In many parts of the home,choosing flooringmainly involves appearance.
Porcelain and ceramic tiles, stained concrete, vinyl, cork, and bamboo are popular bathroom flooring options.
Each has advantages and disadvantages, so you must consider what works best for your home.
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It can achieve a rich, textured, solid feeling like stone.
Like vinyl, porcelain tile is waterproof and relatively inexpensive.
Like wood flooring, tile can elevate the bathroom’s appearance.
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Similar to stone, tile is cold.
However, you’ve got the option to layradiant or heated tileunder it.
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Concrete is a good choice for bathroom floors but has some disadvantages.
Popular variations of vinyl flooring include sheet, plank, and tile.
While you’re able to use both in bathrooms, vinyl is typically the better option.
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Marble, granite, limestone, and other stone flooring options have few moisture problems.
Natural stone is rugged, durable, and aesthetically pleasing.
Stone flooring has excellent resale value.
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That isn’t to say bamboo is perfect in a bathroomit isnotwaterproof.
But it can withstand heavy use and is more moisture-resistant than hardwood.
Additionally, bamboo is more affordable than hardwood.
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Carpet is a poor flooring choice for bathrooms.
Solid Hardwood
Except for its top coating,solid hardwoodis not protected against moisture.
Even the slightest moisture that works into the wood will eventually rot it out.
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It’s slightly better than carpet; solid hardwood looks great and feels warm underfoot.
If you want solidhardwood in your bathroom, ensure it is perfectly installed, with zero gaps for moisture.
A good installation means hiring professionalinstallers.
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It also means site-finishing your hardwood flooring works better than installing pre-finished flooring.
Site-finishing floods the seams between the boards with coating, effectively blocking moisture migration from the top side.
Its plywood base holds up well against moisture.
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Plus, engineered wood flooring looks authentically like wood because the top layer is real hardwood veneer.
Engineered wood is the best choice if you wish to have natural wood in a bathroom.
No matter how well protected, any key in of wood product is prone to damage in bathrooms.
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Laminate flooring is essentially resin-impregnated paper atop a wood chip base.
On top is a clear coat called the wear layer.
DuPont RealTouch, for instance, warrants the wear layer on its line of laminate flooring for 30 years.
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Laminate can work in bathrooms if you take precautions to protect the wood base from moisture.
With tight seams between the planks, moisture cannot work its way downward.
Laminate is also easy to clean.
But it still has that wood chip base.
Although several manufacturers have tried to produce genuinelywaterproof laminate flooring,it’s not there yet.
Plus, both are relatively inexpensive compared to natural stone or hardwood, making them stylish choices forbudget-friendly bathrooms.
Vinyl is one of the best options for non-slip bathroom flooring.
It’s one of the least expensive options but not the most luxurious.
Bamboo is also a good option with a little more aesthetic value.
Textured natural stone is also slip-resistant but hard to fall on in case of an accidental slip.
