Kitchen Flooring

[finaddictmike]

Duraceramic Congoleum Corporation

 

[finaddictmike]

Duraceramic Congoleum Corporation

 

[KennyG]

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The dura ceramic is laid over a glue specifically designed for dura ceramic, then you can have the grout or no grout look. If you can lay ceramic tile, you can do dura ceramic BUT the glue is super tacky. Once you set the tile you really can't pull it up and reset it without ruining it. Based on what I saw having it professionally installed, I wouldn't do it myself unless I did floors for a living.

I'm just an ambitious amatuer and I installed the Duraceramic in a basement bathroom. I found it to be very easy to install. I used the grout (which is really a special caulk) and used the smallest tile spacers I could find. The "contact cement" nature of the adhesive kind of freaked me out, but I marked the first tile location on the floor before I put the adhesive down. It is transparent so you can see the lines after it's spread. After the first tile was down, I put down the spacers and just laid the next edge against the spacers and lowered it down. Couldn't be easier.

 

[General Lee]

I'm just an ambitious amatuer and I installed the Duraceramic in a basement bathroom. I found it to be very easy to install. I used the grout (which is really a special caulk) and used the smallest tile spacers I could find. The "contact cement" nature of the adhesive kind of freaked me out, but I marked the first tile location on the floor before I put the adhesive down. It is transparent so you can see the lines after it's spread. After the first tile was down, I put down the spacers and just laid the next edge against the spacers and lowered it down. Couldn't be easier.

I agree, I would tackle a simple bathroom myself. The area I had done was to complicated for me. To many weird cuts, small rooms adjoining other areas, I just wasn't gonna do it. Plus I wanted it done in a timely manner and that wouldn't have happened if I did it.

 

[Piperflyer]

I think I'm heading in the direction of the Perigo plank floor look. Looks like the installation is easy and it lasts. Any input?

 

[ustmd]

I think I'm heading in the direction of the Perigo plank floor look. Looks like the installation is easy and it lasts. Any input?

What type of lifestyle do you have? By that I mena, do you have big dogs that are going to coming in wet and muddy? Do you take your shoes off when you come in the house? Will you sweep and clean the floor very regularly?

I am asking, because these laminate floors are great, so long as you treat them right and are protective of them. If you are likely to "ride them hard and hang them up wet", in 2 or 3 years they will look like crap (scratches, delamination, wear patterns, etc).

 

[Piperflyer]

No animals, but the floor will get wet in the winter time from tracked boots

 

[SandburRanch]

For a kitchen it doesn't get much better than--- comes in various colors and patterns to satisfy the lady of the house. She'll be changing her mind shortly anyway.

 

[Piperflyer]

Your right about them changing their minds

 

[bearhawk]

I would use vinyl sheet flooring. The kind that has the foam backing attached.

You can cut it to rough size first then lay it out and trim the edges. You can use a little cement on the perimeter to keep it from shifting, but you don't have to glue the whole room down..