 5 years ago and they still look like new - and have survived things being dropped on them!

Edit:
You can get various finishes on the tiles so that they aren't so slippery when wet either.

katejo

I replaced vinyl with porcelain tiles and am really pleased with them. I wouldn't have laminate in a kitchen. The laminate in my bathroom (already there when I bought) is coming up/curling/colouring at the edges now after 7 years.

phoebe1989seb

We have had both tiles and laminate in our kitchens previously.

In our last kitchen we had laminate (Karndean), but we are extremely [STRIKE]anal[/STRIKE] careful and chose it as it was a good match for the 1920s oak strip flooring throughout the remainder of the ground floor. We sold the house after it had been down only two years but in that time we had no issues. That said I wouldn't have chosen a) cheap laminate or b) any laminate if we were messy cooks/had young kids/dogs.

Before that we laid slate in a kitchen/breakfast room but overall I wasn't keen on the look of so much slate in a large space (8m x 5m) as it appeared very dark.....

We also laid Karndean in a bathroom in that house. It stood the test of time during the ten years we were there (1 kid, 4 cats) and the people who bought from us kept it a further six years.

Last year we laid natural cathedral antique limestone in the kitchen in our [STRIKE]new[/STRIKE] old house as we now have two dogs and whilst it's a pig to keep mud-free in Winter , it is much brighter, not at all slippy and extremely hard-wearing......and will age well - we love it Definitely not a cheap option although in true MSE style I found a supplier of the same product as FE but at a much reduced cost.........

neneromanova

cyclonebri1 wrote: »

You have a dog, you have kids, and to top it all it's a kitchen, so add water and spilt fluids.

What do you think???????????????????????

Sorry, but you want it cheaper?, or you want it to be functional and last?. It has to be tiled if I'm still unclear to you.

Just thought, you didn't say which was cheapest, if it was tiles I'm going to stick 2 pencils up my nose and put a square handkerchief on my head, wibble;)

Lol, so no to Laminate?

These are the tiles:

http://www.nustone.co.uk/tiles/slate/black-riven-slate-tile-600x900-tile-crate.html

and this is the laminate:

http://www.discountflooringdepot.co.uk/balterio-tradition-quattro-carbon-black-513-9mm-v-groove-ac4-1-91m2-p76

cyclonebri1

neneromanova wrote: »

Lol, so no to Laminate?

These are the tiles:

http://www.nustone.co.uk/tiles/slate/black-riven-slate-tile-600x900-tile-crate.html

and this is the laminate:

http://www.discountflooringdepot.co.uk/balterio-tradition-quattro-carbon-black-513-9mm-v-groove-ac4-1-91m2-p76

It's a no to laminate;);)

I am a little alarmed about your comments on cost, tiling usually comes out about twice the cost in total of the tiles themselves, ie, it's all in the prep and materials used to fix the tiles.
I'd be surprised if the tiling cost isn't significantly more expensive, but all said before still stands.
Do it once and do it right.

The other side of the argument could be;

"The tiles will last forever but I will get bored with the finish",
I know some folks take that view, fashion lead so to speak.

It's your kitchen and your choice, but I think you have the majority view here:):)

Oli.s

The tiles may be cheaper per m2 but you haven't factored in around 8 bags of adhesive and a couple of bags of grout which is going to add at least another £100 and any preparation to the floor to make it suitable to take tiles.