Why am I being told not to like the floor?

[user1958493]

Please help me understand this.

I have moved house and am redecorating the whole house. I want to put tiles down through the entrance, kitchen, cloakroom and utility room. My parents (dad is doing a lot of the work in the house for me) are telling me this is a bad idea.
They aren't really giving me a solid reason why, just a few mentions of "people don't have large areas tiled", "will be cold", "if one gets damaged you can't replace it"

Is it a bad idea to tile an area like this? I dont know if this makes a different but I have 2 kids under 5.

Thank you

Ah, it was a GALLIC shrug. That explains a lot!

Believe me that in the context of commenting on someone else’s experience it carries a strong undertone of “what the fuck are you talking about, my opinion is the only one that matters” and comes across as quite rude.

We saw the new LVT when we were picking tile for our bathroom remodel. My next project is to rip up the carpet in half my downstairs and put in LVT. I could put in tile for a similar price, but the LVT is what I want.

@HaveringWavering

Ah, it was a GALLIC shrug. That explains a lot!

Believe me that in the context of commenting on someone else’s experience it carries a strong undertone of “what the fuck are you talking about, my opinion is the only one that matters” and comes across as quite rude.

😳 sorry.

I’m amazed to hear of these near death experiences on tiled floors. No-one’s injured themselves in our house, nor do we break much either.

Italy, Spain and S. France have houses that can be tiled throughout - we don’t hear of increased level of injuries as a result.

Personally I find wood floors more slippery, particularly when people put rugs down without grippers.

Salut @Onairjunkie!

Karndean or similar is much warmer underfoot, quieter and looks great. Huge range, you can get tile effect, limestone, wood, whatever.
I had a disastrous experience with tiles laid in a kitchen, the subfloor laid by the contractors was not rigid enough so they cracked. I didn't have the energy to pursue them over it. Had to get the whole floor of tiles taken up and replaced.

@somanyquestions1984 we have Porcelanosa wood effect tiles throughout our house. We've honestly had multiple guests not realise they aren't wood. They also aren't slippy, cold or chip easily. But, they weren't cheap.

The hardest are marble and especially granite, If you go for these, they won’t show any chips. But are difficult to cut for the edges. Porcelain would be the second choice as it is also pretty hard wearing.

Not read the whole thread, but this doesn't seem right. On the mohs hardness scale, marble is a 3 but porcelain is MUCH harder - about a 7.

We have large tiles in most of our downstairs ( utility, kitchen/dining room/lounge, hall and shower room). Not in the 2 we use as snug and study.
Pros:
Uniform, modern look, easy to clean and gorgeously cool in the summer.
Cons:
Cool in the winter ( large rug covers most of lounge area & always wear slippers). Anything accidentally dropped smashes to smithereens.

They are right to be honest. I've moved in somewhere that's beautifully tiled throughout the hallway kitchen and downstairs WC but I hate it. Freezing cold horrible to walk on and I Live in fear if the DC falling over and cracking their head open on it. Also a nightmare if you drop something in the kitchen (smashes into a hundred tiny pieces)

This is very common in Oz and can work well in a hot climate, but as others have said I wouldn't fancy it in the UK without underfloor heating. I have tiles in the bathrooms and laundry room, carpet in the bedrooms study and theatre room, and wood floors everywhere else. The wood floors are my favourite, they look beautiful and are easy to keep clean (with a roomba).

How do all of these kids cope on concrete playgrounds, supermarkets, public buildings, walking on paths etc?

@BungleandGeorge

How do all of these kids cope on concrete playgrounds, supermarkets, public buildings, walking on paths etc?

They probably aren’t hurtling round in just socks.

@BungleandGeorge

How do all of these kids cope on concrete playgrounds, supermarkets, public buildings, walking on paths etc?

Playgrounds aren't made of concrete, they have very soft, bouncy floors. Even in the 80s, they had softer flooring.

Many school playgrounds are most definitely concrete. And the kids are hurtling around far more than at home, unless you live in a mansion with polished marble floors ??

I think it's more that we have control over what goes into our own homes but we don't have control over what the playgrounds etc are made of

Also, playgrounds are not usually slippery and they don’t tend to run in them wearing socks.
I think tiled floors that are stone, or a non slip type porcelain or similar would’ve mostly ok, but lots of times it’s the thought of the super shiny slippy things like I ripped out of the bathroom 😳, that put people’s nerves on edge. Conversely I think nothing of them running outside on porcelain tiles in bare feet, they are not slippery in the slightest.

@justasking111

my kitchen is kind of carpeted....its flotex. I know it sounds weird but its really easy to keep clean. even sticky spills wipe off and everything dry vaccuums up.