Kitchen flooring

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Moving into a house that has carpet in kitchen and dining area, however I don’t like the idea of carpet there (worried about spillages etc).
DH was thinking tiling the floor, but I’ve been wondering if wooden floor would look decent in kitchen? Is it a wise idea? Are there particular designs that would look ok?
First time in thinking of something different for the kitchen floor other than laminate/vinyl.
Thank you

We’re going for wood effect Karndean. Worthy considering?

Thank you, will take a look

There’s wood porcelain tiles as an alternative to karndean wood look.

www.porcelainsuperstore.co.uk/floor-tiles.html

*wood look porcelain

Also, my wood flooring installers wouldn’t recommend real wood in the kitchen or any room with plumbing. However, lots of their customers do it. My friend also got wood flooring in her kitchen.

Tiling is more expensive than laying Karndean. The floor will possibly need more prep. Look at Amtico. Lots of classy ideas but quite expensive.

Tiles are do easy to steam mop over and keep clean. In a kitchen you could have water spills that would wreck wood. We have hardwood in dining room, lounge, hall and passage way to downstairs cloakroom.

Tiling was cheaper than Karndean for our kitchen floor because the floor needs less prep. Tile adhesive can hide a multitude of sins - Karndean needs perfect screed and levels

I would never put wood in a kitchen, nor in the dining room if you have kids.

We only have hard floors, either oak or tiled, but in the kitchen and dining room we have tiles. Wood stains really easily if you have water left standing on it or if you get oil or grease on it. We’ve got quite a few marks on our wooden floors, from leaving windows open when it’s been raining heavily and from the toddler smashing a bottle of bath oil on the floor.

@PresentingPercy

I thought it was the opposite was round? See @Flamingolingo’s post about karndean requiring perfect levels and screed.

Also, karndean is very think so if the adjoining room has higher flooring then one level would need to be brought up so it’s easier transition between rooms.

*very thin

You could take a look at laminate. I feel like I’m always saying this recently but we’re about to put it through the whole of our downstairs for the second time (different houses!), it’s realistic looking now because printing techniques have improved so much and can kid/dog proof I am really happy with it.

We have new Amtico (12 mths) in the kitchen and very old wooden floor in the living/dining room. We like the Amtico so much it's now in all the bathrooms, and I'll put it in the utility next year.

The wooden floor has huge gaps between planks that you can lose things down and spilled milk is a disaster!

I have engineered oak in my kitchen. It's fab. Looks lovely and rather warm underfoot.

I like tile in the kitchen, easier to clean, less damage if kitchen items fall on it etc

Tiles break if they are not laid on the correct surface. It must be level. Each tile is laid individually so it’s more Labour intensive. Karndean, as its thick is more forgiving. Tiles are often 8-10mm thick so levels are important when adjacent to another floor. Amtico do a click flooring that’s easier to lay and not too thick.

I would really look at karndean/amtico type. I just looked our floor earlier, I'm not very houseproud but it's so forgiving, doesn't hold onto dirt like tiles or have worries about getting wet like timber, but has a classy look.

☆ mopped not looked. What's with this autocorrect?

Thank you so much everyone. I see why very few people have wooden floors for kitchens now, didn’t think of staining/damage to wood from spillages.
Lots of great suggestions too, thank you all, off to google and Pinterest

We have Karndean. But because it's in the parquet style it was pricey per metre squared because of the experience needed to fit it. They do easier to fit and better priced as well.

Our Karndean has been down in the kitchen and living areas for 20 years and still looks fabulous. We're about to change it, but only because we're extending the kitchen, otherwise I'd be happy to keep it even longer.

@MiniCooperLover thank you for sharing, the floor looks beautiful!

I'm replacing my kitchen/hallway/downstairs toilet flooring after my kitchen is done in December. Currently have tiles and absolutely hate them. Never look clean despite mopping very regularly, show up any type of mark. I'm going for laminate. Haven't decided exactly what yet but I'm highly considering this herringbone style laminate.

I’m never a great fan of laminate. We have engineered wood which for many areas works well. In the kitchen and hall we do have tiles. They look just like limestone and are really easy to keep clean. DH gives the grout a steam clean every so often. It’s easier to clean than real limestone. It depends on the look you want but laminate is always going to look like laminate and feel hard and cold.

I really really hate tiles. Ours are very cold underfoot and we have a ridiculous amount of breakages. Anything knocked or dropped instantly smashes. Jars falling from fridges or cupboards, glasses, mugs, plates, recycling that slips off the side, it's endless. In our older houses we had vinyl floor (not recomending that either) but at least things didn't always shatter when dropped.