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More Flooring help needed please

10 years ago

I recently posted for advice on flooring but have another dilema. Attached is a plan of the ground floor of my house, it's changing slightly as the original kitchen and dinning room are being knocked together. The section marked blue and red is the new extension hallway and kitchen/dinning/family room. The extension is having water pipe underfloor heating but the rest of the house has no underfloor heating. The second picture shows our kitchen viewed from the hallway. I thought about having vinyl wood effect like Karndean through the whole downstairs, however the advice appears to be that tiles will be best with the underfloor heating. I've found some lovely wood effect porcelain tiles for the kitchen however if I use the same tiles into the hallway, the tiles in the hallway in the original part of the house will be really cold. I think it will look strange if we had the wood effect tiles in the kitchen and the wood effect vinyl in the hall. It would probably work if tiles in the kitchen weren't wood effect but I can't find any I like and I think the wood effect makes the room feel warmer. I don't want the kitchen to look clinical. Our kitchen is light grey gloss units with charcoal gloss island, white platinum quartz tops. We really like the idea of having the same tiles in the kitchen leading onto to the patio. Do you have any suggestions of what might work? Has anyone got vinyl flooring with underfloor heating?

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Natural Stone Consulting

10 years ago

Hi Emma - We have a range of large format wood effect porcelains which give great impact in kitchens and hallways. http://www.naturalstoneconsulting.co.uk/wood-effect-planks

We have a grey and a beige/grey in these large sizes but also another warmer one again which I think would look great against your grey units.

Reisa large format:

Gutulia large format:

Warmer, smaller option against some grey wall tiles and also a charcoal grey unit:

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10 years ago
Hi Emma,

What an exciting extension, it is going to look great and make such a difference to your home.

Have you thought about engineered wooden flooring? We use wooden flooring in all our properties with under floor heating and it is a lovely combination.

However if you are still looking for wood effect tiles, have you tried Topps Tiles as they do a large range. http://www.toppstiles.co.uk/section1427/page1/wood-effect-tiles

Good luck.

Natalie
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Original Author
10 years ago
I had considered engineered wood, however dismissed it as we have a dog and our current parquet flooring is really badly scratched from her nails. I want something I can mop easily and that doesn't scratch easily. I saw the Tabulo tiles in Topps Tiles yesterday but then saw oak patinato scuro in another shop which I preferred, however if I went for that I don't know how to link it with the flooring in the hall.
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Jonathan
10 years ago
Since it is a small area why not add electric underfloor heating to the hall to take the chill off tiles
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Stone & Marble Diretto Ltd.
10 years ago
Just finished a hose with these tiles the effect is stunning! I have no doubt porcelain wood effect tiles are the beast combination of visual effect and practicality.

I agree with jonathandb1972 adding electric UFH will help a lot, but I have found other material struggling in conducting heat.
Wooden effect porcellain Italian tiles · More Info
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Original Author
10 years ago
jonathanandb1972 thank you for your suggestion, I think getting electric underfloor heating in the old hallway is a good idea and then have the same wood effect tiles in the kitchen and the hall.

Stone and Marble, that floor is lovely, can you please tell me the name of the floor or email me a price?

Do you think it would look OK if we put a different type and colour of wood/wood effect flooring in the rooms leading off the hallway?

Also is it best to lay the floor then have the kitchen put on top or put the kitchen in first?
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Stone & Marble Diretto Ltd.
10 years ago
Sure If you let me know the town you live I could give you my best price including delivery!...would you like a sample?

I think you could use different colour floor, not matter what type of floor you will choose, every room look independent from each other, I don't know about the individual style of each room .

In my house I would put the kitchen on top of tiles so the fitters will have an even surface to install the kitchen units, but probably the best way for you to make the best choice is to talk to the kitchen fitter and ask them what they prefer, than you wont make the wrong decision.

In your case a smart decision and a honest answer would be to tile up to the kitchen, you could save quite bit of metres having a large kitchen.

one more thing would you like large tile or more narrow?

the large tile are 24x96cm

the narrow tile are 16x96cm

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Original Author
10 years ago
I will send you an email.
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Original Author
10 years ago
I need some advice on floor colour please. I originally wanted a brown wood effect floor, however yesterday I saw a grey wood effect tile so would like your opinion. I've uploaded photos of the worktop and the cabinets we're having, light grey will be on the walls and charcoal grey island. The grey tile looks different depending on the light, in some lights it looks quite a dark grey in others it looks almost brown. I hadn't considered grey wood effect before but I think it looked nice and lile the brown looks easy to keep looking clean. I looked at light grey and white tiles which looked nice but I think I'll be forever cleaning them and I'm not sure they're right for the hallway and I planned on having the same floor in the hallway. Thanks for any advice you can give.
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Original Author
10 years ago
I need some advice on floor colour please. I originally wanted a brown wood effect floor, however yesterday I saw a grey wood effect tile so would like your opinion. I've uploaded photos of the worktop and the cabinets we're having, light grey will be on the walls and charcoal grey island. The grey tile looks different depending on the light, in some lights it looks quite a dark grey in others it looks almost brown. I hadn't considered grey wood effect before but I think it looked nice and lile the brown looks easy to keep looking clean. I looked at light grey and white tiles which looked nice but I think I'll be forever cleaning them and I'm not sure they're right for the hallway and I planned on having the same floor in the hallway. Thanks for any advice you can give.
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Original Author
10 years ago
I need some advice on floor colour please. I originally wanted a brown wood effect floor, however yesterday I saw a grey wood effect tile so would like your opinion. I've uploaded photos of the worktop and the cabinets we're having, light grey will be on the walls and charcoal grey island. The grey tile looks different depending on the light, in some lights it looks quite a dark grey in others it looks almost brown. I hadn't considered grey wood effect before but I think it looked nice and lile the brown looks easy to keep looking clean. I looked at light grey and white tiles which looked nice but I think I'll be forever cleaning them and I'm not sure they're right for the hallway and I planned on having the same floor in the hallway. Thanks for any advice you can give.
Jonathan
10 years ago
I really like the grey wood shown in the picture

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