ᐅ Looking for Suitable Flooring for Kitchen/Fireplace Area

schubert79 schrieb:

We have had hardwood flooring in the kitchen for 13 years. No problems at all. The microwave, either.

No! That can’t be true! Because @MachsSelbst thinks otherwise…

MachsSelbst schrieb:

I don’t need direct experience with parquet flooring to see how our kitchen floor looks after three days without mopping... but never mind, I already said it. For the tough ones, it might work because they never spill anything or mop twice a day without thinking.
For the average family, there is nothing less practical than parquet in the kitchen.

I even had parquet flooring in the bathroom, so why wouldn’t it work?
When discussions always focus only on extreme cases like waterfalls or volcanic eruptions, the outcome is already decided. In that case, I would recommend the same as in any large commercial kitchen.
But our homeowner kitchens are usually integrated into the living area, and people treat things quite normally there, including the flooring.
So you can basically install anything there; it mainly depends on your usage and how you handle the kitchen.
Let’s assume a “normal case,” and parquet works wonderfully. We even have softwood floorboards.
Your remark about wanting to install it yourself was a bit overlooked, so you should first check what type of flooring you could actually install.

Hi,

I would recommend 30x60 cm (12x24 inches) natural slate for you. You don’t need to seal it, even though I was advised to do so 15 years ago. I tried it in one room, but it’s unnecessary. Slate is very durable. Even if a heavy pan drops in the kitchen, it won’t damage the slate. Additionally, I find the barefoot feeling on the slightly uneven, silky surface to be amazing.

Back then, I bought it for about 20 EUR per m² (about $20 per square yard) at a large home improvement store. It’s also quite easy to install.

Maybe this idea helps you.

Regards

Holzfinger schrieb:

I would recommend 30x60 natural slate.

Very nice. It falls under the category of tiles.
However, it should be mentioned that slate is a natural product, so the color variation in the shipment can be both positive and negative, which is not a defect, but many do not like it.
There are beautiful, seemingly warm tiles because of their matte and irregular surface, but @tf4skate would like to install them personally.
Since the question also involves costs, my advice is: do as you wish, stranger. Everything is allowed. You won’t have two left hands, so you have many options: a kitchen is not a messy or wet room!
Assuming someone is taught not to spill or mess around, any mess from food on the floor will be limited to a few months—unless your place is like a pigsty or one of those very untidy households.
Just because someone here can’t pour their coffee properly or uses the wrong coffee machine for the wrong cup doesn’t mean you have to be restricted by that.
By the way, I’m pro tile because I simply like it. But I wouldn’t be opposed to wood either.