Are you looking to renovate your home by installing hardwood flooring? If so, you may be wondering if you should put the new hardwood flooring in your kitchen. Here are a few things to consider when you are debating your kitchen flooring choice.

What Traffic Does Your Kitchen Regularly See?

Start by thinking about the foot traffic that your kitchen sees on a daily basis. Some kitchens are tucked back in a part of the home that only has people go through it when they want to use the kitchen. Meanwhile, other homes have the kitchen as a place where many people walk through. It may be on the way to the basement, have an attached door to the garage or outside, or even be a room where people take off their shoes.

If you have a home with heavy foot traffic, you need to think about whether you want to spend more time cleaning the wood floors to keep them clean. If not, then tile may be a better option. If the kitchen has very little foot traffic, then wood flooring is something you'll want to consider.

What Kind Of Moisture Exposure Do You Foresee? 

You know what kind of accidents happen in your kitchen. Do you have kids that tend to get a lot of water on the floor when using the sink or loading the dishwasher? Then natural hardwood flooring may not be best for your kitchen. Moisture is what is going to cause damage to the wood over time, which is why many people don't use it for a kitchen. Vinyl plank flooring can be a great option for a kitchen. It's waterproof and will resist moisture damage, and still looks like natural wood.

What Kind Of Wood Do You Want To Use?

A kitchen is also more prone to damage happening to the floor for a variety of different reasons. That is why it is important to think about the kind of wood that you want to use for your kitchen floors. The Janka scale is used to rate how durable a particular wood is, which determines how it will hold up when things fall on the floor or from that heavy foot traffic. You may want to use a harder type of wood for your kitchen so that it is more resistant, or stay away from the softwoods that are more prone to becoming damaged over time. 

To learn more, contact a company such as Assured Quality Woodcraft.