The floor of the bathrooms has to be different from that of the living rooms, bedrooms and even the kitchen. There are several types of flooring that you can opt for when it comes to your living spaces and bedrooms, but you cannot choose each and every flooring material as a bathroom flooring.

Your bathroom floor needs to be tough, it needs to be able to withstand extreme temperatures, wear and tear, and most importantly, it needs to be able to resist moisture and water. There are three challenges your bathroom floor faces that floors in other areas of your home don’t have to face: water, extreme weather conditions, and humidity. Due to these challenges, there are several attributes that your bathroom flooring material must possess.

First of all, you need to think about the different types of flooring you can choose from. You have tiles, wooden floors, natural flooring options such as bamboo or cork, laminates or vinyl and natural stones such as granite, marble or slate among others.

Wood, bamboo, cork, laminates or vinyl are not ideal choices for your bathroom flooring. There are specific reasons for that. First of all, none of these flooring options are hard enough, except for hardwood. All of these flooring materials are highly susceptible to moisture damage. You can’t expect your bathroom floor to be a porous material or prone to water damage. Such materials will not only be damaged quickly, but will also cause fundamental damage to your home and pose a threat to you and your family. The threat can be easily understood. Cork and bamboo can retain moisture and become breeding grounds for bacteria and other microorganisms. Laminate can get slippery when there is water and you need non-slip flooring for your bathrooms, which is a basic requirement. Wood reacts to extreme temperatures, can’t prevent water damage, and vinyl isn’t a very organic or desirable flooring option.

Natural stones such as granite or marble and tiles such as ceramic are the best floors that can withstand wear and tear in the bathroom. Natural stones are non-porous and are hard enough to withstand as much traffic as a bathroom is expected to withstand. Ceramic tiles are good choices for bathroom flooring, but the particular variety of ceramic tile known as porcelain tile is an even better alternative. Ceramic tiles or porcelain tiles can come with anti-slip features and should also be given equal importance for your safety.