Seasonal Cottage Flooring

Hello does anyone have any experience or recommendations for flooring for kitchen and bath spaces in a cottage that will be unheated for most of the winter.

Seasonal cottage flooring.

Hello does anyone have any experience or recommendations for flooring for kitchen and bath spaces in a cottage that will be unheated for most of the winter. Flooring for unheated seasonal cottage. In fact lack of heat in the winter is actually a benefit when it comes to solid wood. I would like the same flooring in both the kitchen and living room as it is an open floor plan.

It has to be flooring that my husband can do himself so our options are click vinyl flooring or laminate. Discussion starter 1 jan 18 2010. We have to replace a floor in a cottage we bought. Flooring options for lake cottage extreme temperatures i m in search of flooring product for use in a cottage where temperature and humidity are not controlled year round.

Joined aug 19 2008 96 posts. Find a rustic look with a hand scraped texture or a subtle stone look to match your cabin s appeal. There will be dogs and it is close to the lake. As a former retail sales person i sold all kinds of flooring.

Over the years i saw how carpet hardwood ceramic and vinyl performed in unheated cottages. We are renovating our seasonal cottage. Since it is not heated during the winter we don t know what is the best choice to lay down. I built a summer cottage in northern wisconsin.

We asked eddy unruh gerflor s cottage country expert whether he would recommend vinyl flooring for unheated cottages. I also learned cottage owners and their guests want to. Jump to latest follow 1 20 of 20 posts. Bamboo cork and engineered hardwood are all resilient good looking and economical flooring choices for a non winterized cottage but certainly laminate can work.

Flooring for unheated seasonal cottage. The cottage has a furnace a c however neither will be running for weeks at a time while the house isn t being used. Vinyl plank flooring is easy to install and comes in a variety of looks such as wood tile and stone. We are building on a remote site and while we will use it for short periods during the winter during which it will be heated for most of the.

It s wintertime heating that. The cottage is locked down in the winter so there is no heat for 5 winter months. You can choose from a floating vinyl plank a glue down vinyl plank or a loose lay vinyl floor. Yes you certainly can install solid wood flooring in an unheated cottage.

The wife wants to have a wood looking product such as laminate or vinyl planking that clicks together.