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    The only issue I have seen with wood in kitchens is if there is a leak and it is not fixed promptly. I know of people that have had leaks from ice maker lines and dishwashers that caused a lot of damage.

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    Quote Originally Posted by newracer View Post
    The only issue I have seen with wood in kitchens is if there is a leak and it is not fixed promptly. I know of people that have had leaks from ice maker lines and dishwashers that caused a lot of damage.
    This is why I would be (and have done) doing tile in the kitchen. In most of the homes I've been in the wood stops at the kitchen, bathrooms, laundry room & mud rooms and I think it's a good idea to avoid potential liquid damage. I'm sure the odds are low but they're certainly quite a bit higher than living rooms and hallways. Plus I prefer the look of tile in the kitchen to match up with the counter tops & such. We'e got cherry cabinets so a lighter color wood in the kitchen might not look as good either.

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    Light wood and dark cabinets look okay in my studio. The wood floors are reclaimed bowling lanes from "celebrity" when it was demoed.




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    Quote Originally Posted by Firehaus View Post
    Light wood and dark cabinets look okay in my studio. The wood floors are reclaimed bowling lanes from "celebrity" when it was demoed.

    That does look good but the key there is the contrast. Youi've got VERY dark cabinets and VERY light floors and the contrast looks fantastic. My floors and cabinets would likely be in the same color pallet family which I'm concerned wouldn't look as good. Whereas with a tile I've got the warm colored wood and then a cool colored/textured tile so it works better. I know I'm knit picking but I've done this a few times and IMO if you can be picky you might as well. Nice kitchen BTW. I'm sure whoever does the bulk of the cooking doesn't appreciate the spaciousness between the fridge & oven/counters though. Speaking of fridge is that a Viking or Subzero?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Firehaus View Post
    Light wood and dark cabinets look okay in my studio. The wood floors are reclaimed bowling lanes from "celebrity" when it was demoed.




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    To be brutally honest, whomever installed that floor is an idiot. Those who know what I'm talking about will see it right off. Looks like it was installed in sheets. Unless it is supposed to look like that, then I suppose I'm the idiot.

    I'm not a pro, but my Pa was and he showed me lots of things, including how to install hardwood flooring.

    We once ripped up an old gymnasium and used the hardwood to redo the upstairs (pop-top) in our house. It was a long, arduous summer.
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    Quote Originally Posted by brutal View Post
    To be brutally honest, whomever installed that floor is an idiot. Those who know what I'm talking about will see it right off. Looks like it was installed in sheets.

    I'm not a pro, but my Pa was and he showed me lots of things, including how to install hardwood flooring.

    We once ripped up an old gymnasium and used the hardwood to redoo the upstairs (pop-top) in our house. It was a long, arduos summer.
    Seems. I wonder if that's how it came from the bowling alley though since it's reclaimed. Maybe have been glued together with some sort of backing laminate like that. Just guessing though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Irving View Post
    We used Traffic Master vinyl wood flooring. I have pictures but it's only been a year so it pretty much looks the same. If you do tile, get a commercial scrub brush on a solid wood broom handle (the thicker the better) and it will make cleaning a breeze. Having cleaned tile floors hundreds of times in restaurant kitchens, a stiff brush will make it a snap in a residential home.
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    I have a wood floor, but the boards are a composite with solid wood on top, and layers underneath that kind of look like OSB or fiberboard. The floor is not as tough as hardwood. My dog's nails (which we keep trimmed) have scratched and gouged the floor. If we were going to do it over, we would get real hardwood.
    Sounds like cork flooring.
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    Quote Originally Posted by brutal View Post
    To be brutally honest, whomever installed that floor is an idiot. Those who know what I'm talking about will see it right off. Looks like it was installed in sheets. Unless it is supposed to look like that, then I suppose I'm the idiot.

    I'm not a pro, but my Pa was and he showed me lots of things, including how to install hardwood flooring.

    We once ripped up an old gymnasium and used the hardwood to redo the upstairs (pop-top) in our house. It was a long, arduous summer.
    It's installed in alley sections pieced together. It's around 3" thick maple. They just flipped them over, so the bowling side is on the bottom. Was here when I bought the place.


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    Quote Originally Posted by Jer View Post
    That does look good but the key there is the contrast. Youi've got VERY dark cabinets and VERY light floors and the contrast looks fantastic. My floors and cabinets would likely be in the same color pallet family which I'm concerned wouldn't look as good. Whereas with a tile I've got the warm colored wood and then a cool colored/textured tile so it works better. I know I'm knit picking but I've done this a few times and IMO if you can be picky you might as well. Nice kitchen BTW. I'm sure whoever does the bulk of the cooking doesn't appreciate the spaciousness between the fridge & oven/counters though. Speaking of fridge is that a Viking or Subzero?
    Fridge was a commercial True.

    This is another unit in my building with more of what your describing contrast wise.



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    That doesn't look too bad either. The key to that IMO is the counter tops which are close enough to the floor that they kind of tie everything together. We were looking at a granite that would be similar in color to that so maybe it would work after all.

    To everyone that had Bamboo that fell apart... was it engineered or just bamboo? I keep hearing others say that Bamboo is very durable but these photos posted here suggest otherwise. I have heard that engineered hardwood or bamboo has a tendency to fall apart though so that's why I ask. I only want to do this one so whichever I decide I want to make sure it's the best and I don't feel like creating more work for myself in a few years to save a few bucks.
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