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Once only used in restaurants type applications rubber kitchen flooring is quickly becoming a very popular item for the common home owners kitchen. Very soft to walk on and able to hold up under even the heavily trafficked homes rubber floors are ideal in many applications. Some other big benefits of rubber flooring in your kitchen is how easy it is to clean and how slip resistant it is which will be two huge pluses for any family that really loves to cook.

The material rubber has been around for such a long time that it is available in a very wide range of colors and patterns so it will fit with almost any kitchen decor. Rubber flooring has a consistent color through-out the entire material which will keep it from fading or showing wear and tear like some of the other types of flooring materials on the market today. With its durability and lasting power a rubber kitchen floor will be around for your life, and more then likely, even beyond that. Rubber flooring is also very reasonably priced so it will not cause your remodeling budget to expand to the point of breaking.

Rubber is available in tile and sheets and for a little bit more as interlocking tiles which make installation easier. Not the easiest thing in the world to install but not beyond the realm of something an experienced do-it-yourself would be able to do. Perfect for installation around any area of the kitchen where it is likely to be spilled on by grease, water, or any other type of liquid.

Pros:

-Long Lasting

-A snap to take care of

-Easy on knees and feet

Negatives of Rubber Flooring:

-Can be difficult to find a good place to purchase rubber flooring as compared to the more common flooring materials. This is going to be changing fast though because of how quickly rubber flooring is gaining in popularity. Make sure you buy the type of rubber flooring that has been specially coated to resist grease.

The price range for rubber flooring is somewhere between 3-4 dollars per square plus installation. Installation will vary by a large percentage depending on where you are and how many installers in your area that have any real experience installing rubber kitchen floors. If you mix the long lasting and durability with the ease of maintenance and clean-up you have a flooring material that is perfect for many of the kitchens of today and even more kitchen’s of tomorrow.