ggto, I'd find out from the marmoleum dealer what temperatures it's safe to be in contact with. Then find out if the Cafe gets hot on the bottom. Actually, I'm going to turn my lower oven on and I'll feel under it when it reaches 450. It shouldn't get hot - that would be unsafe.

OK, it got to 400 and I was impatient to wait any longer (It took 20 minutes, btw). I stuck my hand in as far as I could under the stove, about 5 inches, and the floor itself was barely even warm. An inch or so above my hand was the metal bottom of the stove and it was very hot. But I think it's a heat shield, which makes a huge difference in keeping the heat off the floor. Hope this helps.

BTW, how do you like the marmoleum? I'm considering it for my kitchen.

Thanks for your efforts and experimentation! It makes sense that they wouldn't be able to put an item such as this on the market without due diligence on the potential hazards...I was being overly cautious, given that I haven't been able to find anything on the net regarding this issue vis a vis either marmoleum of from GE.

The marmoleum flooring is fantastic in the kitchen...very easy to maintain, easy on the feet, many colors, and therefore one can be creative with designs, patterns etc. I highly recommend it!

Try borrowing someone's infrared temperature gun. Safer way to see how hot the floor is. Or you can buy a decent one at Sears for about $60.

True -- my "testing" certainly isn't the last word on this. I'd hate for you to melt your floor based on anything I said! But I think you can find out by calling GE and Marmoleum.

ggto: After reading the "warning" section in the installation guide for the Cafe range,I had the same concerns about heat from the lower oven damaging the Marmoleum. I was going to have 1/4" plywood installed under the range, an option suggested in the manual, but my floor lady happened to have some ceramic floor tile left over from another job that matched my Marmoleum and we installed that underneath; no worries now. The tile doesn't show at all, BTW.
Now if only the tech can correct the burner problem, that would be great!