e3opian

There's a tile that looks like wood, too. (But it doesn't try too hard.) It looks pretty decent.

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I prefer real wood floors, they have a little give to them so when you drop something you have a chance it won't break.

SlowTeg

f@#k that sucks man.. ya I'm a big believer in no hardwood in bathrooms/kitchens because of possible water damage. Appliances are just made like shit these days. The water drain for the fridge got clogged a month ago and it leaked water.. I can only imagine the damn valve getting stuck open..

If you like the wood look, the 6x24" tiles are the way to go imo, or even just laminate.

WhrDLMI

Butterfingers.

I will agree with that, though. I have sacrificed more than a few things to slippery hands. Tile is also rough on the feet if you spend a lot of time in the kitchen. Bobbie picked up one of those gel mats to work over while she is baking. It works but it takes up a lot of the floor and I am forever tripping over it.

SlowTeg

On the flipside I'd rather have a broken plate/whatever than a chipped floor. My mom has a chip in her HW floor in the kitchen due to a dropped knife/utensil. Sh*t happens. To each their own.. I'm just wary of leaky appliances. Wood is sensitive to moisture.. if it gets soaked, odds are that when it dries it's gonna bow/buckle.

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I figure if I have a leak big enough to screw up my floors it will probably get the sub floor as well no matter the floor type.

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I have dents, dings and scratches in my floors from me dropping stuff, the dogs tearing around and shit getting dragged that shouldn't be. Shrug, just adds character It is also the reason I always do a satin finish on my wood floors, it hides that stuff pretty well. My current oak floors aren't too bad compared to my last house where I did cherry throughout, still pains me that they were destroyed a couple of years after we sold it that the house was foreclosed and a pipe burst ruining all my hard work.

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Man that is just a horribly written paragraph I don't feel like fixing.

WhrDLMI

It is kind of like finding out that the d-bag you sold your well cared for car turned around and totaled it. Sometimes it is just better not to know.

WhrDLMI

This is a judgement free zone. No worries!