real oak floor in a kitchen ?

[throckenholt]

we are having and extension built with a large kitchen dining room. We need to decide on flooring - can't work out what will work equally well in both parts - can't really split it and have 2 different floors.

We have found a nice looking real oak floor that amazingly we both like ! Does anyone have oak in the kitchen ? How does it cope with things like water spills ?

I do

I think it depends on the finish, we had it waxed with hard wax oil and it does look a bit crap after about a year (goes pale where water has gone on it) but you just re wax it and it will look fine again

Oh btw ours is 200 year old "rustic" oak, i think it helps if you have a rustic finish rather than a very pristine one which would show every blob

thanks - that helps. Yours is genuinely 200 year old stuff ? Ours would be new - but definitely wouldn't be very pristine - not my style - wouldn't have a hope in hell of keeping it like that with a dog and 3 boisterous boys

Yes it's 200 yo french oak - when it arrived it looked like a load of old kindling but it is fantastic now!

If you're interested I got it from here

You can get a rustic grade finish in new oak too, but don't get the pre-finished ones as they don't look as nice IMO

thanks for that link - can you give me an idea of how much per m^2 ?

hi - we do too. It is not rustic and fairly pale white oak. We have it in kitchen and dining room extension and has worn really well - a few dents where I have drop a jar (whoops) but generally still look good.

hi gemmamay - how long have you had it ?

I think it's about £140 for the oak and £35ish to fit

They do much cheaper stuff too, we only went for that one as he is a mate and did us a deal!

we have had our floor about 3 years I think

came to this late, so may not be of interest now, but did you think about bamboo? Much more water resistant. It comes in planks like wood, and normally you can get quite pale or medium shades, with more or fewer knots in. We have it in kitchen & conservatory and love it.