From what we shall proceed, choosing a floor covering for the kitchen? Most likely we shall do that from own sympathies to this or that material and financial opportunities. We shall add here also the knowledge of features of the most popular materials in kitchen.
In view of specificity of the given room the floor on kitchen requires a covering which is not used up, is resisting to evaporations, fat, sparks, easily bears often washing, inevitable to this room. The bar or a natural stone, bamboo floor (parquet, a parquet board), linoleum are materials that are most suitable to kitchen. Though here linoleum and even carpets can be met, which other mistresses manage to contain in the full order.
The bamboo floor is out of competition by the practical and aesthetic opportunities. It is very strong material, at least 0-20 times stronger that that of cement. The high parameter of rigidity allows a bamboo floor not to bend and not to be deformed. Because of fire resistance can be used close to facing furnaces and fireplaces. It does not burn and protects the riveted surface from influence of fire, and at heating does not allocate poisonous substances.
Besides, it does not carry an electric current, is not exposed to destruction at contact with chemical substances, does not change color under influence of solar beams. It is a hygienic material on which microbes do not make multiple copies and do not live for a long time. All named properties and ease of cleaning make the bamboo floor optimum for a kitchen.
The bamboo floor installation can be combined with protective apron, ornaments on walls, working surfaces of tables. A variety of collections existing on the market, magnificent mosaic panels, imitations of parquet or a marble, a set of formats allows to create fantastic design plans, impossible with one other material.
We have named bamboo floor advantages so we shall tell about its disadvantages. The material is rigid and is beaten without any chances at utensils falling on it. Some people in general experience discomfort from hardness of the floor. On the other hand, if your knives and plugs frequently fall, they will not damage it and will leave no sign of traces.
This material is cold and consequently not so cozy in a room where it is necessary to be for hours. It is necessary to think also about slipperiness (there are its groups in which this property can present) so that the kitchen would not turn into the school of figure skating. Nevertheless, the improbable popularity of bamboo testifies that it has more positive than negative features.
The bamboo is the leader on kitchen. Its natural heat, sated tone, the texture set style to cozy, family, traditional kitchen. Decisions here again can be diversified. We apply the piece parquet habitual for us. The wood of deciduous breeds, which is noted for higher hardness and wear resistance in comparison with coniferous breeds, is traditionally used for its manufacturing. Home designers say that the parquet from an olive tree surpasses even a concrete slab concerning its durability.