Laying vinyl flooring over current vinyl flooring as temporary fix

emotionalrollercoaster

 I've just bought my house and trying to refresh my 30 year old kitchen on a budget with a plan to gut and renovate with some reconfiguration including knocking through into my utility room in less than 5 years.

The vinyl flooring is old and stained and really needs replacing but I think pulling it up and redoing now will open a very expensive cam of worms.

Can I lay vinyl flooring over the old vinyl flooring as a temporary measure until I've saved up for the full renovation.

Also, I have an area with just bare boards in the cupboard. It previously had a fridge and then bins over them. I've cleaned the boards as best I can and now leaving to air dry with the cupboard door open.

Bins likely to go back in the cupboard and want to protect the boards for installing my future floor!

Thanks for your help!

Soot2006

I've always done it ... in fact, the one time I decided to take up what was already there to get back down to the original floor, I bitterly regretted the extra work and then found ancient asbestos tiles there. Great. In my current kitchen, there must be 5-6 layers of vinyl, all from previous owners. The only downside is that it dents/marks easier as it's soft underfoot, but that kinda depends on your lifestyle as well.

mi-key

Its fine as a temporary measure. I would use some spray contact adhesive around the edges to keep them down and stop them curling or pulling up though

onomatopoeia99

If you're going to do a major reworking in less than five years, surely live with what you've got until then unless you have money to burn.  It doesn't matter if the vinyl is stained, it will still work as flooring.

I did that with the carpet (!) in my kitchen for four years, until I was ready to gut it completely and install slate.

twopenny

I've done it.

Ended up being there ages but it looked fine.

Depending on the size of kitchen you may find an off cut at a good price too. I've done a number of things with off cuts. Great for dealing with making it feel good or more like you while you deal with the more important stuff.

Laying on top also makes it a bit warmer to walk on

mi-key

onomatopoeia99 said:

If you're going to do a major reworking in less than five years, surely live with what you've got until then unless you have money to burn.  It doesn't matter if the vinyl is stained, it will still work as flooring.

I did that with the carpet (!) in my kitchen for four years, until I was ready to gut it completely and install slate.

It depends if they want it to look nice for 5 years, or live with it looking horrible. Vinyl flooring for a small room costs next to nothing these days ( I did a friends small kitchen recently with vinyl floor and it was less than £12 a square metre ). Over 5 years the cost will be hardly anything, so hardly burning money

plumb1_2

Take the old one up temporarily and use it as a template.

emotionalrollercoaster

plumb1_2 said:

Take the old one up temporarily and use it as a template.

That's a good idea - will see if it's possible to do it. I think it might be glued to the floor so don't want to make it really uneven by lifting it.

emotionalrollercoaster

mi-key said:

onomatopoeia99 said:

If you're going to do a major reworking in less than five years, surely live with what you've got until then unless you have money to burn.  It doesn't matter if the vinyl is stained, it will still work as flooring.

I did that with the carpet (!) in my kitchen for four years, until I was ready to gut it completely and install slate.

It depends if they want it to look nice for 5 years, or live with it looking horrible. Vinyl flooring for a small room costs next to nothing these days ( I did a friends small kitchen recently with vinyl floor and it was less than £12 a square metre ). Over 5 years the cost will be hardly anything, so hardly burning money

This is my thought. I've lived in it for 8 years as a tenant and want to do things to make it my own. It wouldn't be the end of the world to live with it for another 5 years but I'm hoping to make some small changes that won't break the bank so it will feel a little more like mine. The kitchen renovations will involve some building work etc so it will be a while before I can afford it but looks like I might be able to get a suitably sized remnant of vinyl for less than £200!

mi-key

emotionalrollercoaster said:

mi-key said:

onomatopoeia99 said:

If you're going to do a major reworking in less than five years, surely live with what you've got until then unless you have money to burn.  It doesn't matter if the vinyl is stained, it will still work as flooring.

I did that with the carpet (!) in my kitchen for four years, until I was ready to gut it completely and install slate.

It depends if they want it to look nice for 5 years, or live with it looking horrible. Vinyl flooring for a small room costs next to nothing these days ( I did a friends small kitchen recently with vinyl floor and it was less than £12 a square metre ). Over 5 years the cost will be hardly anything, so hardly burning money

This is my thought. I've lived in it for 8 years as a tenant and want to do things to make it my own. It wouldn't be the end of the world to live with it for another 5 years but I'm hoping to make some small changes that won't break the bank so it will feel a little more like mine. The kitchen renovations will involve some building work etc so it will be a while before I can afford it but looks like I might be able to get a suitably sized remnant of vinyl for less than £200!

Have a look at places like B&Q as well. They do self adhesive vinyl tiles and planks that can look quite nice and are dead easy to lay. The slate effect ones look pretty good too once down.

You can cut them with scissors or a craft knife, and as you just do a small area at a time you don't need to make one big template of the whole floor.

I definitely agree for the sake of spending a couple of hundred, it is worth doing

theoretica

Things to check for include the new thickness - will any doors catch? Will it go under any cupboard base boards? 

Another option to consider is painting the existing vinyl.