Browse Forums Kitchen Corner Re: LINO - What doe severyone have against it 2Jan 28, 2009 12:00 pm A thankful person is a happy person. [/color]My hobby design blog: http://aviewondesign.blogspot.com/ Re: LINO - What doe severyone have against it 4Jan 28, 2009 12:15 pm Do the hard jobs first. The easy jobs will take care of themselves. - Dale Carnegie Re: LINO - What doe severyone have against it 7Jan 28, 2009 12:34 pm Building Upside down house in Wantirna VIC Current Stage: Procrastination... it's just all too hard.... Blog: http://thereluctantbuilder.blogspot.com/ Re: LINO - What doe severyone have against it 11Jan 28, 2009 10:03 pm A thankful person is a happy person. [/color]My hobby design blog: http://aviewondesign.blogspot.com/ Re: LINO - What doe severyone have against it 15Jan 30, 2009 1:51 pm We put lino down in one of our rental properties whilst we were living there last year. Because we made the kitchen and dining rooms into one open plan space we wanted something to do both areas. We had lino that looked like rich merbau coloured timber flooring. Fooled a lot of people whenever they came to visit - they all thought it was real timber at first glance.
It was easy to keep clean however the dinting from furniture as well as the ease in damaging it - ie DH dropped a drill onto the floor and put a gash into the lino - would be the only bad points. It was lovely and soft to walk on - much prefered it over the tiles that are in this home we are renting at present. Some things are worth waiting for. Re: LINO - What doe severyone have against it 16Jan 30, 2009 6:59 pm OK "lino" is daggy - and I doubt it's even available any more. Linoleum - seen it around lately? And I'm being pedantic ... back to the point:
We had vinyl in our old house for years, in the kitchen. It was an economical option at the time (young, new homeowners, no money ) and we bought the best that was available at the time. I think it was Rhinofloor or one of those super-hard wearing ones. It cleaned up well, was soft underfoot, breakages weren't a problem, and we had no issues with denting - but we had no furniture in the kitchen, so that wasn't likely. But we always felt that it was a poor relation, and it really didn't look like anything but vinyl. We changed to tiles some years later when our finances were in a better state. Maybe the new ones are better, but I saw Karndean at a home show and just thought "Yuk". Re: LINO - What doe severyone have against it 17Jan 30, 2009 7:30 pm I think there are some fabulous good quality linos. BUT unfortunately some of the cheap and nasties give lino a bad rep. IN this rental we are currently in( brand new rental) they have put down cheap lino. Its not stuck down and it started to warp and buckle where we sit all the time within 8 months. It doesn't like rollable computer chairs obviously. We've tried placing a big carpet remnant under the chairs but nothing is helping. it buckling right across the room . I don't know what they'll do when we move. It might be able to be stretched and glued down but I suspect it will need to be replaced. I just hope they don't blame us. As far as I'm concerned it's "wear and tear" without the tear.
Also depending on what shoes you wear there is a funny noise when you walk on it. and I hate the denting. We put felt on most of our furniture legs etc but it still dents. Re: LINO - What doe severyone have against it 18Feb 04, 2009 9:47 am https://forum.homeone.com.au/viewtopic.p ... 048#161048
I just found a picture of the vinyl we used in our rental 18mths ago. Some things are worth waiting for. Re: LINO - What doe severyone have against it 19Feb 06, 2009 7:42 am My husband grew up with cork floors, whenever we talk about flooring, he says he wants cork again. You can drop a sharp knife and it just anchors itself in the cork, you can pull it out and it doesn't leave a mark, glasses bounce and plates stay in tact .... so he tells me.
Can't say I like the thought of cork, the image in my mind isn't exactly stylish but maybe it isn't so bad. DIY, Home Maintenance & Repair I'm in WA and our sandy soils make drainage a bit easier but this is what I'd be doing. Dig down to your footings and let the wall dry out. Clean it all well by brushing… 1 6124 6 5399 Good on you for having a go I am the opposite of DIY (so will pay a builder) - our vibe is industrial/simple so current thinking is 150mm concrete and then internally is… 3 3094 |