Anyone regretted wooden floor in KITCHEN?

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Anyone regretted putting wooden floor in kitchen? Have to decide whether or not to put engineered tongue & groove in a small kitchen as well as other rooms.

Currently there are tiles in there which look good and are hard wearing.

Please give me pros and cons ?
Many thanks 😊

My parents have had engineered wood for 20 years, they are very hot on containing spills quickly but it still looks great

That's interesting, was it oiled? I know we've had numerous pieces of dropped beetroot on ours (not a whole jar) and it wipes up no issue. I always think beetroot leaves surprisingly little stain on clothes too. I easily wipe poster paint and felt tips off ours as well as the usual kitchen spills. We've had ours 8 years with two small children and absolutely no issues with warping or staining. It's well laid though with no gaps or anything. I like it because it hides the dirt well (despite all the spillages above, I do actually like a nice clean house!).

Our house came with wooden worktops, which I loved the look of. But I cannot wait to get rid of them, we have to oil the buggers every time we go away, they fade unevenly, and stain. They've also gone black round the taps. 😬I imagine floors would be as bad, if not worse. I want to replace with a nice, hygienic low maintenance surface. I love the hard wearing, impervious floor tiles though.

We have wood and I deeply regret it. Will be changing it for engineered wood soon so if anyone thinks this will also be a mistake please let me know! For various reasons I’m not keen on porcelain tiles but if necessary that’s what we’ll have to go with.

I’m not sure if it was oiled or not to be honest it was there when they moved but she split it and it stained and it wouldn’t come off she even had someone out and the option was to replace the parts of the wood 🪵 but it spread over a big area, or to put vinyl down and she chose the latter

We had a solid wood floor in our kitchen (and just about everywhere else, bar the sitting room). It had been there for years without a problem, until we had a burst pipe and needed to replace the whole floor earlier this year. Now we have have a lacquered engineered wood floor and it's been fine so far - and very easy to clean.

Just go for a darker shade and it will look lovely.

Yes! Ours looked amazing when it first went down but now it’s black from various leaks that were probably not noticeable when the old laminate was down - washing machine, freezer, kids spilling stuff, the dog when she was toilet training! Never again!

Wouldn't do it. I had laminate in a previous house and you had to be so careful about spilling water etc.

My current property had stone when I moved in and it was dire but for different reasons - cold underfoot and if you dropped anything it broke (I was used to vinyl or laminate where crockery often survived a gentle drop while emptying the dishwasher).

I've now got amtico and really rate it. I recommend it to all my friends/ colleagues.

We had engineered wood flooring laid throughout our ground floor. It was fitted by time served joiners (they spent a good while working out how to lay it so it flowed through all the rooms) and we didn’t have any problems with warping or lifting.

It will dent if you drop things, we were shoes off anyone so no issues with heel marks, so you do need to accept that it will be lived in. We were quick to mop up spills, and we didn’t suffer any leaks so can’t comment on how that would have affected it. The joiners recommended a steamer to clean it (you move quickly across the surface so you don’t over wet it).

@SabrinaThwaite Out of interest, did you buy a steam cleaner, and if so, what do you think of it?

awful to feel regret isn't it..am I going to be in same boat if decide not to get kitchen done !😁

Not into darker shades..the place is tiny and just think it would look smaller

Darker can actually trick your eye into thinking the space is bigger as you can't see the corners/edges.

I have lovely porcelain tiles in my small kitchen, thats why am in a dilemma over eng .Wood..

How long have you had it pls ?

You might not believe me but I tiles that look exactly like real wood. Layed in a herringbone fashion. They look great and guests compliment me on them.

They weren't cheap but are as good as new 5 years later.

Zero regrets! Bought reclaimed herringbone pieces off eBay to construct the floor in the kitchen. It’s been down 5 years and no issues. After it was put down it was sanded and very lightly varnished. Some of the old almost industrial type damage shows through in places but it really works, it looks stunning. Love it.

We have solid oak parquet throughout the house. We used osmo (raw) oil and it cleans up so well. I still love it 10 years later! It’s in perfect condition and never had an issue with it.

We've had this new floor only since February this year. No problems with it so far; it's easy to clean and looks the part. I do think a darker floor looks nice, but it could be because our house has a lot of natural light.

We bought a small Polti Vaporetto steam cleaner (the type that is a steam tank on wheels rather than the stick mop style), and I was very happy with it.

last time we had our floor refinished (100yo reclaimed French Oak) they used a new finish and it is head and shoulders above Osmo for durability and repelling water/stains.

It is Bona Craft oil 2k, but you then finish it with a 2 part lacquer in a silk finish which looks just like oil and last a very long time and is use for high traffic commercial settings.

I reckon this is the lacquer
Bona Traffic HD

but you should talk to your flooring people they will know