Flooring in bathroom?

brock-cruse

Hi
Just moved into new house and both the bathroom and the showeroom (with WC) need new flooring (currently really grubby carpet...yuk!). What do youlike in a bathroom? carpet, tiles, vinyl, laminate? Was going to go for tile-effect laminate (get bloke in to quote?) but just wondered what the pros and cons were.
Any advice appreciated.

adandem

I have tiles but from you choices I would go for either tiles or a good quality vinyl.

I think it comes down to personal choice but if you want laminate that looks like tiles, the real thing would possibly look better and the cost wouldn't be any different. If you go for wood effect laminate you need the one suitable for wet areas.

Also, vinyl might be easier to fit ans it can be fitted upto your bath/loo etc.

windowshopper100

We're just about to invest in some new bathroom flooring as we're doing an interim revamp while we save up for the full fit out in a couple of years.

Going for wood effect laminate - suitable for bathrooms as previous poster says - from B&Q. They do loads of different effects depending on the look you want. We've got a bit of a beach hut feel so we've gone for wood rather than tile effect.

Did consider vinyl as we have that in the kitchen but it's really hard to hoover - it feels like the whole thing's being sucked up (Dyson) so I just sweep it now.

You'll need to consider laying hardboard and underlay too - all quite reasonable though, depending on size obviously. Seems straightforward enough to do too so OH is doing it himself to save some pennies - won't be done in an evening though!

WS100

shelly

In my bathroom I have tiles but I don't like them so I am getting some really nice funky cushion floor instead.

tanith

I have vinyl cushion floor and its great.. when we put it down we sealed around the edges and sanitaryware with clear waterproof mastic stuff and I hoover it with my dyson but use the tools rather than the brush head and wash it as necessary but its great , warm underfoot, easy cleaned and waterproof....... splashes don't matter and I use a towelling mat when getting out of the shower.... there are so many nice different patterns and colours....

darich

I'd avoid laminate in the bathroom. Once water gets into the gap between panels it'll start to warp and bend. That's what happened to the flooring in our bathroom (it was laid by the previous owners)

I'd always go for either vinyl or ceramic tiles.

MORPH3US

We have slate tile effect laminate from B&Q in our bathroom. It looks really nice and was a dream to put down (click lock)... not too expensive either..

Only downside was that because we were replacing vinyl, there wasn't enough gap under the skirting boards so it was either take skirting off and re-fix later, or use quadrabnt to cover the cork strip... we went for the latter....

Can post pics if it will help.

M

imho

I have porcelain tiles on my new bathroom floor.They look really good,but my god the are so cold to walk on when you get out of the shower.

vansboy

We have the B&Q Aqualoc in the bathroom here - it's lifting in places - not 'cos of the product, just the way it was fitted!

In the new house, it'll be tiles this time - the electric underfloor heating is already n waiting!!

www.screwfix.co.uk is where the heating came from - if you're not in a hurry, they have 10% off after 06 January, for your first order over £50!

VB

loracan1

I've got the woodblock effect vinyl planking by polyflor, been down for about 4 years now - I've redone the polish on it this afternoon and it looks amazing. Warm underfoot (mainly because some of the pipes run underneath, easy to keep clean and dries quickly after it's been mopped.

MORPH3US

vansboy wrote: »

it's lifting in places - not 'cos of the product, just the way it was fitted!

Can you expand on that mate, what was wrong with the way it was fitted to make it lift?!?!? Hope mine doesn't do the same....

M