There are many floor surfaces you can choose for your kitchen. It not only needs to look good, but it will also have to cope with knocks, occasional spills, scratches (from pets especially)  and stains.  Suppliers of flooring will most probably advise you on whether to go for a concrete, timber, vinyl or linoleum base to complement your area or space – but the decision in the end is up to you and what feels good under your feet.

Concrete flooring has become an increasingly popular trend in modern kitchen design as of late, and comes in all sorts of specialised patterns – of which you can even design yourself.

Concrete is incredibly strong and non flexible – meaning it will not shrink. When layered completely flat and with a good underlay, concrete flooring will last you up to 5 years. Usually a special coating is also available to make the concrete splash proof, meaning that red wine will not be an issue.

What this means, in terms of budgets and figures, is that concrete is a set price and can be layered in two ways – either as concrete tiles or a single sheet of which is layed within the kitchen on site (better get a takeaway ).

Over tiled flooring, concrete flooring can be non expensive and also underfloor heating safe as it can be mixed with heat variable chemicals < so no cold feet in the Winter as concrete is notorious for holding a cold.

In terms of Home Improvement concrete can be used in any rooms of the house to be honest, and can be mixed with wood in areas or even carpet – it is cheap, flexible and will last you agers and whats more, if you get bored, then overlaying with wood is not a problem.

Anyway just a quick post from work, if you have any questions please feel free to comment!