Floor Treatment for covered Screen Porch

[ponytug]

Vinyl snap together planks are being used in fairly high end new homes. most of the time, the wood looking planks are so good that even when you touch it with your hand, it's hard to believe it's vinyl.

Here is the link to the tile I'm buying at Lowes. The pictures are a lot brighter and lighter color than what they are in person. I'm a huge fan of earth tones and natural colors. I think that I need about 60 cartons to do my porch, and I'm at 35 right now. I'll buy another this week if it's in stock. Normally there is 4 or five boxes of it on the shelf. Never enough to do a room, so I'm guessing that everyone is buying a box at a time until they have enough. It's probably the wackiest thing I've done for home remodeling, but with so many other projects that have to be done, this is my way of working towards that project without causing a lot of pain by buying it all at once.

https://www.lowes.com/pd/American-Olean-Wright-36-Pack-Brown-4-in-x-8-in-Glazed-Porcelain-Brick-Look-Floor-and-Wall-Tile/1002655372

Those look very nice, almost like split slate!

Is there a reason not do an online order, ready for pickup? I do that at the box stores when I am in need of large quantities. I just get nervous about the potential for color drift and variations in things like tile.

All the best,

Peter

 

[Torvy]

You'll never hear the end of it.

This^ No matter how often you clean it, she'll notice dirt.

Let her pick. We have dark stained concrete with area rugs. That waa her choice. We can always put something over it in the future if (when) she changes our minds.

 

[EddieWalker]

My biggest reason for not getting them all at once is the amount of money it will take, and my main focus has been on fencing in a pasture, which I finished a few months ago, now I'm working on our dog grooming room.

My struggle is having too many projects and getting them to the point were it's good enough to use, but not finished. I also spend way too much time working on equipment, mowing, and dealing with animals.

Cost for all the tile to do my porch, but not for anything else, is around $2,300 But I also want to do the walkways, and that could double the amount of tile I need. There really is no end to the madness!!!

Once I pay off the mortgage on my late brother's farm, that will give me a lot more cash to spend on things like this.

 

[bigtiller]

My folks added a roof to their wood patio deck, screened it in, and had outdoor carpet covering the floor. Everyone was happy with the carpet.

 

[Carl_NH]

I like the porcelain wood look tiles and they would stand up in the porch.

A wood choice that not too $$ is 1x4 SYP, medium hardness, can be sealed with poly etc.stands up to some weather and it looks good left natural as it ages.

 

[Oaktree]

My folks added a roof to their wood patio deck, screened it in, and had outdoor carpet covering the floor. Everyone was happy with the carpet.

I was going to suggest that. Our 3 season sunporch is enclosed, and that's what we did. Reasonably easy to keep clean, and doesn't get slippery when wet, or with snow-covered boots.

 

[HawkinsHollow]

I was going to suggest that. Our 3 season sunporch is enclosed, and that's what we did. Reasonably easy to keep clean, and doesn't get slippery when wet, or with snow-covered boots.

My wife will not go for carpet.

 

[jyoutz]

Need to figure out what I want to put on the floor of my newly screen covered porch. It stays mostly dry in all the but the craziest of rain storms but I am still going to be cautious what I put down. I would love to put composite tongue and groove, but have you seen the price for that stuff? Not happening! The short list right now is wood look tile (lots of work and not cheap), slate tiles (even more expensive and laborious) and these wooden squares. The subfloor is avantech.

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I really like the squares but the wife is concerned about dirt getting down in the cracks and being hard to remove. The squares are the cheapest and easiest option by far. I think a shop vac once a month will take care of the dirt that might get down there. What says ye?

If as you say it occasionally gets wet, I would want tile, not wood.

 

[2manyrocks]

I believe tile would be better for resisting fading

 

[jyoutz]

Something that’s popular in the southwest: if you have a reasonably flat concrete floor, just dry set clay bricks with no joints. Then coat with a clear exterior stone sealer. Like this, except with smooth clay bricks instead of paver bricks.