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[Alicew]

Does anyone have interior brick paver flooring?  I want to redo a kitchen and powder room floor with pavers.  If you have it, what brand do you have and how do you like it?  Can you post a picture?  Thank you!  

[Gran Gran of two]

I have it in my Kitchen, Dining room and front entry.  If you really want to go that way let me tell you it's a royal pain to keep clean.  You can't mop it like a regular floor.  I can vacuum it and sweep it but I have to clean it by hand.  I ended up putting rugs down to avoid having to clean the whole area.  The previous owners got it from Home Depot.  What ever you do make sure to have the floor sealed to help with clean up.

[LoveMyBaby]

I've never heard of it, or seen it. 

[Meowingkitty]

Pavers are a big thing around pools, patios and walkways in Arizona but not for inside the house. We have them on our back patio, front walkway and down the side of our driveway. I don’t think they would work for inside the house as someone said they might be a pain to clean. How about Saltillo tile instead?

[Alicew]

Thank you Meowingkitty!  That tile is beautiful!  

[Kachina624]

I was a guest in a home in Santa Fe that had brick floors including in the kitchen.  It appeared to have sand swept into the crack between the bricks.  It would be impossible to keep this floor clean and sanitary but it was authentically Pueblo style.  The home was real adobe.

[faeriemoon]

Sounds cool; what color are you thinking of?

[granddi]

In our house search we passed on a home with brick floors in entry and kitchen. 

Bricks and motar are porous. Can you imagine pets, food, stuff on shoes......no bricks for me. There was the unknown cost of removing.

[CaliKat]

@Alicew

I love the look of brick floors in the kitchen. But, there are pros and cons to using brick inside. Make sure you research it thoroughly before making your decision. Just a couple things to consider. Brick is very porus, so it must be sealed, or you could end up with mold and mildew from water spills. The uneven surface may be difficult for some people to walk on, (especially the elderly or toddlers). Standing on it for long periods of time can cause back, feet and leg fatigue/pain.

If you decide to go ahead and install brick floors, I hope you will post pictures. I'd love to see it.

The links below give a lot of good information.

Brick Flooring in Kitchens - https://www.thespruce.com/brick-flooring-in-kitchens-1314989

The Pros and Cons of Brick Flooring - https://www.thespruce.com/pros-and-cons-of-brick-flooring-1314695

Installation Maintenance Precautions - https://www.thespruce.com/maintaining-a-brick-floor-1314852

[SilleeMee]

Anything made of brick needs to be sealed. Otherwise the bricks will absorb stuff, get dirty and stained. Then the only way you will be able to clean them is by sand blasting and that can get very expensive. I had my brick fireplace surround cleaned by sand blasting and it came out looking brand new but it was a mess to do and costly.