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When considering flooring for your bathroom, it is important to keep in mind the environmental factors your floor will need to withstand. In particular, the ability to withstand excess moisture is a major consideration when choosing bathroom floors. 

 

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Ceramic Tile Flooring

Ceramic tile is the number one recommended flooring material for bathrooms. Style-wise, ceramic tile has a rich, textured, solid feeling and offers a huge variety of color and design choices.  You can even find ceramic tile that looks like stone. It comes in sizes between 4"x4" to 2'x2', and comes in a wide variety of shapes such as octagonal and hexagonal.  With tinted grout, you can be even more creative. Another positive feature of tile is that it can be incorporated in the entire room via walls, sink, shower stall, tub base and more for a more finished look. It is waterproof and fairly inexpensive, and cleans up well, resisting even standing pools of water. One downside to ceramic tile in the bath is it tends to be cold to the feet; however, radiant or heated tile is now available for additional costs. 

 

Best Tile

Flooring America

Franklin Tile

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Idea Gallery - Ceramic Tile Flooring*

 

Laminate Flooring

Surprisingly, laminate flooring is a better bathroom flooring choice than solid hardwood. Laminate flooring is a resin-impregnated paper atop a wood chip base. The surface of laminate plank is actually a photograph of whatever it's supposed to be simulating: oak, cherry, slate, marble. On top of that is what the manufacturers call the "wear layer." The wear layer is a clear layer of melamine. But this wear layer is amazingly strong. Because the seams are glued together, it's difficult for moisture to work its way downward. Laminate is easy to clean, too. It is important to remember that laminate flooring has a wood chip base, and should it happen to contact with moisture it will expand and bubble and the only way to fix it is to tear it out.

Laminate Flooring Guide
  • Wood. Oak is the most popular style of wood or wood-look laminate flooring. If you select a product with an embossed-in-register feature, the wood grain is imprinted in the product, giving it a more authentic wood-grain look and better slip resistance. Pine is also a good choice, as it reflects light better and looks cleaner.
  • Tuscan Stone. Laminate flooring doesn't have to look like wood. Tuscan Stone Terra can give your room a richer look, and the deeper embossing of some stone laminates further reduces the chance of slipping.
  • Travertine is a lighter colored stone, and will brighten up your kitchen or bathroom considerably.
  • Slate. Today's laminate options include a light-colored slate that feels like real stone, with the benefit of being warmer to the touch.
     

Real Touch(R) Laminates from Dupont

Armstrong Laminate Flooring

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Idea Gallery - Laminates*

 

 

Hardwood Flooring

Thanks to durable finishes that are easy to repair, solid-wood floors can last for a hundred years or more. There are very few flooring materials that have been around as long as wood. Over the centuries, it has shown itself to be a lovely and durable floor choice. Hardwood flooring is naturally warm and is hypoallergenic. Wood is an excellent insulator, thanks to its thousands of tiny air chambers per cubic inch, which hold in heat. Hardwoods also are easy to clean, and can increase your home's value. 

One downside to hardwoods is they tend to be pricey.  Moisture can also damage hardwoods if they are not expertly installed, making them a less-popular choice for bathrooms. There are a variety of finishes and sealants that can reduce the risk for water damage.

 

Atlas Hardwood Flooring

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Idea Gallery - Hardwood Flooring*

 

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*These photos are from various sources and meant solely to give you an idea of each type of flooring. These pictures not representative of work or photography performed by Hurder Corp.

 

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