The kitchen is a tough area to decide on when it comes to flooring.  On one hand, the kitchen flooring must be comfortable enough to stand on for long durations.  On the other hand, however, the flooring must keep out water and food to maintain its appearance.  The right kitchen flooring requires little maintenance and can keep up with the demands placed on it by a modern kitchen.  Spills and accidents will occur frequently, demanding reliability and durability from flooring that is installed in the kitchen area.  To prevent serious upkeep issues and future expenses, it pays to install the right kind of flooring to begin with.

Wood flooring has long been used in the kitchen, but it has a tendency to suffer under harsh kitchen conditions.  Wood aborbs moisture, causing severe maintenance issues.  When a wood floor absorbs too much moisture it can end up crowning or cupping, leading to a surface that must be replaced or sanded down.  The only solution to this problem is to sand down the bowing section, or to go the expensive route and replace the floor.  Neither of these are very attractive options, and involve many hours as well as thousands of dollars.  While a properly constructed and processed wood floor may not be as susceptible to these issues, wood flooring is definitely more likely to break down because of these problems.

More reliable options include slate and ceramic tile.  Tile and slate do not suffer from water exposure, and do not suffer from warping or cracking.  As fairly rigid materials, they experience little expansion or contraction.
Slate and ceramic flooring are available in a broad range of colors and shades.  Slate and ceramic flooring are also very slip resistant, making them a better surface to use in the kitchen as well.  Hardwood flooring may be hazardous when wet, especially if it has been exposed to moisture.  When using slate as a kitchen surface, purchase a product with a low gloss to keep the safety of its great traction.

Laminate flooring is a great alternative to both wood and slate.  To achieve that hardwood look without the maintenance issues, laminate flooring can be a great option.  Laminate flooring is easy to install, affordable, and very resistant to both water damage and stains.
Laminate flooring is also engineered to work under heavy loads and traffic.  The kitchen is a high stress area for flooring, and should be given flooring that will withstand as much.  Choosing the right kind of flooring will result in a lifetime of great quality and low maintenance.

it is branching up out of of the pipe that carries away the waste water. the dishwaher is next to the sink and also drains there I beleive.
it sticks up and ends just under the sink and has a white “cap” with holes in it.
would this setup release odors under my cabinet? I am having problem with odors under the sink
Thanks!
here is a photo:http://i789.photobucket.com/albums/yy179…

I bought a small counter top Haier dishwasher but since I have a pullout faucet, the fitting to connect the dishwasher water line does not fit.
What I’d like to do is take the soap dispenser out of my sink, and somehow split the hotwater line under the sink and run this for the dishwasher (through the hole where the soap dispenser was).
How it’s currently run is : pipe from basement>shutoff valve>3/8 compression fitting (on one end of the hose)>1/2inch pipe thread (other end of hose)>sink line.
So I guess what I need is something that can fit the end of the hose with the 1/2in pipe thread then splits and has two 1/2in pipe thread connectors on top.
Thanks!

My kitchen sink quit running, and even backed up into the dishwasher making it overflow. We took off the U pipe and other pipes under the sink … all the way to the wall. It was full of thick sticky gunk. Cleaned that out … but how do I get the stuff still left in the rest of the pipes? Drain is still running really slow and backing up.

Want water for dish and hand washing, not boiling ! Assumed to be electrically heated.

I went into my kitchen today and my sink was overflowing. Nothing was leaking or running, it was just coming up from the pipes. I emptied it out with buckets, and it was coming so fast, I could hardly keep up. After a while, it stopped.
When the plumber got here, he said there was “too much food in the garbage disposal.” That may have been true; there are 2 other people in the house so I honestly don’t know. But my question is, how does that explain water suddenly coming UP from the pipes like that? It doesn’t make sense to me.

Can someone let me know how to do it? Thanks

I will not be moving any plumbing or electrical at this time.

Ok i have this house it was built in 1950 this was a mill village house all sewer and water lines are connected , i do live in the city small house 2 bedroom 1 bath 850 square feet , when i got this house a year ago i replaced all the plumbing pipe in the house along with a lot of other thing ) about 1 month ago when i would wash clothes it would come up in the bath tub and the kitchen sink and the toilet. I called a plumber out and he used a snake( i had already tried drano and thrift ) but it would only go out 75 feet and that was just not fixing the problem so he said that i needed to replace sewer line in the yard so i did that. There was a tree that had grow in to the pipe cut it down , ( he said that it look like someone had tried to replace it before because they used cheap pipe almost like what goes at the end of your gutter to keep the water away from your house that is still what the new pipe is connected too the neighbor house ) Now last week it started again when i wash clothes it back up in the toilet and the tub and come out of the kitchen sink same thing happens too when i flush the toilet it come up in the tub and the kitchen sink Do you have any idea on house to fix this problem? thanks

No other faucets in the house do this. Usually, I turn on the hot water on the kitchen sink and it starts out flowing fine, but within a minute or two the pressure suddenly drops and the sink starts to shake a little, accompanied by a low noise. The cold water does not do this, but I have noticed the cold water pressure in this sink varies considerably, sometimes great, sometimes more like a heavy trickle. The hot problem started happening several months ago, and we’ve owned the home 2 years. Were told all the plumbing was replaced right before we bought it. The kitchen sink is the closest faucet to the hot water heater (gas), so distance is not an issue. If I turn the hot off for a few minutes and turn it back on the pressure come back, but then returns to the trickle with the shaking. Sometimes I can get a longer period of hot without the problem if I only turn the faucet on half-way.