What kitchen flooring type did you choose? Any regrets?

[Curiousthinker]

I like idea of tiles but read some stain easily.

Those who have chosen tiles, vinyl, laminate or anything else i missed out on....any regrets or thoughts?

My kitchen extension is circa 42m2 and anything over £15m2 is alot of cash, so looking for something pretty cheap but long lasting.

I put down wood-effect Karndean to replace laminate - feels much warmer and softer, looks just like wood (rest of ground floor is engineered oak but I wanted something more waterproof in the kitchen), less slippery than laminate, and seems just as hardwearing.

In previous kitchens I have had ceramic tiles and I would never do that again, even with underfloor heating. Cold, hard, everything smashes immediately and the tiles chip and crack too easily.

Travertine, biggest most expensive mistake ever, looks gorgeous at a quick glance but it is the most impractical floor I have ever had, despite sealing it has stained and is scratched in places, you can’t use any form of normal cleaner on it as it damages the tiles, steam cleaners over time take the sealing off so you have to keep re sealing, if you drop some butter or anything slightly greasy on the floor you have a permanent stain, ditto fruit juices, ditto anything really! Originally I wanted what Mayhew had but was over ruled, when they are replaced (and they will be!)I am going for what I wanted in the first place.

I feel your pain M2to

Laminate here too, pale beige grey.
Been down about 10 months
All good.

We got the laminate that's installed with a glue sealant round the sides, and is designed for kitchens etc so resists splashes. Quikstep impressive range.

Think it was about £15m2 but with underlay and fitting etc on top. It's looking and wearing really well two years on.

Karndean (light grey) in my bathrooms is lovely, so glad we got it.
The Karndean in my kitchen (black/dark grey)- awful! It scratches so easily. Huge mistake.

We have oiled engineered wood. Looks great but it's only been down a few months.. We rented a house previously with white limestone tiles in the kitchen which was possibly the worst possible option ever. It turned grey quickly and was a nightmare to clean. I had to use specialist tile cleaners and I'd scrub it for literally hours. Even then it looked pretty grotty. Spillages would just soak deep into the tiles. I think it probably needed to be sealed fairly regularly, and it obviously hadn't been. Was the bane of my life.

Just replaced tiles with laminate. Am slightly nervous about splashes but been assured it will be fine.

Tiles were ok but just so cold. I would need under floor headingvto I ever had tiles again. Also dropping stuff on tiles has seriously depleted my denby collection. Glass explodes into tiny shards on tiles too.

We have cushioned vinyl and it's great. Warm, slightly textured so none slip and enough bounce so neither the toddler or crockery breaks when they hit it. It looks like a wooden floor and it's so realistic that people can hardly believe it's not wood.

It's been down a year and no damage at all so far. Comes up like new with a steam mop.

Cream porcelain tiles with slight dapping and a smooth but not slippy finish. Also have underfloor heating. I love my tiles they don’t show the dirt due to them not being a solid colour and are very easy to clean and maintain. I’ve had them 7 years and they are still perfect. They are very neutral so haven’t dated,

Tiles - they're holding up well and I'm glad I didn't go for anything risky with spilt water in there with how DD2's dyspraxia can be at times. The one regret I've got on them is that I was so determined not to have slippy ones like my mum has in her kitchen that I went a bit TOO textured so they can be a pain to clean at times.

We've got Marmoleum and I love it so much. You don't need to polish it unless you want it to look polished - these days it has a protective top coat added as part of the manufacture.

Tiles. Wish I’d had vinyl.

I have dark ceramic tiles and they are still in great condition after nearly 15 years. But I hate them, they are hard, cold and very slippery.

I will have a new kitchen at some point but may not be able to stretch to a new floor. If I could then I would consider Quickstep Impressive laminate.

Tiles... Never show the dirt (gets hoovered once a week and mopped once a fortnight, which I'm confident will be considered vile for some MNetters, but I just don't have the time nor inclination that do it more often. Absolutely love them!

Engineered wood. Would have loved karndean but budget just wouldn't stretch to it

YES!
I have beautiful terracotta tiles from Fired Earth. They were eye-wateringly expensive and they are a disaster. They are lovely to look at but they are impossible to clean and even then you have to use special cleaner, not let water settle on them too long, and several have cracked (we have ufh). Many of the problems were the filers fault (the deep grout which accumulates grout and dirty wash water, A spill of something that stained the snowflake tiles before they were sealed and possibly the cracks) but ultimately it was my stupidity in having such a precious flooring in my kitchen.

We were a bit limited by the fact that we have ufh but in my next house (a common refrain here) I will have a cheaper easy to clean and easy to replace flooring. The main prerequisites of a kitchen flooring should be easy to clean and easy to stand on. Mine is neither. It is beautiful to look at but what good is that when it requires heart and back breaking work to clean it.

Don't be like MikeWyzowski - Chose an easy-to-care-for floor!

The TILERS fault....and "which accumulate grott"

As well as making better flooring choices I will also proofread my posts in future!

The other bonus of my wood effect vinyl is if it does get a hole in it we've got off cuts that we can use to patch it up (you'd replace plank for plank). There is a join in the floor as the kitchen family room is so long but I still can't find it so any repairs would be the same.

I was going to have LVT but we had a very uneven floor underneath the old tiles, and was advised that it would have had to be double screeded if we wanted LVT as it’s very unforgiving.

Ended up going for laminate which looks lovely. What put me off originally was the idea that it would be ruined if there was a leak or something, but as the flor shop people said - that’s what home insurance is for!

Amtico here. Whilst it cost more than £15sqm (I have blocked the actual price out) I am still so in love with it 3 years later. The kitchen is my favourite room in the house, mostly due to the flooring. I am currently trying to persuade my husband to get it in our hallway too but we're at the wrong end of an over budget extension so I think I'm fighting a losing battle there.

Lurkingquietly which style of amtico did you go for?

We had tiles with grey grout, looked great. However if you dropped a glass, it went off like a bomb. We have ancient Lino in this house, but at least things only break into a couple of bits when you drop them.

We've just had our kitchen redone and had these ceramic tiles that look like wooden floorboards. (Just mopped in the photo so not actually as shiny as this).

I was worried they'd be a bit cold but don't seem to be and are coping well with toddler and dog. Cost £9sqm from B&Q but that was on sale- usually £14 I think.

Dark slate with under floor heating. Love it. Hoover it regularly (with cordless so easy). Mop it weekly or as required if people trailing mud in.
It's sealed. But doesn't matter if it scratches as just fades out when washed and adds to character.
Had porcelain tiles before but these are softer and not slippy.