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submitted 23 hours ago by golden_zealot@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

Seems like a terrible idea to me.

You make one mistake one time and bingo, you cost yourself a few grand to have it sanded, leveled, varnished, and polished.

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[-] Sam_Bass@lemmy.ml 2 points 58 minutes ago

Throw rugs and tile in mine

[-] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 2 points 1 hour ago

Peacocking.

[-] Subverb@lemmy.world 6 points 3 hours ago

My wife and I had ceramic tile installed in our kitchen when we remodeled our house. Didn't like it so four years later we had it torn out and had oak flooring installed. Couldn't be happier. High quality hardwood floors are really durable.

[-] MoonElf@hexbear.net 4 points 5 hours ago

it's very easy to sweep and mop!

[-] SamsquanchOfficial@discuss.online 3 points 9 hours ago

I have never seen a wooden floor in a kitchen, where do you live? May as well use a carpet floor lol

[-] BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world 29 points 15 hours ago* (last edited 15 hours ago)

Wear and tear adds to the charm of a well lived kitchen imo

[-] khannie@lemmy.world 10 points 13 hours ago

Couldn't agree more.

Our kitchen table was pretty expensive when we got it and is destroyed from a heap of kids use and family meals over about 22 years. It is firmly agreed (by them too) that when my wife and I die it will be the only thing the kids fight over possession of.

[-] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 9 points 13 hours ago

Are dropping kettle bells on your wooden flooring or something 🤣.

[-] golden_zealot@lemmy.ml 4 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 12 hours ago)

No, friend dropped a steak knife tip down on theirs, took a chip out of it. From reading comments I guess they must have not sealed/varnished it.

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 2 points 13 hours ago

No, but cooking pots could fall and those have sharp lips which will indent the floor. Same with other hardware like cutlery.
And I will handle knives more likely in the kitchen than in the living room.

[-] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 5 points 12 hours ago

What else are you going to put in the kitchen though, carpet?

[-] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 8 hours ago
[-] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 5 points 8 hours ago

That's like 5x the cost though and you're likely to break anything you drop onto it like dishes or bottles.

Our kitchen has laminate plank flooring and it has held up really well. I believe it's original which means it's made it 22ish years so far with part of that time being a rental full of college kids who apparently stored all their literal garbage in the garage and put a bunch of holes in the walls.

[-] frauddogg@hexbear.net 4 points 11 hours ago

Of course not, that's what linoleum is for

[-] adhocfungus@midwest.social 2 points 44 minutes ago

That's what I was thinking. Linoleum can be ugly and will cut/dent easy, but it's the cheapest to replace.

[-] BurningRiver@beehaw.org 3 points 12 hours ago

Ceramic tile is tough as hell and cleans easily.

[-] 474D@lemmy.world 48 points 18 hours ago

What the fuck are you doing to your floors?? Hardwood is easy to clean and doesn't crack like tile.

[-] golden_zealot@lemmy.ml 4 points 13 hours ago* (last edited 13 hours ago)

Wasn't my floor, friend dropped a steak knife which landed tip down, took a big ass chip out of it. Guess they didn't varnish/seal it, they just stained it?

[-] Pandemanium@lemm.ee 21 points 10 hours ago

If it chipped, then it is likely some kind of vinyl or composite made to look like wood. Nowadays the fake wood looks realistic enough to fool people! But real wood doesn't chip like that.

[-] chuymatt@startrek.website 3 points 9 hours ago

Yah. Mine just has full on knife wounds from that.

[-] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 26 points 18 hours ago

Hardwood floor sealer exists. It's called vitrification

You'd be nuts to install a hardwood floor and not protect it!

[-] nicerdicer@feddit.org 7 points 15 hours ago

Our kitchen is integrated into the living room (open kitchen space) and the whole room has hardwood flooring. Due to the room layout it would be hard to establish a "border" where the flooring could change (e.g. tile floor in the kitchen area). It it easier to have one type of flooring across all the room.

We rent, and unfortunately we were the first ones after the hardwood flooring was put in, which means that every spill and every scratch is on us. We decided not to bother, as every spill leaves a mark (regardless how fast your clean-up effort is), and thus adds character to the floor. It's a living room after all.

We know that a chunk of the security deposit will likely be gone if we move out. It would probably be as much money as to have the floor sanded down by ourselves.

Despite hardwood flooring has some disadvantages regarding spills and scratches, it makes the room much more cozy than any other type of flooring. The most durable type of flooring would be sealed screed flooring you expect in a warehouse. But that wouldn't look cozy.

