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Flooring suggestion?

Love_to_read — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 05:11:12 GMT

If you were building a new home, what type of flooring would you choose to go with, in kitchen, dining rom & baths? We'd want to tile our shower in master bath. Please give examples of what you have or don't have... likes or dislikes... We really are at odds which way to turn. Can we change out after we tile? TIA!!!

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PamB226 — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 05:31:46 GMT

Ceramic tile that looks like wood

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PamB226 — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 05:37:57 GMT

We have Travertine in the master bath

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Love_to_read — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 05:39:54 GMT

So this is easy to clean and retains a nice finish? What do you use to clean?

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PamB226 — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 05:45:23 GMT

For the ceramic tile floor, just any cleaner....even windex! If I had any idea how easy it would be to take care of, I would have had it put in the entire downstairs instead of regular hardwood!

The Travertine, we clean with a stone cleaner once a month. Be sure whoever installs it seals it, then it's a snap to take care of!

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Love_to_read — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 05:54:50 GMT

I'm sorry I am so new to this.....do you just use a microfiber mop, or what is best? Way better than linoleum?

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Love_to_read — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 05:56:03 GMT

Love your travertine bath, by the way.....gorgeous!

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PamB226 — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 06:12:38 GMT

On 3/3/2014 Love_to_read said: Love your travertine bath, by the way.....gorgeous!

Thanks you. I should take a picture of it completed. We use Bona Floor care products. You can find all you need on Amazon.

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PamB226 — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 06:14:29 GMT

Oh....and SuperCloths for everything. I swear by them, especially for glass, windows and appliances. Also on Amazon and eBay

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151949 — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 15:19:56 GMT

I am not a fan of hard tile floors. We have ceramic tile here in our kitchen, baths and entrances and I don't like it at all. If you drop anything it gets shattered because the floor is so hard or if the item is actually harder than the floor it chips the tile. It is also hard to stand on for very long.It's just like walking on concrete. I have never been a fan of carpet due to the issues of having to clean it. Though carpet does make a home quieter as it absorbs noise. In our camper we have vinyl wood plank flooring. I absolutely love it. It looks exactly (and I mean EXACTLY) like wood but has all the ease of care and lack of being terribly expensive of a vinyl floor. it is a softer surface and absorbs noise. Looks beautiful. I would love to rip up the carpet in my house and replace it with vinyl wood plank , but my DH has neuropathy and he wants carpet.

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faeriemoon — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 15:55:01 GMT

On 3/3/2014 PKB said:
Ceramic tile that looks like wood

I have looked into this product. It looks just like wood and is perfect for kitchens and places where water can be a problem.

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depglass — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 17:24:04 GMT

We have laminate from Costco, Harmonics I think it is called. After 7 years it still looks good with a dust mop and Swiffering. I use the Swiffer with the pad, not the one with the solution tank. I think the risk with that is getting too much liquid on it.

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Nuttmeg — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 19:26:01 GMT

On 3/3/2014 PKB said:
Ceramic tile that looks like wood

I have classic Bruce hardwood floors from Home Depot in my house. I would have engineered hardwood floors today. My sister has Pergo floors. They are pretty, but not for me.

I have a limestone in my bathrooms. If I had a family, I would have porcelain tile. Limestone is beautiful durable, but not for children or pets.

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decolvr — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 19:55:04 GMT

We have ceramic tile in our kitchen and baths. BTW....I have never seen tile that looks like hardwood......very pretty. It's easy to clean and always looks fresh.

We have hardwoods thru the rest of our home. I do have a Nourisson rug under our DR table and chairs, which I love and gives the room a nice warmth.

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Mom2Dogs — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 20:24:34 GMT

My house is carpet, tile and hardwood. The hardwood in the dining room is beautiful and was installed 20+ years ago and we could never replace it for what it cost then.(i found the bill is was $200.00 for the product, my DH and a friend installed it).

A friend of mine in Florida pulled up all the carpet and put in tile, she likes it but says that noise is terrible, especially when the TV is on another friend that is a contractor put the vinyl planks (similar to an earlier post) in the kitchen. I am a bit snooty and was shocked to learn it was a vinyl plank, it was very pretty!

In my bath we put in a grouted,tile floor that 'floated' above the old floor, it is also very nice. I went that way so that the we did not have to put in a new sub floor, it was a quick installation (by a professional).

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151949 — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 20:30:52 GMT

BTW - the vinyl wood plank flooring is very soft to walk on - not a hard concrete like surface as tile is. Not as soft as carpet - but a close second.

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stevieb — Tue, 04 Mar 2014 23:42:38 GMT

I'm liking some of the newer faux woods that literally 'click' into place. They really look like wood but with all the easy-care advantages of vinyl. They seem to be more durable than vinyl, and while I like stone, slate, marble, etc., they are very hard, unforgiving, crack and cold on the feet.

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AuntG — Wed, 05 Mar 2014 00:43:29 GMT

On 3/4/2014 happy housewife said: BTW - the vinyl wood plank flooring is very soft to walk on - not a hard concrete like surface as tile is. Not as soft as carpet - but a close second.

Good point. When we put the vinyl wood flooring in our den, I thought it would be cold on the feet, but it actually had a little "give" to it and wasn't cold at all.