Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Your commonhouse kitchen floor

[Eris Weaver (eris]

We started out with marmoleum throughout the common house. We replaced 
the kitchen floor about ten years in (it was getting very chewed up on 
the edges especially around the dishwasher) with ceramic tile. We just 
replaced the dining room floor (thirteen years after move-in)with cork 
tile. Nice looking, good sound-wise, easy to replace just damaged areas.

I was not on the committee that made the decisions so can't give you the 
details on why these materials were chosen over more marmoleium. (I do 
know that at least our color of marmoleum tended to look like crap 90% 
of the time - it was gorgeous after we had it polished once a year or so 
but rapidly showed scuff marks, etc.)

(Eighteen years into my cohousing journey, I no longer feel the need to 
know/care about/learn about everything but trust the relevant committees 
to make good decisions!)

Eris Weaver
FrogSong (Cotati, CA)