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Why do people install expensive hardwood flooring in their kitchens, the place where you are most likely to drop food, cutlery, spill liquids, etc? (lemmy.ml)

submitted 2 days ago by golden_zealot@lemmy.ml to c/asklemmy@lemmy.ml

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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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[–] tonyn@lemmy.ml 12 points 2 days ago (3 children)

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 7 points 1 day ago (1 children)

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

[–] tonyn@lemmy.ml 4 points 1 day ago

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

[–] intensely_human@lemm.ee 9 points 2 days ago (1 children)

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

[–] ForgotAboutDre@lemmy.world 8 points 1 day 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.

[–] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 7 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

Since I can't afford to replace the tile our apartment came with, I got a set of vinyl floor mats and put rug gripper anti-skid pads underneath, the result being like anti-fatigue mats but not as tall, heavy, or ugly. They cover most of the areas I might possibly drop a dish and have already saved one casserole lid. They wipe clean and are easy to move to mop the tile. They won't last forever but one day I'll be able to do linoleum.