Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: best flooring for Common House?

[Ruby Reay (rurubux]

We have marmoleum at Phoenix Commons in our common space (mixed with carpet 
tiles). It looked decent for years until​ we had it professionally cleaned 
recently-and presumably sealed. Now it has dirty, cloudy discoloration. I 
assume the cleaning we had done had stripped something off of the marmoleum 
leaving it vulnerable to this newly embedded dirt. The other downside is it 
does easily scuff. The upside is the scuffs will smooth out, over time (if not 
too deep).

I am on the team that is responsible for this, I intend to get a 
better/appropriate vendor who can restore the floor.

Otherwise it's a soft and warm floor, and looks great under ideal conditions.

Ruby
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Subject: Re: [C-L]_ best flooring for Common House?

> On Jun 18, 2024, at 11:58 AM, Philip Semanchuk <philip [at] semanchuk.com> 
> wrote:

> I have cork-backed Forbo Marmoleum (the “click” product)

This was installed during construction in the kitchen. But it quickly started 
deteriorating and looked horrible until we could get it replaced. The problem 
was that the seams were not sealed and the water deteriorated both the linoleum 
on the planks and the boards underneath.

Marmoleum and other kinds of linoleum are wood products. They should only be 
damp mopped. We were using a bucket and rag mop. Deep cleaning. But it was 
wrong for plank flooring.

Maintenance is so important in the common house than in our homes because it 
has to be done more often. It would seem that a family might have dinner 5 
nights a week. And in the common house there might be 3 dinners a week. But 
there are 20+ people having dinner in the common house and only 4-5 or even 
only 1-2 at home. At the end of the week, the difference can be cooking and 
serving for 60+ compared to ~15.

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
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