Hi Everyone,
Our house is 6 months old, and all common areas (kitchen, dining room, both living areas, hallway, etc) are laminate flooring. We didn't go high end when having the house built since we have two small kiddos and thought we'd just upgrade down the road anyway.
Well last week our washer sprung a leak and flooded about 1/4 of the house and as expected the laminate flooring will need to be replaced. Since we're already paying the insurance deductible we decided to do some research to see if there's a more durable laminate flooring that will hold up to an active family but also to spills and drips through the kitchen and the rest of the house. Through the kitchen especially between the dish washer and sink (both in island in middle of kitchen - not affected by flooding) and counters we can already see where the laminate is starting to peel up alittle on the seams due to water dripping on the floor. We try to wipe-up water as quickly as it falls, but over time what water does hit the flooring is starting to do a number on it.
So what options do we have? My wife is wanting to tile the kitchen and foyer coming into the house, but honestly with our open floor plan I love the seamless continuity of the floors from one area to the next.
Is there such a laminate flooring that's less susceptible to moisture? Or is there anything else worth checking out? I thought about checking out real wood floors, but with the cost plus hearing lots of stories from people saying it dents and scratches way easily I'm not sure it's best for us.
Thanks for any suggestions...
Sam Alex
Our house is 6 months old, and all common areas (kitchen, dining room, both living areas, hallway, etc) are laminate flooring. We didn't go high end when having the house built since we have two small kiddos and thought we'd just upgrade down the road anyway.
Well last week our washer sprung a leak and flooded about 1/4 of the house and as expected the laminate flooring will need to be replaced. Since we're already paying the insurance deductible we decided to do some research to see if there's a more durable laminate flooring that will hold up to an active family but also to spills and drips through the kitchen and the rest of the house. Through the kitchen especially between the dish washer and sink (both in island in middle of kitchen - not affected by flooding) and counters we can already see where the laminate is starting to peel up alittle on the seams due to water dripping on the floor. We try to wipe-up water as quickly as it falls, but over time what water does hit the flooring is starting to do a number on it.
So what options do we have? My wife is wanting to tile the kitchen and foyer coming into the house, but honestly with our open floor plan I love the seamless continuity of the floors from one area to the next.
Is there such a laminate flooring that's less susceptible to moisture? Or is there anything else worth checking out? I thought about checking out real wood floors, but with the cost plus hearing lots of stories from people saying it dents and scratches way easily I'm not sure it's best for us.
Thanks for any suggestions...
Sam Alex