ok our a/c leaked and ruined our kitchen floor from the bottom up!!! so we are needing to replace our entire kitchen floor. any suggestions. needs to be very very kid friendly so actual hard wood not going to happen. i need something easy to care for easy to clean. and something that will hold up over time. whatever we put int he kitchen we might put int he bathrooms as well. every time i think i find a floor i love end up not being able to use it in a kitchen!!!!!! 
why make a floor for a house that cant be in a kitchen. 
so any ideas????
From your post it sounds like hardwood is out but I have to tell you that is what I have in my kitchen. We have a 4 and 5 year old and the house was built in 1928. I do sweep probably twice a day and once a week it gets a mopping and a coat of mop n glo - wouldn't have anything else.
yes i love pergo floors. the ones i picked out were very expensive though. lol figures. oh might help to know that my mixer, toaster and blender are all tangerine orange. i plan to have my kitchen green and orange sort of like rachel rays on 30 minute meals.
I don't know if they can go into a kitchen, but there is a floor that looks like ceramic tile but is made out of cork. You can stand on it for long periods and not have those sore feet, kid friendly too! The only problem is it's expensive! That's why I don't have it yet, and probly never will because my kitchen is good sized.
i have armstrong laminate in my kitchen, it looks like slate, I've had it for about 4 or 5 years. And it looks brand new, that is with two teenage boys and a husband that don't seem to know the meaning of taking your shoes off at the door. It was expensive but well worth it, if i have a problem with it i can just replace a square and piece it in. I also have this in my 1/2 bath off the kitchen and haven't had anyproblems there either. I don't think i would put it in the full bath cause we end up with much to much water on the floor with the tub and such.
OH BTW: my dishwasher overflowed right after the floor was installed and it didn't cause any problems.
Oh and one other thing, since it was a faulty AC unit, will your home owner insurance buy you a new floor??
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You may want to do some research on vinyl and health, especially if you are a "shoes off" family.
We have wooden floors in the kitchen (very high traffic area that leads to the back yard) and they work great.
Cheers, from
SwampWitch
You may want to do some research on vinyl and health, especially if you are a "shoes off" family.
We have wooden floors in the kitchen (very high traffic area that leads to the back yard) and they work great.
Cheers, from
SwampWitch
What health issues are there with vinyl???
There are lots of resources on this topic. Here's a link from a search I just did for "vinyl health issues."
http://www.greenpeace.org/usa/news/how-to-find-and-avoid-toxic-vi
No doubt you can find sites that tell you there is no or little danger. We all have to decide what we believe, hopefully after doing some reading.
Cheers, from
SwampWitch
We put in laminate wood but they also sell laminate tile too. We had to seal the edges that run along the sink and dishwasher and have had no problems even with the usual spills. We have 3 kids (7, 5, and 20 months) and it is extremely durable. Ours came with the underlayment already attached. If you go with laminate it is so nice to have the kind that already has the underlayment. It saves a ton of time and frustration. I think a lot of the manufacturers make theirs this way now.
HTH
Good luck on your new floor!
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