Goomba > wrote in
:

> I'd love to hear input from folks who have tile as to how
> they love or hate it? I currently have vinyl, but have had
> heated tile in the past. I was younger then so might have
> been less aware of problems, but am concerned with the
> "hardness" of the floor for comfort? I am getting older now
> (sob!) and don't want to find tile floors are
> ergodynamically poor choices down the road after standing
> in the kitchen for extended periods. I recall my mother
> explaining how good dance floors are wood and impact
> absorbing properties over hard cement floors that are more
> jarring to your body. Yet wood floors aren't too practical
> in kitchens, are they?? I'm also interested in linoleum as
> I keep reading that it might be fairly "green" as well as
> good cost.
>
> The floor choice would need to be practical for the
> kitchen, breakfast room, mud room, laundry room and guest
> bathroom. The rest of the downstairs is hardwood.

i have ceramic tile. i HATE it! it's hard. it's ugly (ceramic
scratches fairly easily. we have a farm, & the side door
enters into the kitchen, so mud & sand are constantly tracked
in). it's noisy. it's freaking *cold*! it's really hard to
clean, which surprised me. i figured it'd be tougher than
vinyl & just sweep clean. wrong! it's almost as easy to
scratch as vinyl & the grout joints collect dirt & stain
really easily. i'm not sure exactly how old my ceramic floor
is, but the grout is cracking &/or falling out in a lot of
places (granted it's laid right over a wide pine floor with no
underlayment or levelling). did i say i HATE it? it's going to
be a pain in the butt to get rid of it too.
when i redo the kitchen i'll put in real linoleum. it's
comfortable, way warmer than tile, & easier to clean (no
joints, no cracks, no grout). then i'll get a Scooba

BTW, if you find a bottom freezer fridge that *doesn't* have
a drawer freezer, let me know. those drawers are just plain
useless.
lee

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