Question from Colleen
I have MCS and asthma we recently had a water leak from our washer onto the flooring in our main and only living area in a small (900 sq ft) house and have to replace the underlayment for the floor under a vinyl tiled floor and also replace the vinyl floor tiles. Does anyone have any suggestions on what we could use to fix that 6 ft area rather than replace the entire kitchen flooring. Replacing the entire kitchen flooring is also an option and eventually we will need to do that too. Suggestions for both scenerios would be greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Colleen
Debra’s Answer
Please do not replace your vinyl floor tiles with new vinyl floor tiles.
If this is a kitchen area, please use ceramic tiles. You’ll need to use cement backerboard as the underlayment, lay the tiles into mortar, and put grout between them.
This is the most waterproof and nontoxic floor for a kitchen.
