Flooring??

[saslia]

We are currently giving our house a bit of a face lift and need new flooring.

We have lino and want to "upgrade"

What flooring type have you found to be longlasting and also easy to maintain?? Also any to avoid

TIA

[somewoman]

If you like the wood look, I'd be looking at bamboo flooring. Incredibly durable and hard wearing, and one of the most sustainable products you will find (if not the most). Looks magic, too

[Kazbah]

slate looks great but is a lot of work with sealing and if anything's dropped on it, forget it bouncing!

Some tiles are open pored IYKWIM and also need sealing else they get stains set in them.

We have "floating floor" and it's great, easy to maintain and looks a million bucks without the price tag. If bamboo was around when we did our floor it would have been that instead!

[smiles4u]

We too have lino (in the large kitchen area) and would love to upgrade & were thinking slate too as my in-laws got it done and OMG it looks fantastic ... then one time we stayed over there place & my then 2.5year old DD wore her brand-new leather Clarks shoes to only moments later scuff the front of them so badly on her Nan & Poppa's nice new slate floors ... So, it won't be slate floors for us

[Boo Boo]

stay away from tiles - we have a pale grey - they show the dirt easily, they crack and the grout comes up - we are now looking to replace all our tiles with wooden floor boards. and forgot to say, unless it's 40 degrees they are cold and hard to walk on and you always need slippers - and kids never want to wear slippers - okay, sorry for the rant, as you can tell tiles are not my fave.

L xx