Bathroom Vinyl

ceridwen

Hi

Have just realised that my bathroom vinyl needs replacing - as in its been damaged (not by me:mad: )and I'm pretty upset about that. Thats a totally unexpected expense to me - it was good for years as far as I was concerned - so am hoping its not going to cost too much.

Anyone got any ideas what sort of price I am looking at - for mid-price range quality (best way I can explain what quality level I am after is to say - think Habitat, not MFI - as thats about my level. If we were talking clothes - think Marks & Spencers - not Primark on the one hand or Jaegar on the other). That should give you the gist of the pricerange/quality I look towards buying things.

The size of my bathroom is:

206 cms width (81" in English) by 282 cms depth (111" in English).

I would need it fitted as well by the supplier firm - so am hoping that I would get free fitting included (as with the carpets I've recently had to buy).

So:
1. what sort of price per square metre am I looking at for that sort of quality level (dont know if the style makes any difference - which will be as near identical look as possible to what I have now - sort of Spanish-y tiles type look).

2. would fitting be free for that - and, if not, how much would that be.

dreamlife99

why dont you try out the sticky tiles in poundland/99p stores. i think they are a pack of five, maybe 6 so wouldnt cost too much, sorry aint got sizes with me, weve had them in our kitchen for a couple of years and do the job well. saw some today so can still vouch they are around and hopefully should be able to stick yourself. hth

broonbear

you could pick a decent piece of vinyl up for about £50 for your bathroom . good luck if you can find anybody offering free fitting. maybe if your were getting more work done you could've cut a deal but with just the bathroom to do i think you'll need to pay the fitting around £20

jennywren1976

My bathroom is roughly 2m x 2m and I went looking at vinyl flooring last weekend. When I asked about fitting prices I was told that it would probably be in the region of the minimum fitting charge which was £40 to £45, this was in Carpetworld and Allied carpets.
I think most places charge for fitting vinyl as it is not quite as easy to fit as carpet, my OH recently fitted carpet in my daughters bedroom but I wouldn't consider asking him to fit vinyl as one wrong cut and its ruined!!

the_devil_made_me_do_it

dreamlife99 wrote: »

why dont you try out the sticky tiles in poundland/99p stores. i think they are a pack of five, maybe 6 so wouldnt cost too much, sorry aint got sizes with me, weve had them in our kitchen for a couple of years and do the job well. saw some today so can still vouch they are around and hopefully should be able to stick yourself. hth

are they easy enough to lay?? ie cut round toilet ect..

dreamlife99

the_devil_made_me_do_it wrote: »

are they easy enough to lay?? ie cut round toilet ect..

erm i think so - cant remember but should be able to cut easily. it might be worth buying a pack for a quid and see wot they like 1st. thats how we did it!

TomsMom

Why not try any small local shops?

Where I live it's about 60 miles from the big stores so we never use the likes of Allied etc., but a local shop has thousands of carpet samples and vinyl and are very competitively priced. Their service is excellent and we've never had a problem with quality. We are about to order some vinyl for our bathroom and it is £12.80 per sq metre and that the all in price. It has a 5 year guarantee. They have others, the £20+ per sq metre has a 15 year guarantee but we aren't planning to be here that long!

~Chameleon~

You would probably benefit from having a non-slip finish in a bathroom and floors2go have some reasonably priced vinyl @ £15.99 psqm in a variety of colours, including terracotta tiles

moonrakerz

We used this; thick, warm to the feet, non slip.

http://www.armstrong.com/resflreu/eu1/rhinofloors/uk/gb/

System

I really like the look of wood but obviously that's not practical in a bathroom so we went for this type of vinyl - http://www.karndean.com/gallery_previews.asp?main=residential&sub=bathroom&type=pvc

We chose the vinyl which comes in strips to look like wood planks and you can make a feature by using their fine coloured strips as a border around the room. Our fitter laid the centre strips at an angle and used more strips around the perimeter as a border.

Pricewise it was considerably cheaper than Amtico.

~Chameleon~

moonrakerz wrote: »

We used this; thick, warm to the feet, non slip.

http://www.armstrong.com/resflreu/eu1/rhinofloors/uk/gb/

I've got the Rhinofloor in both kitchen and bathroom and it is a very good quality cushioned vinyl. They do a fantastic range of colours and designs too, something to suit everyone!

http://www.carpetandflooringwarehouse.com/product.cfm?ProductCatID=146