Wooden floor in kitchen

[OxanaVorontsova]

We have cold feet about getting a wooden floor in our new kitchen, after having 2 leaks in as many days recently which would have damaged a wooden floor. I want a lovely herringbone floor, but my sensible head disagrees, is it right?

We’ve got one and it’s been fine. No serious leaks but the water does dry out anyway. We’ve had it 5 years now and just had an extension which has battered it a bit more but we’re having wood floor into the extension to match and it’s a good time to have it sanded and varnished again.

Thanks @Karwomannghia

We've just had oak herringbone LVT fitted. It's fab and had loads of compliments!

Hmmm, it looks great but I had a lovely wooden flooring in a flat about 20 years ago, had a slow leak from the washing machine that was totally unnoticeable until it wasn’t. Wood lifted up and bowed badly, even after leak fixed and everything dried there was no easy fix for the flooring. Had to be replaced, cost a lot. Luckily I didn’t own the flat and so it wasn’t my issue but I’ve never forgot that and if I ever think ‘but it would look great’ I slap my own face. 😁

The flooring should be covered by home insurance in the event of a leak. We’re about to install chevron flooring throughout our entire ground floor. We have plank flooring in our current kitchen at the moment and we haven’t had a problem with it.