is vinyl flooring the best option for kitchen floor?

Question

i dont want a floor that cracks, brakes easily or can get moldy.is the vinyl the best option for kitchen??

And im not buying hardwood for kitchen.Alreayd putting in laminate for living room and dining room, and water is suppsoed to damage lanimate

And my floor isnt leveled in the kitchen, so maybe tile isnt good

And my floor isnt leveled in the kitchen, so maybe tile isnt good

Answer 1

THE BEST IS CERAMIC TILE PERIOD . YOU WILL NEVER WEAR IT OUT . IF YOUR FLOOR IS NOT LEVEL , GO IN WITH A UNDER LAYMENT TROWELING UNTIL YOUR HAPPY WITH IT . IF YOU DO USE TILE THIS WAY HAVE A FEW EXTRA AROUND , JUST IN CASE SOME ONE DROPS SOMETHING HEAVY AND BREAKS 1 - 2 TILES .

Answer 2

Assuming that you are NOT in an earthquake zone.. I would continue with the tile. Making sure that the tile you pick is lightish in color to bring as much light to the kitchen as possible.. and also of much importance.. make sure that the tile is not the slippery type.. whereby if you drop a little water on the floor, yo will not slip and fall. Using tile: I would tear out the existing tile AND vinyl flooring under the tile. (FYI: I can think of NO instances where I would have allowed tile to be placed ON TOP OF vinyl flooring) In the kitchen.. a zone sukbject to spilling, etc, I would prefer tile instead of laminate. With laminate flooring, you would be subject to spilling and possibly staining.

Answer 3

Hi there!

I guess the first thing to take care of before choosing a floor will be taking care of the substrate - make it level. Get a professional opinion on this, and if it comes down to it, spend the money to have them level your subfloor. If you don't, any type of flooring you choose is not likely to be very stable.

Having done that, you can proceed with the business of choosing a type of flooring.

Vinyl floors tend to be substitutes for the real thing, cheaper in the short term, but ultimately costly in the long term when they start to lose their charm over a long period of wear. For a kitchen (one of the most important rooms of your home in terms of property value), I would "go big or go home".

If it were my kitchen, I would go with tile - probably a high-rated ceramic tile, or ideally a matte-finish porcelain tile. Porcelain tile is entirely moisture proof and is therefore not prone to being easily stained by spills - a common issue in kitchens. Also, porcelain tile is made to be extremely durable, as well as having some hypo-allergenic qualities as well - germs and molds have a hard time finding purchase on the surface of porcelain tile. The matte finish is a good choice for slip-resistance too. And you can get porcelain tile in nearly any color or shade, along with having the choice in surface effect too. There are some lines of porcelain tile that are designed to look like natural stone tile, or even wood grain patterns. The choices open to you here are pretty wide.

Because a kitchen is so important to the overall value to your home, you should be thinking in the long term. A high-quality tile is a great way to go for this.

Good luck with your renovation and floor hunt!

Answer 4

If you can't (or don't want to) afford a good tile job, the next best thing is an interlocking floor system. I had a kitchen floor with about 5 layers of old flooring on it. The top layer was peel-and-stick tile that was coming up in spots (never use peel-and-stick for anywhere water can get on it - kitchen, bathroom, laundry room, etc. - because it will come up eventually if it gets wet). A friend of mine owns a flooring company and he turned me onto this interlocking floor system with a formica-type of surface that was available in dozens of patterns.

We chose a pattern that looked like 16-inch terra cotta tiles. The shading on the "grout" was so good that it looked like real tile. A friend of mine who does tile had to get on his hands and knees and see it up close before he would believe it wasn't real tile. They installed it over the existing floor layers and lay down a 1/16-inch sheet of insulating foam rubber (for waterproofing, cushioning, and sound absorbtion). It cost about $5 a square foot installed.

When we remodeled our house, we went with a proper tile floor in the kitchen. They stripped it down to the subfloor and screwed down a layer of 1/2-inch hardybacker (cement board). They then poured about a 1/4-inch layer of leveling compound (plasticized concrete-like material) and smoothed it out like concrete to make it dead level and smooth.

Next, they then put down 1/4 inch of mastic and a slip sheet (plasticized paper), which allows for differences in thermal expansion between the tile layer and the sub layers). Finally, they put down another layer of mastic and set 18-inch ceramic tiles at a 45-degree angle.

The entire tile floor and sub-layers are over 1 inch thick and will last the lifetime of the house. And, you're not going to find a better floor for a kitchen. But, that interlocking floor system was pretty cool for the cost.

Answer 5

I've found that vinyl just doesn't last as long as other flooring options. I've had it in my rentals and in some of the homes I've owned and would not have it again. It nicks, dents and gouges very easily. Just pulling out the stove or fridge to clean behind them often results in a deep gouge. Certain shoes leave black scuff marks. Some area rugs with latex backing will discolor it. None of the brands I've ever installed have kept their factory new shine over time and require the application of liquid wax to retain it.

Answer 6

Try the industrial floor tile. Make sure it's installed by a pro.

Answer 7

go with a ceramic tile there are products that you can put down to float the floor flat before installing your tile depending on how uneven your floor is depends on the size tile you can put down the flatter the surface the bigger the tile you can put down

Answer 8

ceramic is the best. as stated above, insure a level surface and be sure current floor is secured to joists or properly supported (not an OLD creaky 'farmhouse' floor) to prevent grout cracking. be sure to seal the grout.

it will need to be resealed depending on traffic, but should easily go 5 years.

Answer 9

Vinyl is probably the easiest to put down but we recently put in a wood floor, it is that swiftlock stuff and I absolutely love it! It is easy to clean and it wont crack, it is also water resistant so no mold.

Answer 10

Yes Vinyl tiles, not Vinyl linoleum.