Why people insist on having a wood floor in a kitchen is beyond me. Yet almost every friggin reno on HGTV has a wood floor put in kitchen. The floors are subject to spills and if an appliance leaks your screwed. There ceramic and porcelain floors that look just like wood so if you want that look there are options that can hold up to water spills.
My friend put wood in against my advice and his fridge leaked 1st year after reno. Floor was toast. This is the same argument when people say I bought a car for $35K, why on earth would spend $90K. Maybe because they are not the same
Does that make any sense.
In 2003 I installed 3/4 inch hardwood on a 3/4 inch sub floor on a new build. I did the entire upper floor sans two baths and the on suite laundry room. I spent 7 days nailing the hell out of it. Excess nails for sure.
A month ago my wife runs down into the lower level were I was in a solid sex dream screaming that water was pouring thru the ceiling. She had packed the front loader Samsung and left for shopping. 10 years in and the plastic discharge hose disconnected itself. 5 bucks more for a rubber one this would not have happened. Thank you Samsung. The same crappy replacement hose cost me $120. The washer was originally $700. Ya, no wonder people have gone nuts.
The wash cycle is over an hour and she does extra rinse. The flood on the first floor was huge. I got the shop vac and did what I could. Then I opened windows, air exchanger was on 24/7, so we left. I came back 5 days later and everything as it was before. Why? Because it was a solid wood floor. Not subdivision grade. These stories you read about that the dishwasher leaked or the frig leaked and the kitchen floor heaved is because the dwellings in question are low grade JUNK.
Unless your Italian or Portuguese, ceramic tile in open concept kitchens suck. In baths it's a must.