What is best for bathroom floor - vinyl, tiles, laminate?

peachyprice

We have tiles, while they're not at all cold or particularly slippery, they're a !!!!!! if you drop anything glass/porcelain on them. We've smashed countless bottles/glasses/jars over the years and have had a couple of cracked tiles as a result too.

If/when we do the floor again I would consider quality vinyl or amtico type thing.

holengarth

You need to ensure floor is well sealed and easy to clean and both above are perfect. You need to lay well secured plywood for both and if you are laying tiles better put down 12mm ply to ensure no movement. Undefloor heating is great with tiles and cuts down on the amount of other heating needed in the room. Just a towel warmer should suffice.

phoebe1989seb

We just had two new shower rooms completed and have Karndean flooring in one and porcelain floor tiles in the other. We've previously had wood effect porcelain floor tiles which were so convincing our buyers thought they were real oak

Karndean was selected for the first floor shower room as it's a old house with extremely wonky uneven floors and even having laid marine ply DH felt tiles were a no-no. On the ground floor the tiles were laid onto concrete so this wasn't an issue.

We prefer to choose floor tiles that have a textured rather than smooth, slippery surface, but that's down to personal taste.........

mutley74

phoebe1989seb wrote: »

We just had two new shower rooms completed and have Karndean flooring in one and porcelain floor tiles in the other. We've previously had wood effect porcelain floor tiles which were so convincing our buyers thought they were real oak

Karndean was selected for the first floor shower room as it's a old house with extremely wonky uneven floors and even having laid marine ply DH felt tiles were a no-no. On the ground floor the tiles were laid onto concrete so this wasn't an issue.

We prefer to choose floor tiles that have a textured rather than smooth, slippery surface, but that's down to personal taste.........

are karndean floor tiles any good? a bathroom fitter suggested them for a new bathroom for us, I thought it was a thick lino but its floor tiles, and wonder if water from splashes in a bathroom can get through any gaps between the tiles?

phoebe1989seb

mutley74 wrote: »

are karndean floor tiles any good? a bathroom fitter suggested them for a new bathroom for us, I thought it was a thick lino but its floor tiles, and wonder if water from splashes in a bathroom can get through any gaps between the tiles?

We've not encountered any issues and whilst there's only the two of us at home now, we did have them in a previous bathroom when DS was younger and even with lots of splashing water around there were no problems. The tiles are butted up extremely closely and were laid on marine ply screwed to the floorboards.

Alexia22

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Hope this helps

kkgree1

We have Homebase Montana stone tiles and they are freezing if you have to get up in the middle of the night!

We're having our bathroom redone in the spring and will opt for Vinyl or Karndean instead.