Marmoleum...?

[concretegurl]

Does anyone have Marmoleum in their home?

How is it holding up?

Do you steam clean it?

We have to redo the bathrooms...again...anyways we found a local flooring place they are so detailed and personal, after telling them about my son's allergies they suggesred Marmoleum due to it being hypoallergebic abd totall safe and natural in every aspect, manufacturing its made from lin seed oil from flax seeds & rosins from pine trees, the adhesives are natural and safe and ut doesn't release any VOCs, in fact it is completely biodigradible.

I'm sold!

Troubled there's no bright white or high gloss but the color pallet is beautiful modern etc.

Just a bit cringing on the price but we're doing such a small area its fine...
the clean up ability and durability is my only concern.

[concretegurl]

Residential Flooring Forbo

[Harrysmum]

Morning!

It's a shame you're over there, because I can only talk about over here!!!

I had a word with Andy about all this (he works in flooring) and he said if you DO get marmoleum for your bathrooms, please make sure it's the 'bobbled', slightly rougher kind....otherwise it could be extremely dangerous and slippery when wet.

He also asked me to ask you (!!) can you get Amtico in America? I think that's his personal favourite for bathrooms....Sally x

[concretegurl]

Vinyl Flooring Products - Amtico



We were thinking tile but thethe cost is too muchcold or continuing laminant wood to bathrooms but the flooring guy advised against it. My friend did laninant wood into the bathroom, but then again she has carpeting in her master bath!

[concretegurl]

I only want completely smooth flooring for ckeaning purposes, but we're getting new rugs, Costco has the tempur material rugs on sale

With pergo in the bedrooms the kids have learned to walk carfully...it was all fun and games slidibg acriss it in their socks at first...until they ended flat in their backs.

We got baby gel bottom socks and everyone else wears their slippers now as not to slip!

Poor Princess she has no stopping ability whatsoever!

[Nancy1999]

Is this any different linoleum? I had linoleum in many houses and did prefer it over vinyl flooring, but it is hard to take care of, you have to wax it with a paste waste and buff it to a shine with an electric buffer. You have to strip it at least yearly with ammonia and start all over, or you get the dreaded waxy yellow buildup. They started selling mop and shine products for it, but they don't protect or give a deep glow, but just a temporary surface shine that you have to do at least weekly. I guess you’re too young to remember the Mary Hartman TV series by Norman Lear, but the show was right on the money when it talked about waxy yellow buildup, a real problem in most housewives lives. All I can say is than God for ceramic tile!

Waxy Yellow Buildup -- Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman...

The good news is you can pretty much restore it forever with a new coat of wax.

[concretegurl]

Marmolium is similar in feel and appearance only it is thicker and softer...it's totallya matte in coloration. Not really shiny at all.

The real diffetence is what it's made of.

According to the flooring guy Marmolium was the original linolium since like the 40'sidea or something until they realized how to make it cheaper out of plastic and it vecame main stream linolium.

[concretegurl]

The kids want the blue one to match the rubber ducky bathroom...lets see if I can post pics with my phone.

[Nancy1999]

Well, a matte look is always easier to maintain, it just depends if you like the look. You might be interested in this: marmoleum vs. linoleum - SummitNJ.net Message Board

[concretegurl]

Originally Posted by Nancy1999

Well, a matte look is always easier to maintain, it just depends if you like the look. You might be interested in this: marmoleum vs. linoleum - SummitNJ.net Message Board

Thanks!

I scoured the net for reviews and never saw this board!

[Nancy1999]

Originally Posted by concretegurl

Thanks!

I scoured the net for reviews and never saw this board!

It sounds like the people who are the happiest long term with it choose a mottled type of color, in other words not a solid color. Here's another site that describes how you should take care of your Marmoleum. They recommend cleaning with their floor products and also using there floor finishers as time goes by. A floor finish is a surface covering that protects the lower layers and gives the top coat an even appearance. If you can only use the manufactures products, it will increase the cost of maintaining the floor. 1877floorguy.com Blog Blog Archive Fact vs Fiction – Forbo, Marmoleum Cleaning & Maintenance I'm always interested in finding products that are good looking as well as easy to care for, so I was hopeful this was one of those products, I really don't think it is at all, it just a new name for an old product. I really think ceramic or porcelain tile with small grout lines is the easier product to maintain, especially if the floor is in an area likely to get wet.

[concretegurl]

I wanted groutless tile but Derik said no because of the install cost...

[Nancy1999]

Originally Posted by concretegurl

I wanted groutless tile but Derik said no because of the install cost...

It's not that hard to do it yourself, if you have great knees!

[concretegurl]

Originally Posted by Nancy1999

It's not that hard to do it yourself, if you have great knees!

I had knee replacement surgery postponed due to surprise I'm pregnant a few months ago (5 months now).

Derik could do it, we both have experience in construction he started working with a general contracter at 16 I was child slave labored as were all my cousins in a family business like every summer lol.

But..I'm so freaking picky, like with trim boards etc if their not a perfect 90 angle, set flush and levek I want it redone correctly...Derik is better with machinery...he's not finish detail oriented...I'd have to fire him. LoL

[Nancy1999]

Originally Posted by concretegurl

I had knee replacement surgery postponed due to surprise I'm pregnant a few months ago (5 months now).

Derik could do it, we both have experience in construction he started working with a general contracter at 16 I was child slave labored as were all my cousins in a family business like every summer lol.

But..I'm so freaking picky, like with trim boards etc if their not a perfect 90 angle, set flush and levek I want it redone correctly...Derik is better with machinery...he's not finish detail oriented...I'd have to fire him. LoL

A little knee time now will save lots of knee time down the road, but there's no way you should do it. I don't think tile is one of those things that takes a precision person. You do have to follow certain instructions, proper board under the tile, right amount of mortar and if you place the spacers, you take the guess work out of how close they should be, the spacers make the tile even. Only really hard part is cutting the tile, when we did it, Home Depot had a tile cutter and we just took the pattern to them and had them cut it. We had ordered the tile from them, so they didn’t mind cutting it. Another option is to research installers, prices are more competitive now than they were a few years ago.