Putting vinyl over kitchen tiles - good or bad idea?

chopps

Screeding is the usual way to do vinyl.
Tiles can be laid on top of existing tiles.
If too dark perhaps consider some extra lighting (halogen)....

mufi

By then, it will probably be viewed as the height of elegance, along with carpets in bathrooms, avocado baths... Fashion is fickle.

breadlinebetty

mufi wrote: »

By then, it will probably be viewed as the height of elegance, along with carpets in bathrooms, avocado baths... Fashion is fickle.

Actually, some of the better quality vinyls can look very good if laid well, and they're much warmer and softer under the feet too! My aunt has chosen the very best one in the shop, but still, I am of the opinion that most people prefer tiles to vinyl....so this is why we can't decide.

mufi

breadlinebetty wrote: »

Actually, some of the better quality vinyls can look very good if laid well, and they're much warmer and softer under the feet too! My aunt has chosen the very best one in the shop, but still, I am of the opinion that most people prefer tiles to vinyl....so this is why we can't decide.

Long experience has taught me to ignore the vagaries of fashion and choose what I want to live with, so that's my advice to your aunt.

This will doubtless cause mass fainting in the shires, but I loathe laminate flooring and freezing cold bathroom tiles. Good old carpet!

Anon

sooz

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scottishblondie

breadlinebetty wrote: »

Actually, some of the better quality vinyls can look very good if laid well, and they're much warmer and softer under the feet too! My aunt has chosen the very best one in the shop, but still, I am of the opinion that most people prefer tiles to vinyl....so this is why we can't decide.

My experience of tiles:

They're cold and hard to stand on for long periods, and if you drop something on the floor you're going to damage the item, the floor or both. I dropped a pot and cracked a tile more than once. The grout can get really grubby and horrible looking. I lived with that floor for 8 years, and I could not be happier about getting rid of it!!

I'll repeat again... unless she is selling in the immediate future, your aunt should get a flooring that she likes. I don't think vinyl would put off potential buyers anyway.

BitterAndTwisted

I wouldn't be screeding and laying a floor-covering over tiles. I'd get the tiles up and lay a new floor over that. Once you've made up your mind that you hate something there's no going back. I've heard that linoleum is making a come-back and that you can order designs custom-made. This is very attractive to me.