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How bad are laminate floors in the kitchen?
Tiles or laminate flooring?
I read a lot of bad things about laminate floors in kitchens because they can be ruined by water. From personal experience how bad is it? Is it manageable to keep them from being damaged?
As the title suggests, I'm renovating my house and I'm undecided between tiles and laminate flooring. I will use tiles in the bathroom as I have read that it is more resistant to water and humidity. But for the rest of the house I was more inclined towards a water-resistant laminate as I find it less cold to the touch than tiles. Has anyone had experience with these two materials and could give me some advice on the pros and cons?
My wife and I just closed on our first house. We are doing some work in the kitchen and wanted to replace the existing curved ceramic tile flooring. We are trying to decide if we should go with luxury vinyl plank/tile, ceramic tile, or wood.
We don't have kids yet, but we want kids (and maybe a dog) in the near future. We would like something that is waterproof and highly resistant to scratches, dents, humidity, etc.
Based on my preliminary research, it seems like luxury vinyl plank/tile is the way to go. However, our contractor recommended going with ceramic tile or wood. I'm not sure why. Ceramic tile looks nice, but apparently it's more prone to breaking if something hard falls on it. I think our contractor is going to be putting the new flooring over the existing flooring, so it would need to be leveled first.
We are already putting luxury vinyl plank in our bedroom. It is 7.5 mm (22 mil wear layer) with a cork back. The luxury vinyl plank that we liked for the kitchen is only 5 mm (12 mil wear layer) with a foam back. I don't know if that lower thickness and different material back will cause any issues in the kitchen.
What are your thoughts?