How to Choose The Right Flooring for Your Kitchen

Choosing flooring for your kitchen it may sounds easy but actually that are may factor to consider. Therefore need to understand all options before making a decision as it will be very costly to remove and replace.

The kitchen floor takes more of a beating than any other floor in the house. Not only it is subjected to water and food spills, it is topped with heavy appliances and suffers the constant battering of shoes and feet as we spend hours of our day preparing food, cooking, washing up. What’s more, the kitchen floor is also likely to be bombarded with brushes, brooms and chemical cleaners.

Basically there are 6 types of flooring that are more suitable to kitchen use.
1. Wooden floors.
2. Tiled floors.
3. Stone floors.
4. Concrete and composite floors.
5. Cork and rubber floors.
6. Lino and vinyl floors.
Each and everyone has its strength and uniqueness. I will touch each and every one of them in detail in my next coming articles. But before choosing the type of flooring for your kitchen there are a few facts that you should consider first.

• Prepare the ground – Before you lay down any new flooring, you need to make sure that the existing surface is up to it. The sub-floor whether at ground level or suspended on an upper floor, it should be flat, dry and stable. If there is any damage (a broken floorboard, for example), it needs to be sorted out before you put any new flooring on top. Poor floorboards can be topped with a layer of hardboard or plywood to give you a more stable surface. A pitted concrete floor can be evened up with leveling compound. Get advice from a professional floor fitter if you can’t manage the job yourself.
• Keep out the damp – Most concrete sub-floors at ground level need a damp proof membrane (DPM). In modern buildings these are generally fitted as standard, though it is worth checking if you are not sure. In old buildings, however it is rare to find a DPM and indeed the traditional sub-floors may cause moisture to travel higher up the wall. The best thing if you live in an old house is to get advice from the experts as to how to proceed.
• Cable access – If you have yards of cable running underneath the floor for modern telecommunications such as the telephone, computer and so on, make sure when you put a new flooring material on top that you will still be able to access them for maintenance. It is also worth drawing up a plan of what runs where to make any repair work that becomes necessary easier.
• Non-slip – Many of the best flooring materials (stone, tiles & concrete) can get slippery when they are wet, so think up ways of protecting yourself without sacrificing your chosen look.