Why do many folks dislike lino?

Jake wrote:
Why do many folks dislike lino?

I don't think they do. People like to have expensive floors - stone tiles,
wood, etc because when it comes to selling, the kitchen can sinch a deal.
Also, many people spend loads of time in the kitchen - not because they have
to but because they choose to. So they make it nice as possible on the
budget they have.

Personally I just re-lino every 2/3 years or so as its so cheap to do.
Cushioned lino is what I choose and it comes in all sorts of designs and
patterns - tile effect, wood effect, stone effect. Having a new floor every
few years makes a nice change.

Once a wood or tile floor is down it stays down for many years.

~Carl

On Sat, 05 Jul 2003 20:04:07 GMT, (Jake) wrote:

Why do many folks dislike lino?

I wasn't even aware it was still available! I remember lino from my
childhood because it seemed to be the de-facto standard in our houses
back then.

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On Sat, 05 Jul 2003 20:04:07 GMT, (Jake) wrote:

Why do many folks dislike lino?

I wasn't even aware it was still available! I remember lino from my
childhood because it seemed to be the de-facto standard in our houses
back then.

Yep, there was a bit of a fashion a couple of years ago in the glossy
'interiors ' type magazine for floors to have fancy lino floors laid,
not just a sheet of lino, but fancy cut and laid patterns
--
Chris French, Leeds

Jake wrote in message
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Why do many folks dislike lino?

Do you mean real lino or any general vinolay type flooring? The lino I've
seen had a sort of sacking woven in it or on the back of it.. Recently I've
had new cushioned vinolay flooring put down in my kitchen and it's warm
underfoot. I've also added a couple of fairly large mats which makes it
really cosy. The one thing against that type of flooring, if you're not
careful, is that things can dig into it.

Some cushionfloor type stuff can feel a bit sticky / plasticy. Any ideas on
ways of reducing this with a cleaner / sealant?

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On Sat, 05 Jul 2003 20:04:07 GMT, (Jake) wrote:

Why do many folks dislike lino?

I wasn't even aware it was still available! I remember lino from my
childhood because it seemed to be the de-facto standard in our houses
back then.

Yep, there was a bit of a fashion a couple of years ago in the glossy
'interiors ' type magazine for floors to have fancy lino floors laid,
not just a sheet of lino, but fancy cut and laid patterns
--
Chris French, Leeds


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Why do many folks dislike lino?

Do you mean real lino or any general vinolay type flooring? The lino I've
seen had a sort of sacking woven in it or on the back of it.

The origin of lino - 'linoleum' - is boiled linseed oil applied to a woven
linen backing. It used the flax plant to very good effect.

No idea how authentic modern lino is but I haven't seen it on sale for years
either.

Mind you, I haven't looked.

There's some in our 1960s caravan which was used by two parents and two sons
for many years and it's hardly scuffed at all. We've restored the 'van and
redecorated it completely, only the floor covering is the same. Must be good
....

Mary

On Sat, 05 Jul 2003 20:04:07 GMT, (Jake) wrote:


Why do many folks dislike lino?

Lots of Lino info he

http://www.armstrongdlw.co.uk/commfl...ame= Linoleum
--
Tony Halmarack

Why do many folks dislike lino?

because what they think is lino isn't. They're probably thinking of
the thin linolyte tiles that 'council' houses used to have. Or the
crappy vinyl cushionfloors from cheap carpet outlets.

Proper Marmoleum from Forbo Nairn costs a bloody bomb and is used in
the best hotels etc....

Why do many folks dislike lino?
We like what we're told to like.

But we don't have to obey.


I tink it works a bit like this.
Once we had a tin bath and an outside toilet.
Then bathrooms with the standard white sanitary fitting became a status
symbol. That is, until everyone had one.

Not everyone.

Then, ripping out your perfectly good white bathroom suite and fitting the
luxuriously coloured pink blue or avocado suites became the order of the
day.

Yuk.

Until we all had them.

No.

Then it was "Rip out that pathetically dated coloured suite and replace it
with white".
Now white sanitary-ware is predominant, so what happens next?

We'll still be using our 1930s white porcelain wc and cistern and white cast
iron bath. If they ain't broke ...

In the finance industry it's called "churning".

I'm afraid that if the economy depended on folk like the Fishers there
wouldn't be an economy. Nor a finance industry. We're simply not doing our
patriotic bit.

But nor is anyone who does DIY :-)

Mary
--
Tony Halmarack

May wrote:


Jake wrote in message
...

Why do many folks dislike lino?

Do you mean real lino or any general vinolay type flooring? The lino I've
seen had a sort of sacking woven in it or on the back of it.. Recently
I've had new cushioned vinolay flooring put down in my kitchen and it's
warm underfoot. I've also added a couple of fairly large mats which makes
it
really cosy. The one thing against that type of flooring, if you're not
careful, is that things can dig into it.

A while back (1 year?) Discovery H&L had a segment from "ThisOld House" with
Norm & whatever the other guy is called, and they went to a factory in
Scotland that produces something like 25% of the worlds lino... It was
cool. I always thought it was made from Oil (i..e out of the ground oil),
but it was made from (IIRC) linseed oil & a few other things...

Anyway. The sacking on the back is used to give the lino strength.

I did hate lino, because I also associated it with Vinyl... However I'm
starting to warm to it, especially the fancy stuff. This factory in
Scotland did some really nice patterns (There's a name for it, but I can't
remmember what it's called... The same as some wood veneer stuff... Damn...

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