Bathroom Floor

Bathroom floor is the most important thing to consider while making or revamping the bathroom as slippery bathroom flooring can lead some accidents. The bathroom floor should be perfect in respect to the kind of tiles of flooring used, its color, look and style as along with safety the bathroom floor should gel with the rest of interior decor of bathroom.

 

Then you should also check it from the maintenance and cleaning point of view. If you are working and spend most of your time in office or outside home then installing a bathroom flooring that needs lots of maintenance wont work for you. You require something that is easy on maintenance and does not compromise on looks.

 

Check out the different bathroom floor types that you can consider for your bathroom

 

Bathroom Floor Types and Bathroom Floor Ideas

 

Slate Bathroom Floor
Slate is the perfect choice as the slate stone is non slippery, acid and stain resistant. Also this stone does not absorb water which is its biggest advantage. Slate bathroom floor also needs less maintenance once it is installed and polished properly.

 

Slate stone is a natural stone that is available in different color range and cost very nominal as compare to marble and other natural stones.

 

Every slate bathroom flooring will be different as the surface of slate tile is different from each other in respect to texture of color and design. It has great aesthetic value and makes every bathroom a unique entity.

 

Experts can me great patterns by using different or same colored slate tiles for an awesome look. So all you need to do is to select the best quality slate tiles for a wonderful bathroom.

 

Marble Bathroom Floor
Marble is another very popular choice of bathroom flooring but it needs maintenance as marble is a porous natural stone so it is prone to dust and stain absorbance.

 

If you can maintain the marble flooring then nothing like this as the look of this stone is incomparable. Some marbles like pure white is expensive than the others. You can get different colors of stripe that run naturally in the stone. Pick the one that suits your interior decor color.

 

Vinyl Bathroom Floor
If you have a desire to install wood bathroom flooring but afraid of wood floor maintenance then you can have a vinyl bathroom floor. Vinyl flooring just look like wood flooring but very easy to maintain. Vinyl bathroom floor is made up of either vinyl or vinyl polymer which is an organic compound.

 

Vinyl bathroom flooring is available in two forms – tile of plank vinyl flooring and sheet vinyl flooring. Planks of vinyl bathroom floors are as strong and thick as wooden planks. It is made from large ceramic tiles and you can install them just like normal tiles. Like installing, cleaning vinyl bathroom floor is extremely easy. Then you have different designs and textures to choose from. You can have vinyl flooring that looks like oak, maple, pine wood etc. Most common dimensions of vinyl planks are 6 inches by 36 inches.

 

Vinyl sheets looks like wooden sheets. These sheets are then spread out in the form of carpet and held with the help of glue or screws. But the physical texture of vinyl sheet is not as good as of vinyl planks and the feel is missing. On the other hand low maintenance as well as cost make it an excellent choice.

 

Tile Bathroom Floor
Ceramic tile is another option of bathroom floor in the category of tile bathroom floor. Ceramic tiles are made up of clay, porcelain or shale. Ceramic being the most durable and popular choice. Also these tiles are water and stain resistant. But for bathroom floors never purchase the plain smooth tiles. The tiles here should be bit rough so that these remain non slippery, which is a very important feature of the bathroom floor.

 

All tiles are available in wide range of color, design, print and texture. So even if you have the most extraordinary interior in your mind you will get the matching tiles for the floor of your bathroom.

 

Hardwood / Wooden Bathroom Floor
Hardwood or any kind of wooden bathroom floor is not recommended as water and wood is not the right combination. You must consider that water on the floor will me than your expectation and if you have kids and other members of your family using the same bathroom with you then this problem will be even more. It needs lots of maintenance.

 

Hardwood bathroom flooring can be of three types: solid, engineered and acrylic hardwood bath flooring.

 

Solid hardwood consists of thick wooden blocks.

 

Engineered hardwood consists of wooden and plastic sheets in 3 to five numbers that make the bathroom floor very strong.

 

In acrylic floor, some sealant as well as color are inculcated to give it a more uniform look.

 

So if you want wooden bathroom floor then engineered and acrylic wood floor would be a better choice than the solid hardwood.

 

Bathroom Floor Paint
Your bathroom can have a concrete bathroom floor that needs almost negligible maintenance. This type of bathroom floor is also anti slippery. Although simple concrete floor does not look as good as other bathroom floors but you can make it look more good by painting it. You can use different colors of paints of your choice to paint the floor.

 

Cork Bathroom Flooring
Cork is an eco friendly option of bathroom flooring that is made from the cork oak bark. Although experts will deny to install cork flooring in bathroom because the natural property of cork makes it such that it cannot resist moisture.

 

And bathroom is a place where there is a lot of moisture and water. So do not opt the cork bathroom floor if the moisture and spillage level is quiet high.

 

If you want to install cork bathroom floor then make sure that it is not in the form of planks as any gap left will accumulate moisture and will destroy the flooring. Gaps will also lead to the growth of molds and mildew.

 

To overcome the problem of moisture you can install a specially designed cork bathroom floor. This is made by treating the cork before installing. You can give it a PVC or polyurethane coats as this will make it water resistant.

 

Although this bathroom flooring is very warm in looks yet it requires lot of maintenance. So check out all pros and cons before installing cork bathroom floor.

 

Laminate Bathroom Floor
Laminate bathroom floor is not so common because moisture in bathroom can damage this kind of flooring very easily. But you then have the option of waterproof laminate flooring that can be installed. Also you will have to prepare the work area before installing the laminate bathroom floors so that it remains durable and last longer.

 

Bathroom Glass Tiles
Bathroom glass tiles for floor are becoming a rage as these look exceptionally good. Instead of entire glass bathroom floor you can install it on the part of the floor and on the rest use some other flooring type. Also add the same to bathroom walls to balance the look.