Kitchen flooring?

What happens to the vinyl if you have a drop witz?

Nothing, Kittylester, though I dare say that if you dropped something very sharp it might cut it.

We have ceramic tiles in the kitchen and hallway, which are brilliant. Easy to clean and I love the coolness on my feet, especially in summer. (I am sitting here now in bare feet....ahh)
They have been down 25 years + and no problems.
In the downstairs loo and back porch, we have had Amtico, for about the same length of time. Still looks very good, but you must remember not to try and drag heavy items across it.

Good luck in choosing and with the new kitchen.

Can I say there is no echo with ceramic tiles, they are worth laying properly. It seems a lot of us here are in favour.

I have large grey ceramic tiles and I have never noticed an echo in my largish kitchen. The tiles are so easy to keep clean, I love mine.

I have Amtico in the kitchen, been down 11 years now. I agree that preparation is all as my kitchen floor had to cover floorboards in old part and concrete in extension.
I am very happy with it despite having dropped a bottle and dinting it in the first few days after it was put down.

We currently have ceramic tiles!

The acoustics in our kitchen are dreadful. We have soft furnishings in the form of a cushioned window seat with a couple of cushions, curtains and kitchen chairs with padded seats.
DH wears hearing aids and the echo is worse for him.

Amtico in a previous kitchen and cloaks and was very pleased.
In this house inherited large ceramic styles that are now showing their age. Starting to crack and chip and losing their surface they constantly need washing as they are pale.
If I had a choice I would definitely go for Kardean or Amtico. Things bounce when you drop them I have smashed more things in 10 years here than 40 elsewhere.

We had Amtico laid over existing tiles in the kitchen a couple of months ago. We have a dog and grandsons who like to traipse in and out of the garden with muddy shoes. It cleans really well with a spray mop. The fitter told us we hadn’t to use a steam mop as it would melt the adhesive. The tiles were expensive but seem to be much less labour intensive than the old tiles which seemed to catch all the dirt in the grouting. We try not to drag furniture around on it but DH has also fitted pads to all the chair and table legs - bought off the internet and screw in rather than being glued on.

We had our kitchen fitted about 15 years ago.
We were happy with the very local company and took the package offered.
The floor was done in the lock together “ boards “ from B&Q.
They look just like ceramic tiles.
My H subsequently fitted the utility in the same product.
They still look very good.
My large hall is fitted with Karndean , that is about 11 years old and again very good.
I found when enquiring Amtico is good but expensive.

Ceramic tiles with underfloor heating, no echoes here.

I have ceramic tiles which are so hardy I can spill anything and not worry about mopping up.

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I chose Karndean LVT (luxury vinyl tiles) for my newly-extended kitchen and, so far, am delighted with them. They haven't been down long enough to judge how hard-wearing they will be but they are easy to keep clean and comfortable to walk on barefoot even in January/February.

DD and SIL have chosen a type of sealed cork flooring which they can use with their underfloor heating and is easy to keep clean but softish underfoot. It may be Corkoleum.

We have Karndean with underfloor heating. It's lovely!

We have karndean throughout the ground floor over underfloor heating. It’s been down for almost five years. We have had grandchildren pushing little prams or racing their toy cars. dogs running about, Orlin dropping cutlery, me pushing my chair nearer to the fire and away again when I roast. It wears well Kitty, soft underfoot and not at all echo-y in spite of high ceilings and very little soft furnishing in the kitchen.

A wood look because we like the same floor throughout.

MawtheMerrier

DD and SIL have chosen a type of sealed cork flooring which they can use with their underfloor heating and is easy to keep clean but softish underfoot. It may be Corkoleum.

My daughter is currently looking at some super-lovely Cork. Not at all like the Cork of the 1980s!
I think she is leaning towards marmoleum though. Its a toss-up between the two as she wants warm underfoot and knows how warm marmoleum is.

We had some beautiful large porcelain tiles laid downstairs and thought they would last forever. Two weeks later a workman doing some heating maintenance dropped a large metal tool and took a chip out of one. We didn't notice until days after he left so it was ten difficult to do anything about it. It cost nearly as much to get the tile replaced as it did to get them laid initially.

I like the look of the marmoleum, hadn't heard of that before.

when we had our new kitchen we had cramic tiles. We neded a slightly textured surface for the safety of our dogs and while it looked beautiful, it was a devil to keep clean and if I dropped anything it exploded like a grenade. I now have flotex laid over the top and am delighted, It can be scrubbed like a tile or vinyl floor but mostly vaccing keeps it clean. the backing is waterproof and wet spills mop up easily, the residue drying off really quickly. I bought a digitally printed one that looks like wood planks. I have it in the bathrooms too. The texture is velvety under food, non slip and very durable. free samples from here. www.forbo.com/flooring/en-uk/commercial-products/consumer-products/flotex/b0rbao

In our previous home we had Karndean in our kitchen/diner and in the bathroom. The back-door went straight into the kitchen from the garden & drive, so the Karndean had lots of "foot traffic" over it. It was brilliantly practical and still in good condition when we sold the house, some years after the Karndean was installed.

A light coloured Amtico here. It can get grubby with dogs and grandchildren but it mops up a dream. I'm naughty and use the steam mop at the end to buff it up, on the low setting of course. No problems.

AreWeThereYet
We replaced tiles, floor tiles, worktops, sink, oven etc a while ago but not the cupboards.

Annoyingly, the floor tiles have chipped in a couple of places; I did mix up some acrylic paint and managed to disguise the chips but if we change the kitchen and the floor, they'll need hacking up, won't they?

Thank you all for your input!!

Kittylester, just to add to my post on the positives I’ve found with karndean, make sure the under flooring is spot on.
Ours was fitted about 9 years ago. The karndean is still excellent, sadly, it’s raised in four places.
The original fitting company is no longer operating. They subcontracted the floor screeding and I don’t know who did it, except it was a sole trader.
I’ve had the local karndean/amtico company round. One benefit is he’s well established and our now 38 year olds were at school together, remain friends so I’ve reason to trust. He says we can’t replace the half of the large area where the problems are.
I’ve put a rug over the problem area whilst I contemplate whether I want to pull savings I’m lucky to have - or buy a bigger rug