Hi

I have a good, stable concrete floor in a refurbished kitchen/dining area and I need to decide on flooring. It was screeded a couple of weeks ago and just needs buffing to be ready for laying.

'Er indoors is pushing for Amtico, but I am concerned that, although very hardwearing, it will be too cold underfoot (and £££ to boot!)

We have also looked at RhinoFloor, which would probably be warmer to walk on, but the sales assistant put the missus off by suggesting it marks easily.

I tend to walk around the house barefoot most of the time, but underfloor heating is not an option.

Any suggestions?

Thanks

Stressed.

There's loads on the market, Rubber flooring, Karndean, Amtico, a few other brands of vinyl.

I fit quite a bit of Karndean, it's not as thick as Amtico but as JasonB says it's a fraction of the cost with a satisfactory product range. I actually prefer the Amtico ranges, some very nice modern colours and designs.

Without the underfloor heating you'll have to go for some kind of vinyl to get a warmish floor, the thicker the better.

It's never going to be that warm, have a look at the U/Floor Htng you may be suprised at the cost

Bit late to reply to this maybe but ...
For hardwearing / value for money I would go for one of the Maroleum range. Make up is very much like real linoleum of the 1960's but more choice of pattern / colour now.
I stay on a farm in the NE of Scot, and our Maroleum floor in the kitchen gets the brunt of all traffic coming straight in from stables / fields etc, any slight marks can be removed with a scothbrite  / pan scourer pad as the surface is not only skin deep but goes all the way through the flooring.  As for the cold, well I think it's pretty chilly here most of the time, try a pair of slippers as suggested by jasonB.