On Jun 3, 8:49*am, John wrote:
My wife just saw some laminate flooring she likes, and she wants to
pick it up for our kitchen area. *I've never had laminate flooring
before, so I don't know much about it. *It is affordable, but I'm
worried about durability -- especially in the kitchen, where there's
water, and apple-juice to be spilled. *I was wondering if anyone had
any insights.

(the particular flooring is called Trillium, oak)

Thanks

John

If you mean like Pergo I have it in the kitchen and its ok, just ok,
it has a few holes from knives and pans that have dropped, its been
through a small flood I caught right away and it dried fine, but they
make a water resistant grade I did not use. Pergo is so smooth it
shows all dirt, it cant be kept looking clean in my kitchen with 3
dogs so thats a big big negative. If I were to redo it I would get a
tile pattern that has alot of natural looking variations to hide dirt,
they make vinyal tiles that look real, hide dirt, and have a thicker
top layer so a knive or dropped pot wont leave a gouge. Your kitchen
will get the most wear of any room, get something thats real good and
takes abuse. You might find a wood laminate rougher and tougher than
pergo that will hide dirt, if the Pergo had less gloss and more of
natural woods roughness and uneveness it would have been better.