chibaka wrote:wuchan wrote:Wage Slave wrote:I have to admit I quite like the underfloor storage in the kitchen. And it doubles as an access hatch to the underfloor area. I am wondering about floor tiles for my kitchen floor. Did you go with the hard vinyl ones or the glazed earthenware type with grout?
we used outdoor creamic tiles with grout. They thought I was nuts until they saw them in the house.
You laid those on top of a wooden floor? I'd worry about cracking or tiles coming loose when the house does the earthquake conga......
I prefer tiles though.
In that case I suppose you just accept that the floor will need to be relaid. There will probably be bigger things to worry about anyway. That kind of floors looks good for sure and should wear well although my mother's had a nasty habit of chipping. My worry is that it would be too cold and hard especially if you have young children. I don't any more but In any case, here in Slave Manor, I know for sure that a thick rug would appear on that kind of floor within days.
At the moment we have fake parquet hardwood laminate which is still fine after 25 years but the polyurethane finish is starting to wear out in places. I'm wondering whether I should just paint a new layer over the whole thing, sand it and redo, or lay the best vinyl I can find. I did see some imported vinyl floor tiles in Super Viva which were tougher than the usual cushion floor. Or perhaps, shipping something better from somewhere, by sea, wouldn't cost that much.