Tiled floor in living room

[Jon C]

We are looking at replacing the carpet in the living room (came with the house, fairly classy cream wool, but not really child and dog proof!).

Considered proper wood floor, but seems likely to scratch to buggery. The wood effect laminates all look a bit orange to me. Today Mrs C spots the 'floor tile' effect laminates.. She seems keen, but to me they just look like someone has put a photograph of a stone tiled floor down.

I then suggest laying a proper solid tiled floor. 'In the living room? are you mad?' came the reply.
Main objections seem to be that it would be cold, hard when the kids fell over and may render the house unsaleable later. I counter that the kids survived the stone floor in the kitchen of the old house, and that the tiled floor would look classy and be easy to maintain and clean.

So, has anyone on here ever laid stone / ceramic floor tiles in their living room, and how do you fing them to live with?

[Simpo Two]

Spanish villa, ech.

When my parents were faced with the same problem decades ago they chose cork tiles - warm and more friendly to children and dropped things. How about those?

[edwardsje]

Before you give up on wood considered strand woven bamboo? (Which for the pedants is, I know, technically grass)

We've had ours down for a month and are delighted - it's c2X as hard as the hardest woods, so whilst not completely impervious to scraches, it is much more durable than the average. Could be a good compromise for you.

Take a look at Bamboo Trading co, Simply Bamboo, Panda etc.

Cheap, too!

[Slagathore]

If you Google "tiles in living room", you'll see it's quite popular.

Underfloor heating will sort of the cold in the winter, and might even mean you can get rid of the radiator?


What type of floor is under the carpet?