bathroom flooring

usignuolo

We bought ceramic floor tiles from B and Q (colour Sand) 330mm square. The builder laid them on some sort of composite wooden base. Weren't very expensive. Work fine. (MOH splashes water on floor all the time).

skinback69

hi i have a beige think its bnq aqua loc laminate tiles in my bathroom it was in when we got the house 2 and a half years ago we step out of the bath and shower straight on to it and there has been no change in apperance in the 2 an half years so if you get a bath mat even better i think its how you use it as well if ur carefull i bet you wouldnt even need aqua loc stuff but depending whos living with you like maybe 10 kids or a whale id think again

hotfuzzfan

TomsMom wrote: »

Now OH is a good aim so no worries, but grandson isn't and mother's partner was known as Sid Splash so if there's anyone in your house like that stay away from carpet. .

Heehee, this made me laugh.

D1zzy

We put Karndean type tiles (with strips between) in our bathroom and have been delighted. looks like tiles, warm to the touch, not slippy, and easy to clean

underlay_guru

D1zzy wrote: »

We put Karndean type tiles (with strips between) in our bathroom and have been delighted. looks like tiles, warm to the touch, not slippy, and easy to clean

Beautiful! The Karndean-type product with the grouting strips looks absolutely ace in a bathroom or kitchen, plus it will last for years without wearing out (provided it has been fitted correctly).

The major downside to the Karnean/amtico products is the price: Expect to pay around double the price of a vinyl floor, and around the same for fitting. Great alternative to clippy-cloppy laminate though!

nickrossrickard

If its for a bathroom you might want to try this stuff - 100% Waterproof

have a look on timberland north shields website

TomsMom

Andy - when we were looking for flooring for our bathroom we considered AquaStep. Make sure you google it and check out the prices on a few sites, there's quite a difference, I think the cheapest we found it worked out about £25 per sq.m.

TomsMom

andrew-b wrote: »

How level does the floor have to be for laminate or will it absorb some of the undulations or can i use a thicker laminate underlay ?

Andy

Don't know Andy, we went for sheet vinyl in the end. The builders overlaid the floorboards with ply in the bathroom. In the kitchen (sheet vinyl again), OH did the self levelling compound and although it wasn't hard it was fiddly as he couldn't mix up too much at a time (didn't have a big enough container) so he had to keep joining it. Fitter checked it over and pronounced it good enough to lay the vinyl on after smoothing out a few lumps, but as for laminate I really don't know. Start a thread as I'm sure someone can answer your question.

aliasojo

Andy, I asked (now there's a surprise ) about doubling up underlay and was told it was a very big no-no.

I have the underlay you linked to, under our study floor. It was good at levelling out the floor a little. If the aqua step is as good as it makes out, you shouldn't need to worry about water ingress. The pertinent word being 'shouldn't'. :D