Opinions on rubber floors for a family kitchen!

[Bishberro]

Sorry for the dull question but just wondered if anyone has a rubber floor in their kitchen and would they recommend it with kids? We're getting a new kitchen and am struggling over what to do with the floor. I'm fed up of constantly sweeping/hoovering slate tiles and lighter coloured tiles would be even worse I'm assuming. I like the idea of rubber as in it's a soft landing and warm to walk on but I'm worried it will make it look like a Fitness First.

[snowboarder]

We have rubber floors in our kitchen and bathroom. Choose your colour and finish carefully!! I do like it though - has meant that baby dive from bumbo relatively cushioned and glasses don't always break.... You're welcome to have a look?

[jennyh]

My architect brother in law has just put cork down in his flat and it looks really great, it is warm and it is soft. Might be another option for you!

[JessM]

it sounds great to me, I'd just be worried I'd damage it! Isn't it quite expensive?

[The Nappy Lady]

We have rubber on the bathroom floor, I love it, but it has got a few stains & dents now...that said it's been down 10 years!

It's pale yellow with circles on - Dalsouple?? We got tiles as it's quite a small area but would def. Go for one sheet next time as the joins annoy me!! Smallest sheet was twice the size we needed, which was why we didn't do it that way.

[Suzanne Tate]

I have been designing kitchens for 5 years! Rubber floor is great! Go for it! Choose colour carefully. Go for one sheet if you can so it could be removed easily in few years time if you decide to change it!

Good luck with your project.

If you need any advice just shout!

Suzanne

[charlottep]

i think they look great, but i've heard that they can get scratched quite a lot under moving chairs, etc, which has put me off. have others experienced this?

[alieh]

Have you considered wood? We got oiled oak (extra wide planks) for our kitchen and I love them. Soft and don't show the dirt at all. You re-oil them about once a year or so and they look brand new again (this is very easy...just wash floors once and then go over with oil on a cloth). There is a wood floor place behind Forest Hill that has beautiful wood flooring and good prices. Think it is called Wood 4 Floors.

[anna_r]

I'm finding it really hard to visualise what a rubber floor would look like? I've never heard of it. It is like lino? I hate our kitchen floor (old victorian floorboards which we had sanded and stained, but with lots of nails and cracks etc) We were thinking of replacing with stone but so cold!!!

[Pickle]

We've got modern stone tiles with underfloor heating... it's lovely in the winter months.

[The Nappy Lady]

My sister has Lino that looks like floorboards - really convincing unless you look closely!

Underfloor heating is def. The way to go - we kind of have it in our bathroom where the radiator pipes run under the rubber floor LOL.

[snowboarder]

Anna - here - think swimming changing rooms (but nicer!)