Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Flooring

[Sharon Villines (sharon]

> On Jun 20, 2024, at 1:25 PM, Earthlink Heidii <heidinys [at] earthlink.net> 
> wrote:
> 
> I wonder if Marmoleum works well—
> But not so well in CoHo kitchens?
> 
> Esp with commercial type dish sanitizer which uses harsh chemical.  

What the chemicals did to the floor was one reason I was happy to switch to 
conventional dishwashers that use ecological soap.

I studied every kind of floor endlessly. All of the green advisors thought 
Marmoleum was the best solution. Ours is still fine but it does look more worn 
than I think it should. And I still haven’t found anything else that would be 
better. 

Genuine hardwood might be the best since it can be sealed with a hard varnish 
or similar and isn’t as hard as concrete or ceramic tile.  You will need to 
keep the floors polished to protect the surface.

The real issue is that the floor needs to be swept after every meal and any 
spills cleaned up with damp mopping. Otherwise, the dirt grinds up the surface. 
I don’t think there is anything about cohousing that makes the difference 
except that not all members clean it all the time. 

Choosing is superficially like choosing between Biden and Trump. The choice is 
not “neither.” The choice is do you want Biden or do you want Trump. So the 
comparison is Marmoleum vs what?

Sharon
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Sharon Villines
Takoma Village Cohousing, Washington DC
http://www.takomavillage.org