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Flooring Design Dilemma Bathrooms

Flooring for bathrooms and laundry

4 years ago

I want to re-do both my bathrooms and and the flooring in my laundry room. When we did the kitchen and living area we went with engineered wood, maple. I was thinking to keep the flooring consistent through the entire condo but want to have something the can stand up to the moisture of bathrooms and laundry room. Plus I want something that is very durable so it won't scratch/gouge easily when we have to move the washer & dryer (which is at least once a year to accommodate maintenance of the vents and coils).

All 3 rooms are pretty small.

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Sina Sadeddin Architectural Design
4 years ago
Go for a tile for the bathroom and laundry.
homechef59
4 years ago
I was just at the tile store today to order some replacement tile. While I was waiting I was looking at the ceramic faux wood plank tile. It was really good. They have come a long way with it. If you get an installer who knows what they are doing, I would strongly consider this type of tile application in any wet area.
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Hi, We're finally over the hump...DIY'ers here. We have our countertop installed, and are now prepping cabinets to be stained. Next big decisions will be the backsplash and flooring. We are wavering between laminate wood and some kind of tile. We have heard conflicting opinions on having laminate wood in the kitchen. People are strongly advising us to go tile. However we are concerned about two things: the transition between kitchen and the main living areas and tile grout issues. We have about 52 inches of opening between a wall and the penisula. The penisula will be part of the dining area which in turn goes into the main living area. Is there a strip of wood or something that covers the transition in the opening or is there a way to butt up the laminate floor to the tile floor? We plan to run laminate wood througout the main floor except the bathroom and laundry room. The laundry room is adjacent to the kitchen which in turn goes into the hall bathroom. How does laminate floor hold up to water issues? I have two boys who are pretty sloppy!
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Congratulations! It turned out very nice! Perhaps it's just me and my taste, but I wouldn't go with an aubergine color...It appears that the space doesn't get a lot of natural light (understandably so) and I'd be afraid that the darker colored furniture would "suck out" the light even more...
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Patricia Colwell Consulting
4 years ago
Please no fake wood tile . Use a nice 12 x24 porcelai tile in all the spaces they can even be the same for all the spaces depending on what else you are planning for the different bathrooms. Fake wood tile is on its way out and never should be installed next to rl wood or in a space that you would not put real wood. I like that same floor tile on shower walls too

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