Tile floor in kitchen???

[lmj]

It looks like I am going to have to replace my kitchen floor again!
It was wood parquet on top of linoleum that was stuck down tight on top of a concrete slab (my basement is not under this part of the house). We had a few spots we needed to patch on the floor because we had some trouble with buckling and we thought we would be all set. Guess again, come to find out when the wood buckled it pulled the linoleum away. Now we can't patch the floor we will need to take the whole thing up and start over. Some of the linoleum will come up but some will not. It looks like my only alternative is tile. This is not just my kitchen but my dining room as well so the whole room is about 24 x 12 feet. I never wanted to have tile but it seem like I have no choice. Does anyone have any suggestions or is there anything I should know? Is tile in the kitchen a bad thing?

 

[dtuleya]

Are you talking about ceramic tile? I just got a patterned ceramic tile floor (3 different sizes of tile) and I absolutely love it! Easy to care for, but watch out when you drop something! Glasses really shatter!

The only advice that I would give you is since you are having flooring "issues" consult a professional. If you lay tile on an uneven surface you will have major problems with it.

We have a black lab and I picked out a great tile that has both grays and browns in it. We used a grey colored grout and this floor doesn't show any dirt at all. We shopped around and got about five prices, but I found the tile I wanted at Lowe's and they recommended a great sub-contractor.

 

[4greatboys]

We have 2 kinds of tile in hour house. I bought a wonderful Terra Cotta color for the entry way and my bathroom. I love it. It doesnt easily show dirt and its so easy to keep clean.
The people at the tile place talked me into a lighter tile for my kitchen and I dont like it. It shows everything and is hard to keep clean
Other than that Im really happy with the tile we have. I even had my counters and backsplash tiled. I love the back splash but given it to do again I wouldnt have tile the counters. To hard to keep the grout the color it is supposed to be.

 

[tater bug]

There is marble tile in my kitchen and I love it. When we moved in to the house I wasn't wild about it but it grew on me.

 

[Harambe]

OOOOOOOOOOOOOO! I love tile! Don't know where you live but if it's up north, make sure you buy a nice pair of slippers. That tile can be cold on a winter morning!

 

[Pin Wizard]

I've got tile throughout the entire house and LOVE it! Zero carpeting!! I'd just say have a professional install it. And the other thing is that I've found smooth tile much easier to keep clean as opposed to any with texture to them. In my previous townhouse I had a textured tile installed. It was horrible to clean and was very streaky. Here I put in a beautiful white tile with gray in it. Smooth! The store told me that it would look like an ice skating rink, and it does...just gorgeous! I'm still thrilled with it. It's going on 7 years now.

 

[Barb]

I've got a beautiful diagonal tile in my kitchen and have never been sorry. I love it! As someone said, it's so easy to keep clean. We also have ceramic tile in all the bathrooms. I wish now I had put it up the walls, too. That's my next project.

 

[Serena]

I want tile too, but that's a project that will have to wait.

 

[CJMickeyMouse]

We have ceramic tile in our kitchen and we love it! We have two labs, and it is holding up great! We have a lighter tile with shades of tan.... the grout is the darkest shade of tan showing up in the tile. Easier to clean that way.

Good luck!!

 

[Obi-Wan Pinobi]

This is my current project. I'm taking a brief breather from putting down the backer board in the kitchen for the tile I will be installing this weekend.

DW Lauri put tile on the countertop last weekend and made a mosaic backsplash all around and it looks great!

Ceramic tile installation is expensive, which is why many people do it themselves. If you plan on doing the tile yourself, definitely talk to the people at Home Depot or Lowes. HD has regular ceramic tile installation classes on Saturday mornings (around here they do; they may differ in your area).

 

[Kirby]

I have tile in my kitchen, eating area and it continues to the front door and to the hallway. I really like it. So nice and cool in the summer and not that cold in the winter. I have a light colored tile with a darker grout that matches the darker spots in the tile. I do wish that I had gone with a darker tile though. The lighter tile show dirt much too easy.

 

[Rexfan]

Is it hard to do? I was contemplating doing it in my bathroom.