Kitchen – one of the busiest rooms of the apartment. Here always something occurs – the food is cooked, lunches are carried out, and in the evenings there passes sit-round gathering behind tea cup. It is not surprising that in kitchen constantly something wakes up and spills. Therefore it is important correct to choose floor covering for kitchen.
The modern industry of construction materials gives wide choice of various floor coverings for kitchen. The task of the practical owner is to choose that covering which optimum approaches under tenor of life of members of household. Not all families spend days without a break behind preparation of dishes and long meals – much and that for whom the house – smooth water between business trips.
Plus to it criterion of durability – can be established floor covering which will serve decade and once again twenty will manage to bother, or to stop the choice on expensive luxury covering which in year should be changed.
And all this affects selection of material for flooring.
Linoleum
The most plain and available material for flooring of kitchen. Advantages – the high resilience to moisture, simplicity in cleaning and relative availability. The wear resistance of linoleum averages about 10 years.
However, as well as any artificial material, linoleum has low environmental friendliness. It is necessary to choose covering strictly on the marking allowing use in premises.
One more way is to trust in own scent. The more intensively linoleum smell, the lower it environmental friendliness.
From undesirable – it is one linoleum better not to drop knives and other sharp objects. The covering easily is exposed to mechanical damages. One more threat for covering – direct sunshine which literally burn out the drawing.
Tree
Will allow to make space cozy floor covering for kitchen of tree. It is eco-friendly, has high strength characteristics and also has noise-insulating properties.
Long time tree was considered as improper material for floor of kitchen. Because of high humidity and continuous pollution, the natural parquet quickly became useless. Materials of new generation allow to give additional strength characteristics to wooden cover. Impregnations should be updated and covered with new varnish coat periodically.
Laminate
If the price of wooden parquet seems excessively big, then it is worth stopping the choice on laminate. It is artificial alternative to natural material which has incorporated all advantages of tree.
The richness of textures allows laminate to imitate various breeds of felling and also – stone, marble and tile. For such floor covering the mechanical damages are not terrible. And here too large amount of moisture can lead to deformation. Handymen, of course, find ways to get out of the situation, using additional hydroprotective sealant in intertiled seam, however and it becomes useless over time.
Ceramics
Ceramic tile – one of the most practical options of floor covering for kitchen. It is not afraid of either moisture, or pollution and also is unpretentious in cleaning.
The only minus – will be able to walk on tile barefoot only the most tempered family member. The tile does not get warm even in warm season that can give inconvenience to members of household.