Charlie:
Kathryn is in the heights, Tom, and she’s remodeling her kitchen. She wants to know what kind of flooring would be best, because it’s a 30-year-old, pier-and-beam house. They have linoleum now, but she’s wondering what would work with that kind of construction.
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Tom:
Just about anything in a kitchen. You can even do tile in a kitchen, if the house is built well. Apparently, it’s been there a long time, so it should be okay. Tile, some of the engineered-type floors, the laminate floors. You can even get them to look like tile. You have, of course, really new vinyls now that look great.
Charlie:
Yeah, the planked vinyls are real nice.
Tom:
Yeah, so you got a lot of different options. I would say, just about anything you want. I think the sky’s the limit.
Charlie:
Well, I mean, would ti- Wouldn’t you have to take some precautions with tile, since it’s pier-and-beam and it shifts?
Tom:
Here’s the deal. It’s probably a small area.
Charlie:
Right.
Tom:
It’s an older home-
Charlie:
Okay.
Tom:
You’re not going to have a lot of square footage, number one.
Charlie:
Yeah, that’s true.
Tom:
Number two is, you don’t have a lot of furniture on it. It’s in a kitchen. It’s just a walking surface.
Charlie:
You’re right, Tom.
Tom:
Again, it’s like a bathroom. If you were going to tell me you put a piano on it in your living room, I would say no, but in a kitchen she could have tile. You have to have the backer board underneath it two layers with inset.
Charlie:
You’re presuming she doesn’t have her upright piano in there, and she’s playing music while she’s cooking.
Tom:
That’s true. Yeah, and she doesn’t have a big dining table in the middle of her kitchen like some people do, but-
Charlie:
Talking about me?
Tom:
Yes, I’m talking about you.
Charlie:
Who are you talking to, boy?
Tom:
Yeah, if it’s just a standard, regular kitchen or a bathroom on pier-and-beam, you can still tile it.
Charlie:
Fair enough.