Choosing Your Kitchen Floor
Getting the right flooring for a kitchen takes some thought.Kitchens are usually one of the most used rooms in homes so the flooring needs to be hardwearing. It will also need to be easy to clean as it will have food dropped on it regularly. Practical, durable and good looking choices for kitchen floors include:
Natural flooring such as seagrass and coir are completely unsuitable for kitchens as any food spilt may get stuck between the fibres and be impossible to clean.
Wood Laminate or Engineered Wood
Wood laminate starts from £30m2 fitted and Engineered wood from £40m2and should be fitted without the plinths on the kitchen cabinets. Wood flooring can compliment wood cabinets and worktops but make sure it does not become too overpowering. If like me you are always dropping your crockery and glasses the other advantage of wood is that it can be forgiving and you may get them to bounce. If you are an able DIY’er why not fit your own laminate or engineer wood product. You can order it online from our online shop www.sgflooring-online.co.ukThere is information on how to estimate your flooring needs. Whats more if you are within a 20 mile radius of our base near Lutterworth and Rugby we deliver the product to your door with NO DELIVERY charge.
Vinyl, Linoleum & Designer Vinyl Tiles
Vinyl sheet is the cheapest option for a kitchen floor, prices start from £12m2 fitted. It is available in a huge range of colours and patterns. The advantages of vinyl include that it is soft and quiet underfoot. Some of the more expensive types are anti-slip. Vinyl sheet comes with patterns already printed on them. Over the last few years the quality of vinyl has inproved siginficantly, however the clours can look very different in daylight compared to artificial light so make sure you see your choice in day light and at nightbefore making a choice.Linoleum and designer vinyl tiles, like Karndeanhave all the advantages of vinyl sheet but comes in plain colours so you can create your own design. The vinyl tiles also have feature strips which mean you can get the affect of ceramic, slate or quarry tiles without the cold underfoot.If you lay a vinyl sheet flooring on quarry tiles or an uneven surface it will soon start to wear on any areas where the sub-floor is raised. Vinyl sheet will discolour if it is laid on top of an old vinyl floor or thermo-plastic tiles. In all these situations floor preparation will be required and you should budget for the same amount on floor preparation as on the flooring itself.
Carpets & Carpet Tiles
Carpets and carpet tiles should only be used in kitchens if they are specifically designed to be stain resistant, for example Flotex. Carpet tiles have the advantage that they can be moved around when they get badly stained. For example the tiles under the table could be moved to in front of the kitchen sink.
If you are based in the Rugby, Lutterworth or Daventry areas and you would like a FREE no obligation quote at home for your new kitchen flooring please contact Stewart on 07860 869169.
