Floor covering for the kitchen

The need to maintain a constant cleanliness of the room, and the desire to fit the floor in the overall interior harmoniously, often raises the question of choosing floor covering for the kitchenrather sharply. To understand it is necessary to carefully read the pros and cons of existing options.

• Tree

Kitchen flooring first of all the tree will be the most environmentally friendly of all types. The wooden base of the floor tiles has a beautiful texture, perfectly isolates sounds and is warm in itself. High strength, wear resistance and durability make kitchen flooring made of wood is a good, albeit an expensive option.

Finnish flooring in the interior of the kitchen-dining room of 20 square meters. m

• A rock

Kitchen flooring from a stone it is most popular due to the wearproof properties. Kitchen floor design marbled and marbled floor itself, look great.

But experts advise the use of artificial media, because natural marble very slowly absorbs and evaporates moisture, bacteria can accumulate in it, too porous rocks are easily exposed to external influences.

• Agglomerates

Agglomerates - these are artificial analogs of natural stone, also called cast stone and corian. Due to the peculiarities of production (composite materials are made of marble chips or quartz glass), artificial stone can take any form and has a completely smooth surface.

From the agglomerates, you can create unusual patterns that will give kitchen floor design unique personal style.

• Mosaic

Create a completely unique kitchen floor design, the mosaic will help. To create a pattern using natural stone or glass smalt.

Mosaic can be used not only for kitchen flooring, but also creating an apron or as a work surface coating. The material is very beautiful, but requires certain investments.

• Ceramic tile

The most profitable and reliable option, select a high class of wear resistance and the coating will serve you for a long time and reliably.

Metlahskaya ceramic tiles in the design of the kitchen 8 square meters. m

• Porcelain stoneware

Kitchen flooring porcelain stoneware is perfect for kitchens with a large cross. Not afraid of any loads, except for the fall of heavy objects. It rejects moisture well, without fear of putting a very hot saucepan. It is made under a tree and a stone. Due to its qualities, it is more expensive than tile, but it justifies its use.

Porcelain tile in the kitchen interior design of 10 square meters. m

Porcelain stoneware with black and white wood imitation pattern in kitchen interior design 11 sq. M. m

• Laminate

Floor covering for the kitchen from laminate is beneficial for those who want to quickly and inexpensively apply a coating. Moisture coating is afraid, as if they did not write in advertising, during prolonged contact the laminate loses its appearance and exfoliates. Laminate rather noisy and slippery, of all the options, perhaps the least suitable option.

• Linoleum

The most inexpensive and profitable option, easily, simply and quickly hardened, not afraid of moisture, if there is a gasket, well insulates heat and sound, there are drawbacks, it is not particularly environmentally friendly, susceptible to abrasion and does not tolerate any other load, but quite often change.

• Self-leveling floors

Bulk floor consists of polymers, mineral mixtures, synthetic additives.

The advantages of self-leveling floors: long service life, resistant to abrasion, they are easy to clean, seamless, waterproof, wear-resistant, do not fade under the action of ultraviolet radiation, are not afraid of aggressive media (alkali, acid, solvent).

Bulk floor in the interior design of the kitchen in the style of minimalism from the architect Alexandra Fedorova.

• Combinations

With competent kitchen floor design It is possible to combine several floor coverings with regard to their properties, a dining area, for example, to lay parquet or laminate flooring, and lay ceramic granite or artificial stone next to the stove and sink.