Sustainable and not-noisy flooring

[ArtiePa]

Hello all

I've been looking at various options for the floor of our new kitchen. Some like to advertise themselves as 'sustainable'. But the most eco-friendly material in the world does not strike me as sustainable if it's going to be wrecked by being pulled up and relaid for access to pipes* etc under the floor. This would apply to glued down linos, glued floating floors, tongue and groove with invisible nailing, ceramics etc. The closest thing I can think of are conventional planks with visible nails laid across the traditional subfloor planks, but they have their own issues.

Advice gratefully received!

There's also the issue of sound transfer to the flat underneath. Perhaps there's a product which could be interleaved between the joists and the subfloor planks which would reduce the noise transfer? Any other ideas?

*(Yes, I know that if the services under the floor are installed correctly they _should_ not need maintaining more than once every 25 years, but Sod's Law states otherwise. And there's routes everywhere, so an access panel in one part of the floor is no good).

 

[Deleted member 174758]

Sound attenuation beneath sub floors can be something like mineral wool acoustic slab cut to fit tightly between the joists

I'd recommend unobtainium for the flooring. Just how long do you think flooring lasts? 25 years? And how often do you think you will need to lift the floor? Been in my present house more than that and never lifted a floor other than in the first year when I rewired

 

[foxhole]

Sustainable only referees to source , no bearing on how long it will last .

 

[Deleted member 174758]

In that case Marmoleum - traditional thick linoleum made using jute and flax seed

 

[Alec_t]

Any other ideas?

Cushioned vinyl sheet? (Sustainable in the sense that you could lift and relay it as often as needed).