When choosing flooring for your laundry room, you must consider more than aesthetics and style. Flooring for this area of your home should be durable enough to withstand high moisture levels, foot traffic and heat. A laundry room in any home endures wet spills, stains and mess. The wrong flooring can quickly warp and lose its charm.
Catering to the San Francisco Bay Area, TC Floors & Design offers a range of quality flooring options suitable for your laundry room. Explore the top flooring options durable enough for this space of your home.
Find your perfect laundry room flooring by scheduling an in-home consultation or a visit to our showroom.
Flooring is available in an extensive range of materials, colors, textures and styles. But when dressing up your laundry room floors, your options are more selective. Fortunately, this makes picking the perfect flooring easier.
With style, durability and water-resistant properties in mind, our experts at TC Floors & Design recommend these types of waterproof flooring for laundry rooms:
Luxury vinyl flooring for a laundry room is a savvy investment. This flooring is available in three main varieties — plank, tile and waterproof. The third option is an excellent investment for your laundry room.
While luxury vinyl plank or tile flooring is an elegant choice for living rooms and bedrooms, waterproof luxury vinyl flooring can withstand high-moisture areas without warping or fading. The vinyl wear layer protects the lower layers from water absorption from the top.
Luxury vinyl is a top choice for homeowners who want to upgrade their floors with elegance. This flooring material can realistically mimic natural stone or hardwood flooring finishes without the hefty price tag. Beyond the lower cost, it is highly durable. With impressive scratch and stain resistance and waterproof properties, luxury vinyl is a worthwhile investment for any home.
While standard luxury vinyl flooring offers notable moisture resistance, waterproof luxury vinyl flooring has a clear, textured top layer for extra protection. This flooring also offers a thick core structure and a cork or foam underlayment that acts as a soundproofing layer. The upper protective layer safeguards the lower layers from moisture absorption. Still, like with any waterproof flooring, you must follow the manufacturer’s guidelines regarding care and cleaning measures for luxury vinyl.
Porcelain tiles are incredibly durable. They are made from highly refined clay. The manufacturing process bakes the tiles in a kiln at high temperatures, causing the clay to harden and become extremely dense. With professional installation, porcelain tiles can last up to a century.
Porcelain is easy to clean and resistant to staining. These classy tiles are also naturally waterproof — they don’t need sealant to prevent moisture absorption. Although porcelain can be pricey, its valuable properties make it a worthwhile floor tile for laundry rooms.
The luxury appearance of quality porcelain tile flooring comes in a wide range of colors, styles and patterns. So, you can easily transform your laundry room to complement your interiors.
Porcelain tiles are often compared to ceramic tiles. Porcelain is the more expensive, more durable material. Ceramic tiles are clay-based and fired in a kiln at lower temperatures than porcelain tiles. The slightly lower temperature leaves these tiles a bit more porous, which means they are somewhat more prone to water absorption than porcelain tiles.
Ceramic tiles become waterproof through a glazing process. High-quality ceramic tiles with a premium protective glaze layer are suitable for high-traffic and high-moisture areas of a home.
These tiles are also easy to clean and available in an extensive range of colors and styles.
The best flooring for a laundry room should offer specific properties. Ideally, you should invest in waterproof flooring. Between water spills and damp laundry, your floors should hold up well when exposed to water. Aside from everyday water messes, your flooring shouldn’t be a concern during unfortunate mishaps, like a malfunctioning washing machine flooding the room.
Beyond water resistance, you should choose flooring that offers durability and longevity. Laundry rooms are high-traffic areas. Aside from the foot traffic, moving laundry baskets and repositioning washers and dryers are tasks that shouldn’t damage the flooring. There are also the vibrations of washers with load balance or level issues that can have your washer walking around the room. The right type of flooring can withstand these forms of wear and tear unique to laundry rooms.
Low-maintenance, easy-to-clean flooring is also best for this area of your home. Between heavily soiled laundry and spills from chemical cleaning products, stain-resistant flooring is best. You can wipe up messes quickly and easily with luxury vinyl, porcelain and ceramic tiles.
While picking out new floors for your laundry room, you might feel tempted by other flooring materials on the market. Classy hardwood, comfortable carpeting and affordable laminate are all valuable flooring materials. However, these flooring types are more suitable for other areas of your home.
Hardwood and engineered hardwood floors may offer some moisture resistance, although they won’t hold up as well as porcelain, ceramic and luxury vinyl in high-moisture areas. Hardwood is also less durable. A walking washing machine could cost you a small fortune in refinishing.
Carpeting is also not the best choice. The dense fibers will absorb any wet spills and stain easily. In a laundry room, the high moisture levels can risk mold and mildew growth in carpets, which is a health hazard for the entire household.
Though it’s durable and some varieties offer moisture-resistant properties, laminate flooring for laundry rooms is also not the best option overall. Laminate’s particle board base can be vulnerable to damage if a washing machine overflows. Porcelain, ceramic and luxury vinyl are more moisture-resistant than laminate, so you may need to replace laminate floors more often.
At TC Floors & Design, we understand the unique flooring needs of laundry rooms. Whether you’re after sleek and natural porcelain, timeless ceramic or elegant luxury vinyl, you can choose your new flooring from the comfort of your home, and we’ll handle the rest. Our comprehensive flooring services include installation with a lifetime warranty. With professional installation, your new quality floors will offer longevity.
If you’re still not entirely sure which flooring you want, our experts will help you choose from our range of quality materials. We can recommend the most suitable flooring based on your needs and unique style preferences.
Schedule a free in-home consultation or visit our showrooms in Petaluma, CA and Benicia, CA to transform your laundry room with superior-quality flooring. There’s no need to wait days for your consultation — your appointment will be scheduled right away, so you can enjoy same-day or next-day appointments.
