Comments on: Kitchen Week: Dry Kitchen Flooring

By: Jwan Heah

Jwan Heah — Thu, 11 Sep 2008 08:36:26 +0000

Yeah, sorry i forgot to mention that i no longer have a wet and dry kitchen. as the wet kitchen was converted into laundry cum washing area due to space constraints. Guess for the time being i will have to live with the tiles.

By: howshouse

howshouse — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:11:51 +0000

You’re right and wrong there. Plain glazed tiles can be a tad cold but you’d be surprised by the myriad choices of tiles out there today. There are tiles that can give a woody look as well if you’re apprehensive about laminate flooring. Having said that, most laminate flooring these days are termite resistant. The brand i use, Robina, has some further info on their Malaysian distributor’s page:
http://www.lnt.com.my/robina.html

If you’re interested in laminate flooring, you can contact me and I’ll get my flooring guy to give you a quote to see if it’s within your budget.

If you’re keen to explore tiles- I’d suggest to go only to Apex tiles in Jalan Ipoh. In my opinion, they have the best variety and good sales assistants who are empowered to provide discounts.

By: FamilyFirst

FamilyFirst — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 03:01:02 +0000

Do you think this would work for my lower ground family room? I am terrified of termites attacking my new love home, so I actually thot of even removing the parquets thee and tiling them .. albait the cold feeling of tiles. How ah?

By: Kitchen Week: Extra Working Space « How’sHouse

Kitchen Week: Extra Working Space « How’sHouse — Wed, 10 Sep 2008 01:54:26 +0000

[...] Kitchen Week: Extra Working Space 10 09 2008 Our dry kitchen isn’t humongous. It’s adequate for the average size Malaysian family. However, there’d be occasions where a group of friends would come over for a cookout and there’d be several hands in the kitchen preparing a meal. This is when we could do with a little extra working space. My father had this great idea to install a collapsible shelf on the opposite side of the kitchen. Here’s a look at what it looks like (you might’ve wondered about it in the previous post- Dry Kitchen Flooring) [...]

By: howshouse

howshouse — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 05:42:40 +0000

Jwan, i believe you’re referring to your ‘wet’ kitchen if your cooking involves spitter spatter of oil- that’s some serious cooking and is not done in the dry kitchen.

In any case, for that sort of cooking, laminate flooring is definitely not the solution. Tiles are still the way to go- though I’ve seen some western restaurants/pubs have a ‘paint-on’ surface which provides grip in the kitchen area, extremely durable, and easy to clean. I have yet to come across something similar here.

If you’re going to retile, I suggest going to Apex Tiles in jln ipoh (they have two shops there). They have a large array of tiles on offer in a showroom concept- especially good for ppl who have difficulty envisioning how a space would look once tiled up.

My laminate flooring brand- robina. Contrary to you, i actually find the laminate flooring a lot easier to clean than the tiles. Also, it doesnt get ’sticky’ so quickly. Let me know if you need any more info. Always glad to assist

By: Jwan Heah

Jwan Heah — Tue, 09 Sep 2008 04:25:24 +0000

i’m suffering the same problem with my kitchen flooring as well… biggest prob is the spitter splatter drops of oil from the frying pan. Will the laminate flooring be able to withstand hot oil stains and such? which brand of laminate flooring did you use?

Sorry for the bombardment of questions. my upper floor is all laminated, and i find it easier to clean tiles then to maintain laminated wood flooring – i currently use mop for tiles, and wet wipes static mop for wood flooring…

thanks for the sharing dude..