Basics about Bathroom Flooring

Bathroom flooring needs attention and detail because you need to nail it right the first time or it is a tedious hassle to get through repairs and renovation that never fixes it right. In all other parts of the home, choosing floor options mainly comes down to appearance than function. You need your living room, dining room, bedroom, or office flooring to look great; functionality does not take precedence. With bathroom flooring, the whole game changes. Functionality takes precedence while it should retain the gleaming clean look, functioning the way it is supposed to.

Bathroom flooring choices depend on how it will perform under stress. The stress occurrence in this case involves water, constant exposure to lots of water. Water will be everywhere in a Bathroom, on the walls, ceiling, and the floor. Even if not exposed to direct onslaught of water, steam and moisture will quickly ruin the wrong type of flooring. To make matters even more difficult, you eventually have to pull those other factors into the dialogue. If moisture were the only factor, sheet vinyl or ceramic tile would likely win every time. But these additional factors, like durability, appearance, cost, and ease of installation, need to be considered, as well.