Bamboo/vinyl/tongue in groove flooring advice?

hezwez, Jun 19, 7:23pm
Hi, am titivating the kitchen and wondering about cost/wear comparisons for compressed bamboo flooring versus semi commercial vinyl or tongue in groove. I'm a complete novice at this and it would be installed professionally but I'd like ideas please. TIA

zak410, Jun 20, 6:47am
Of those 3 for a kitchen I would prefer seamless vinyl, with 'pencil coved' skirting boards.

hezwez, Jun 20, 7:38pm
Thanks Zak. I didn't know seamless vinyl was available.

zak410, Jun 20, 8:47pm
You are welcome. Installers can weld it if needed to be more exact, makes it seamless.

nafarious, Jun 21, 2:06am
Bamboo is real wood. A risk in wet areas but still used a lot by people. Beautiful flooring.

hezwez, Jun 21, 4:55am
Appreciate the info/opinions, thanks.

zak410, Jun 21, 5:06am
There's also some nice cork floors ?

tahnasha, Jun 30, 8:28am
Bamboo is a grass actually.

sr2, Jul 1, 2:38am
I'm a big fan of modern vinyl floor coverings, things have come a long way since the old 'linoleum' days!

For kitchen and/or bathroom areas I'd recommend using a homogeneous vinyl (the pattern goes all the way through) as opposed to a heterogeneous vinyl where the pattern is just printed on the surface.

Modern vinyls come in 3 meter rolls so you can have few or no joins.

gabbysnana, Oct 25, 4:06am
agree, today was a feast at a flooring shop there is an endless range or superb vinyl sheet flooring, I wanted sparkle vinyl, found it.!