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I am planning to laminate the whole house and I dont know if adding it to the kitchen and bathrooms too? A selling guy told me that they are water traffic areas and in kitchen and bathrooms he recommended tile..but I dont know..i love how it looks in the kitchen and bathrooms….please advise
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Kitchen should present no problems. Bathroom is another matter. If you get the laminate wet like from a tub or shower, that could be a problem. They might make plastic laminate that looks like wood. Ask at the flooring store.
laminate is fine. Tile is more expensive and he is trying to sucker you into paying more labor to lay the tile alot of houses and most all trailer houses use laminate works fine
Othr than the fact that both these rooms have to be DESTRUCTED before reconsstructed with the new floors I only see a problem with eating and deficating for at least a week-each. A port-O-potty is not just for you,but the construction crews as well! Tie ribbons and price tags to outdoor plants incase they suffer mysterious deaths.
I am worried that you want to do the same thing throughout your whole house. Are you decorating from fear or the inability to make more than one decision at a time? Different areas of a home have totally different needs. A bedroom floor is much more about feeling and warmth an entry about look and durability a full bathroom is about moisture control. There is no “magic bullet” for flooring. A tile in the kitchen is very durable but if you drop a dish, kiss it goodbye and grout can be pain to keep looking good.
Think through what you want each room to feel like and then assess the durability requirements and then go to a full service flooring (not totally discount oriented) store and see what they say will fulfill your “needs”. Even though I’m a guy, you might do better with a low pressure lady salesperson. Good Luck!
The kitchen is fine to have laminate floors installed…bathrooms aren’t. This is because a bathroom has a higher possibility of having water spills which can damage the floors once they seeped through the seams. Lamiante floors are mostly not warrantied for bathrooms anyhow.
As for kitchens, it is recommended to use a water-proof adhesive (Bruce Everseal) in between the seams of the boards near areas most likely to get water spills, e.g. sink, dishwasher, fridge, etc. You would only get to realize the problem of water damage when your floors start to buckle or swell…this is true even for hardwood floors.
Though don’t let this deter you. There’s a wide variety of laminates out there which you can definitely find something to work well with your design style. Also, laminates are very durable and would be good to use in high-traffic areas, AC3 ( for high residential , moderate commercial use) rated ones at least.
You can even install this yourself and save a lot on installation costs:)
There are plenty of laminate floors that can be used in a bathroom. Kitchens are no issue, I install laminate there all the time. I would not, however choose a very cheap board for areas that will be getting wet from time to time. Pergo warraties all of their laminate for use in bathrooms. The locking mechanism on their product is treated with wax to stop water absorption. The entire perimeter of the floor must be sealed with 100% silicone. If you make sure that the installer knows what he is doing, and follows the specs, Pergo will replace the floor if it fails for any reason. Now, I’m not trying to sell you on Pergo in particular. There may be other manufacturers who offer the same warranty. I know that most Kronotex is warrantied for use in bathrooms as well. Pergo however is a good brand and they will be good to deal with if ever there is a problem.
The problem is not that the floor may get wet. Water left standing on the floor for length of time is what will hurt you. If you don’t have a lot of little kids and spills, and remember to be conscious of standing water, there is absolutely no reason not to install laminate anywhere in your home.