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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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If your one mistake is attacking your floor with sledgehammer or jackhammer, you may have a point.

Hardwoods & bamboo will weather damn near anything.

Even dog claws will take a few years before the floor begs for a refinishing.

[โ€“] deadcatbounce@reddthat.com 5 points 4 hours ago

Same people install white or cream carpets just before they decide to have kids or a party.

Mostly I have seen it to have seen it with cheaper floating options and even in the bathrooms to have a seemless consistancy throughout a condo. Never seen it done in a house.

[โ€“] Sam_Bass@lemmy.ml 4 points 6 hours ago

Throw rugs and tile in mine

[โ€“] Subverb@lemmy.world 9 points 8 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.

[โ€“] Duamerthrax@lemmy.world 1 points 6 hours ago

Peacocking.

[โ€“] MoonElf@hexbear.net 6 points 11 hours ago

it's very easy to sweep and mop!

[โ€“] BeatTakeshi@lemmy.world 36 points 21 hours ago* (last edited 21 hours ago) (1 children)

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

[โ€“] khannie@lemmy.world 14 points 18 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.

[โ€“] 474D@lemmy.world 56 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] golden_zealot@lemmy.ml 7 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 18 hours ago) (2 children)

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?

[โ€“] EarthShipTechIntern@lemm.ee 2 points 2 hours ago

You might look for more competent flooring people.

When I was working with a 3rd generation hardwood master, we would glue in a replacement chip or swap the board if the chip was huge. And stain to match (if appropriate). And refinish.

Always, ALWAYS make the finished product an even, flat floor.

Stained potholes? Wtf ever. Fire that team.

[โ€“] Pandemanium@lemm.ee 25 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] chuymatt@startrek.website 4 points 15 hours ago

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

[โ€“] mannycalavera@feddit.uk 11 points 18 hours ago (2 children)

Are dropping kettle bells on your wooden flooring or something ๐Ÿคฃ.

[โ€“] golden_zealot@lemmy.ml 6 points 18 hours ago* (last edited 17 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.

[โ€“] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 6 points 17 hours ago (3 children)

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

[โ€“] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 14 hours ago (1 children)
[โ€“] CmdrShepard42@lemm.ee 6 points 13 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.

[โ€“] frauddogg@hexbear.net 4 points 16 hours ago (1 children)

Of course not, that's what linoleum is for

[โ€“] adhocfungus@midwest.social 2 points 6 hours ago

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

[โ€“] BurningRiver@beehaw.org 3 points 17 hours ago

Ceramic tile is tough as hell and cleans easily.

[โ€“] Mr_Blott@feddit.uk 28 points 23 hours ago

Hardwood floor sealer exists. It's called vitrification

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

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

[โ€“] AdamEatsAss@lemmy.world 58 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[โ€“] EarthShipTechIntern@lemm.ee 1 points 2 hours ago

If it's finished well you can leave spills for days, they'll still clean up nicely.

[โ€“] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 42 points 1 day ago (3 children)

Tacking on, tile is cold and vinyl looks silly.

[โ€“] Mouselemming@sh.itjust.works 13 points 1 day ago (6 children)

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.

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[โ€“] TachyonTele@lemm.ee 36 points 1 day ago (3 children)

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

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[โ€“] nicerdicer@feddit.org 7 points 20 hours ago (2 children)

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.

[โ€“] EarthShipTechIntern@lemm.ee 1 points 2 hours ago

Every spill leaves a mark?

Hardwoods need finish coats. Sounds like a real half assed job you're living with.

[โ€“] asret@lemmy.zip 3 points 7 hours ago (1 children)

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.

[โ€“] nicerdicer@feddit.org 3 points 6 hours 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.

[โ€“] Zorsith@lemmy.blahaj.zone 15 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

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

[โ€“] qjkxbmwvz@startrek.website 14 points 1 day ago (2 children)

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

[โ€“] SkaveRat@discuss.tchncs.de 20 points 21 hours ago

tungsten spike maces. why do you ask?

[โ€“] Hadriscus@lemm.ee 8 points 22 hours ago
[โ€“] ininewcrow@lemmy.ca 33 points 1 day ago (4 children)

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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[โ€“] naught101@lemmy.world 15 points 1 day ago (2 children)

It's easier to clean than carpet

[โ€“] jrubal1462@mander.xyz 1 points 1 hour ago

My last apartment had a low-pile carpet in the kitchen. That house was "planned" about as strictly as the English language.

[โ€“] cynar@lemmy.world 10 points 23 hours ago (1 children)

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

[โ€“] naught101@lemmy.world 8 points 19 hours ago (1 children)

And includes all the nutrients a growing body needs!

[โ€“] cynar@lemmy.world 3 points 18 hours ago

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

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