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Best kitchen floor surfaces?
Clare Snyder wrote:
On Sun, 10 Feb 2019 18:00:16 -0600, "ChairMan" no
wrote:
Terry Coombs wrote:
On 2/10/2019 3:00 PM, Clare Snyder wrote:
On Sun, 10 Feb 2019 09:44:25 -0800 (PST), Davej
wrote:
My house has some sort of modern tongue-in-groove
plank-style
wooden floor throughout the entryways, breakfast area,
and
kitchen, installed over the plywood sub-floor. I like
the fact
that wood is a comfortable surface for bare feet, but
don't
like the fact that every spill of water can be a
problem and
every dropped utensil can create another dent or
gouge. Any
suggestions?
Solid premium vinyl
Armstrong used to have (and may still) a solid vinyl
line that was
really tough . Bitch to install too , had to warm it up
to cut it .
We're undecided whether to carry the (solid 3/4"
prefinished
oak)hardwood into the "wet" areas . I planned on ceramic
or
porcelain tile in the bathrooms and kitchen work area ,
but she
kinda likes the idea of it all being hardwood .
It was called Solarian, if memory serves me right and yes
a bitch to
install especially in cold weather. I remember epoxy was
used on
seams
Custom Solarian solid vinyl - what was installed in our
kitchen and
mainfloor bath - It's not Epoxy that is used - but a
special vinyl
cement that chemically "welds" the vinyl.
It was two part epoxy when I was installing it, mid 70s it
did change in late 70's early 80s
Strange story on ours - we "won" it at a home show - all
we had to pay
was the installation. They brought it in about 8am on a
cold Ontario
December day and started laying it. They were done well
before noon (I
was at work - wife was home). When I got home I found
there were 2
corners where it was visibly cracked - due to the
"installers" not
knowing what they were doing and working it while still
cold and
stiff. I called and told them they had 2 options - and
only 2. Eother
come and rip it out and replace it properly, or forget
about the
installation fee. They decided it was a lot cheaper to
forget the
installation fee. I can live with 2 cracks about 1/2 inch
long -
particularly after I glued them - they hardly show even
now 20 - some
odd years later.
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