Wooden floor in a kitchen?

tenandtracer

Hello all,
Can you put a wooden floor in a kitchen? I'd like to put a solid maple or beech wooden floor in but the buget might only stretch to a semi-solid floor.
I'm getting mixed advice from googling and the mates- who are all geniuses (of course)!
If anyone has experience or advice I would be very grateful.
Cheers
Steve

kadman

Hi,

You can definitely put down a solid / semi solid timber floor in a kitchen.

Properly fitted and sealed and maintained, a solid timber floor should give you no problems at all.

Following normal guidelines for floor installation, allow the floor timber to aclimatise to the kitchen environment for 2-3 weeks before fitting.

There is no point in leaving timber flooring in a kitchen for 3 weeks to aclimatise, if the floors and walls are still drying out from plastering / floor laying. If in doubt check the floor / walls with a moisture meter.

Locate under floor pipe runs with a meter.

Be 100 % sure that the floor has the necessary barriers against damp/ water ingression. In the case of an old house, take the necessary steps to ensure that the floor is damp proofed. In a new house be sure that the concrete/plaster through out the house is fully dry before any timber floor fitting takes place.

As always, in the case of high traffic areas, like kitchens and entrance hallways, buy the best quality you can afford.

Enjoy your timber floor

kadman

Lex Luthor

too much water in a kitchen, I'd stay clear especially if you have kids....my preference would be tiles

lphchild

We put an 'aqualoc' laminate down which is supposedly for bathrooms and kitchens in ours.. this kinda thing .. havent had any problems, even had a washing machine leak on it and it withstood it fine..

Borzoi

tenandtracer wrote:

Hello all,
Can you put a wooden floor in a kitchen? I'd like to put a solid maple or beech wooden floor in but the buget might only stretch to a semi-solid floor.

I have a semi solid down in mine, as I didn't want a fixed divide between the kitchen and living areas. No problems, despite a Washing m/c leak in the early days. It does require a bit more looking after than tiles in terms of cleaning, and making sure spills are mopped up quickly - but 4 years down, and it's fine.

gregos

You can certainly use a wooden floor in your kitchen. I put a solid maple floor in my kitchen ten years ago. No problems at all, despite every kind of leak and spillage. And it looks great.