[-] asret@lemmy.zip 3 points 2 hours ago

Spills and dropped items are kind of expected in a kitchen, no? Wouldn't most of this damage be categorized as normal wear and tear? As a tenant it's not expected that you hand back the property exactly as it was when you took possession - it's up to the landlord to budget for normal maintenance.

[-] nicerdicer@feddit.org 2 points 52 minutes ago

We are on good terms with our landlord, and repairs (mostly heating) are taken care of quickly. So far there are no problems at all. But we like to anticipate the worst. I too believe that spills on a wooden floor in a kitchen are normal wear and tear. I think it all depends on what else in the appartement is worn out (some things even due to real negligence), if we move out any time in the future eventually.

[-] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 14 points 18 hours ago

What kind of cutlery are you dropping that requires refinishing your floor?

[-] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 19 points 15 hours ago

tungsten spike maces. why do you ask?

[-] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 8 points 17 hours ago
[-] AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world 54 points 23 hours ago

It looks nice. And if it's finished well spills will clean if you're quick.

[-] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 39 points 23 hours ago

Tacking on, tile is cold and vinyl looks silly.

[-] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 13 points 19 hours ago

Also, nothing survives a drop to tile, ever. And you're left trying to clean shards and sauce out of the grout. Fuck my tile.

[-] tonyn@lemmy.ml 8 points 18 hours ago

You should try installing some good ole linoleum. We solved kitchen flooring in the 1860s but people need to install expensive floors that are worse in every way because... why exactly? I don't know. I have hardwood floors that are 17 years old and they need to be replaced. Linoleum floors last as long as 40 years. I'm thinking of going old school.

[-] folkrav@lemmy.ca 2 points 3 hours ago

Is it solid wood or engineered? Some very soft variety of wood? 17 years is extremely short...

[-] tonyn@lemmy.ml 1 points 2 hours ago

Our old dishwasher and previous cats sped up the process with the one thing that kills hardwood floors.

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 6 points 18 hours ago

Wow it’s actually 1860. I didn’t know they had plastic that far back. I would have guessed 1950.

[-] ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world 5 points 12 hours ago

Linoleum isn’t plastic, you may be thinking of vinyl flooring which looks similar. Vinyl is cheaper and newer while appearing very similar to linoleum.

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[-] Maeve@kbin.earth 13 points 22 hours ago

Wood flexes more, too. Unless it's on a slab, I guess?

[-] intensely_human@lemm.ee 6 points 18 hours ago

Wood on slab feels weird because of the lack of flex

[-] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 14 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago)

Better impact resistance compared to tile, easier to repair than vinyl or linoleum (sand and restain)

[-] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 34 points 22 hours ago

You've obviously never slid over to the kitchen sink with socks on. Bonus points for doing a spin.

[-] nokturne213@sopuli.xyz 14 points 22 hours ago

I replaced all my socks with wool or wool blend to make this even more fun.

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[-] naught101@lemmy.world 14 points 19 hours ago

It's easier to clean than carpet

[-] cynar@lemmy.world 10 points 17 hours ago

Are you saying there's an issue with my kitchen shag carpet? It matches the bathroom and ceilings so well!

[-] naught101@lemmy.world 7 points 14 hours ago

And includes all the nutrients a growing body needs!

[-] cynar@lemmy.world 3 points 12 hours ago

You just need to snuggle your face into it and breathe deeply!

[-] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 35 points 23 hours ago

To me its the same as the thought about survivorship bias .... you want the best flooring material for the place that will most likely get the most damage.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivorship_bias

You seldom use the bedroom floor because all you really do there is sleep ... basically wake in the morning and walk on at night before bed. And you seldom bring anything serious into the bedroom like liquids, hot / cold food, drinks or cups or containers.

The living room has moderate traffic and again you don't really use it during the day.

A high traffic area is the bathrooms because everyone goes there on a regular basis.

The most high traffic area in any house will always be the kitchen because everyone is constantly working and walking there .... and it is always exposed to liquids, solids, spills, hot stuff, cold stuff, broken stuff, glass, ceramic, metal, pots, pans. And you sometimes have crowds of people there ... all working and basically scrubbing the floor with all those feet.

It's the reason why you should have the best, hardest and most expensive flooring in any house.

If you are going to invest in expensive flooring ... put it in your kitchen because that is where it will be most useful and last for years in your house. If you install cheap floor in your kitchen, you'll be replacing it in less than 10 years or even less if the flooring is really cheap. After you replace flooring two or three times, it would have been the same cost as buying one good layer of expensive flooring anyway.

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[-] Perhapsjustsniffit@lemmy.ca 21 points 22 hours ago

I put whatever I want in my kitchen because I'm a superstar and fuck your disapproval.

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