floor tile
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KingFish
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Softballkid
No Longer the Kid
I've had good luck with ceramic tile :shrug:
Geek
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I am afriad I will slip on them when I wear heels.
Sonsie
The mighty Al-Sonsie!
When we redid our kitchen the contractor told us that we would have to beef up our subfloor to do ceramic because of the weight and not being slab construction. If you have any movement in your floor when you jump up and down you might want to go with a product like duraceramic. Ours looks really nice and it won't crack or break. It's wasn't cheap though.
Softballkid
No Longer the Kid
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I've been grappling with this question too...
I don't want carpet because of allergies...
Hardwood is problematic because dogs scratch the hell out of it with their nails...
I really like ceramic, but if you drop something on it, then it has the potential to crack. It's also very slippery for both pets and people...
And, then us old folks have to worry about something being really hard beneath us should we fall down...
Buying a house?
Softballkid
No Longer the Kid
I've been grappling with this question too...
I don't want carpet because of allergies...
Hardwood is problematic because dogs scratch the hell out of it with their nails...
I really like ceramic, but if you drop something on it, then it has the potential to crack. It's also very slippery for both pets and people...
And, then us old folks have to worry about something being really hard beneath us should we fall down...
You musta seen the cheap stuff or something...
I've seen a dog on hardwood for about 10 years now, she hasn't scratched it once, the Rotti weighed 150lbs, never scratched it once, and now the new pup has yet to scratch it....
I think its all in what you buy
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desertrat
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I've been grappling with this question too...
I don't want carpet because of allergies...
Hardwood is problematic because dogs scratch the hell out of it with their nails...
I really like ceramic, but if you drop something on it, then it has the potential to crack. It's also very slippery for both pets and people...
And, then us old folks have to worry about something being really hard beneath us should we fall down...
Keep their nails cut.
They make some ceramic you can barely crack when you are trying to. It's very thick. There are also different textures for better traction.
Softballkid
No Longer the Kid
I'm with you on that. Most of the hardwood floors put down in homes nowadays are those cheap, snap together crappy ones. It's not like back in the day when it was 100% hardwood and you could just sand it down and refinish it...
Well, the hardwood I'm reffering to, is a snap together type, not cheap, but not the most expensive either... but it has held up very well over the years, as said, no scratches.
yankee44
New Member
This is the reason you have seen no scraches. If it snaps togather it is a laminat flooring. all true hardwood floors are naild down. and the scratching comes for the dogs nails pulling up the varnish witch laminate flooring does not have.
Softballkid
No Longer the Kid
Oh, gotcha..I just know its looks just like hardwood, and if you didn't know it was snapped together, you wouldn't really be able to tell the difference :shrug:
Oh well, good to know that though
yankee44
New Member
Travertine it is a durable natural material that does not have a shiny surface but at the same time wont stain.
I've been grappling with this question too...
I don't want carpet because of allergies...
Hardwood is problematic because dogs scratch the hell out of it with their nails...
I really like ceramic, but if you drop something on it, then it has the potential to crack. It's also very slippery for both pets and people...
And, then us old folks have to worry about something being really hard beneath us should we fall down...
your going to replace floors in a house ( castle ) that you rent? Your Landlord must love you! Hardwood ( Bruce ) is good, hubby put it down himself in the house we owned before we had the one built we are in now. Never had problems with dog scratching it up. It looked great and we had it in a high traffic area of the house, never had a problem.
I am also looking at new flooring. Has anyone had any experience with Dura Ceramic by Congoleum(sp). The salesman at the flooring store tells me how great it is, durable like ceramic, but not as cold to the touch. The styles available are great, but I'm just not sure. I have seen on some of the DIY sites that people have had problems with it not wearing very well.
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tommyjones
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Why are you always so naive as to think that I will be a renter forever?
When prices are right, I will buy or build a house...
Now get back to doing nothing at work...
then why would you be considering doing the floors in a house you haven't yet bought?
I smell BS
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Sonsie
The mighty Al-Sonsie!
We just did that in our kitchen, it looks great and we didn't have to reinforce the subfloor to support the weight of ceramic. It's warmer to the touch and so far has proved very satisfactory. It's hard to tell it isn't actually ceramic without touching it. No wear showing yet but it's only been installed since July.