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[Mominohio]

After looking at the video of Meredith's (Blue Jean Chef's) new kitchen, it made me wonder something. (There is a link to the video on the thread here about DIY home show reveals, posted by admin)

She has a dinning area that is all brick flooring. I love the look, but have always wondered, how one cleans a brick floor that is inside a house. A patio or something outside, would tolerate a good hosing down, but what do you do to clean and sanitize a brick floor inside a home?

I don't think it would even sweep very clean as dirt, dust and crumbs would get caught in the small crevices of the brick and mortar. 

Anyone have any experience with this?

[151949]

I believe when they use brick for a floor they put something like a polyurethane over it to make it a smooth surface to walk on and clean.

[Desertdi]

Could it be tile....made to look like brick?    In any event, I think it would be difficult to stand on for any length of time...........

[millieshops]

Could well be tile or porcelain made to look like brick.  Or it could just have a finish on it to make it more durable and more sanitary.

 I don't think it would be any harder to stand on  than any other hard flooring tile.

[Mominohio]

It is real brick. She had to power wash all sides of them before they were laid. 

And they are in the dining area, I think she did wood for the kitchen area, more foot friendly. 

They don't look sealed, but perhaps they did do something like that, but not so it made them glossy or anything. 

It's a great look, but it would bother me overtime trying to keep it clean, and never being able to sanitize it, so tied in with the kitchen like it is.

[RedTop]

Brick floors are sealed in the same way my tile backsplash was sealed during my kitchen remodel.   You would be able to damp mop, or steam clean the brick, but would be advised to not over wet the flooring.   You cannot totally sanitize a porous surface.

[SHOPR]

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@Mominohio wrote:

It is real brick. She had to power wash all sides of them before they were laid. 

And they are in the dining area, I think she did wood for the kitchen area, more foot friendly. 

They don't look sealed, but perhaps they did do something like that, but not so it made them glossy or anything. 

It's a great look, but it would bother me overtime trying to keep it clean, and never being able to sanitize it, so tied in with the kitchen like it is.

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Meredith's don't really look sealed, but like you said, perhaps they really are, but not with anything glossy. 

My very limited experience with brick floors is in my mom's kitchen.  She had brick installed by a local guy who used a glossy, thick polyurethane-type coating all over.  Because of the coating, cleanliness isn't a big concern, but, her floors are very gritty, where the grit is all underneath the coating.  I think it was a very shoddy clean/prep job before they coated the floors, but again, my experience is almost none. 

[Kachina624]

Many people here who have adobe homes have brick floors in the kitchen which always seemed to me to be very unsanitary.  They don't appear to be sealed.  I don't know what you'd do with a greasy or major liquid spill.  They'd be a mess, that's for sure.