Bathroom flooring for small bathroom

[DJMK4]

Oh is this still ongoing :X

What I don't understand with these waterproof planks is just because the planks themselves might be waterproof, surely the gaps between them do not prevent 100% of water in which case, in a bathroom you'd need to tank the subfloor anyway.

I have not got round to it until now, first put off in march as i was buying a car, then summer got abit busy and was too hot so didnt want to do any work in the summer really.

so now ill be looking at it


What do you mean tank the subfloor ? you mean lay down membrane?

nothing is 100% waterproof


its not worth tiling the floor of my bathroom

its a small 2 bed mid terrace house

ill save the tiling for walls.

also, the gaps on this stuff is minimal, the composite luxary vinyl planks click well together, they dont start warping like the old MDF click boards do which is when they start seperating and cause gaps

 

[Participant]

the gaps on this stuff is minimal

So there are gaps then, gaps that water can get past? In which case the floor below the planks needs to be waterproof?

I'm not an expert, just do whatever @200sols says.

 

[200sols]

I think how far you go with waterproofing depends on how you use the room, end of the day its just a floor not a wetroom, it'll be splash proof rather than puddle proof. I've used it before, the quick step stuff in bathrooms and water ingress has never been a problem but that is installed on a proper flat floor which helps. Guarantee if you start using that foamy thick underlay the floor will flex more and then you open the joints more and water could become a problem.

Just buy the flooring, use proper underlay or integrated underlay and use a bathmat.

 

[DJMK4]

So there are gaps then, gaps that water can get past? In which case the floor below the planks needs to be waterproof?

I'm not an expert, just do whatever @200sols says.

I dont know, iv not put them together, only played around with the planks in the shop floor

I would suspect that a layer of waterproof underlay would be an extra barrier? but people and shops keep reccomending not to use it if this stuff has underlay attached to the back of the plank, i keep telling them i want extra protection but they keep insisting i shouldnt need it

I will just get some 1 or 1.5mm waterproof underlay to act as a barrier, its doubtful that much water will get through

I have mdf based laminate at the moment, so its better than what i have now.

 

[Hawk Tuah]

Perhaps not the popular choice, but I used a high end wood effect vinyl flooring for our bathrooms. Mainly because I wanted zero chance that any water would ever come through. I got samples before committing and the quality / look was much better than I'd have previously thought was possible from 'rolled vinyl'.

I had tiles before, and the small amount of flex in the floor below led to cracks appearing.

I used LVT from B&Q in our utility room. They cost about 3 times as much as MDF based tiles, but were needed as the room gets the most wet traffic, leaks and wet washing (in winter). Not had any problems so far.

 

[Liquid_Entity]

I forgot I was in this thread discussing my flooring in bathroom and kitchen, I had the isomass sound proofing setup. in the end the guy who came out just said slap some vinyl down. I did and it was half the price of a hard laminate floor. Works fine for my needs

 

[DJMK4]

Perhaps not the popular choice, but I used a high end wood effect vinyl flooring for our bathrooms. Mainly because I wanted zero chance that any water would ever come through. I got samples before committing and the quality / look was much better than I'd have previously thought was possible from 'rolled vinyl'.

I had tiles before, and the small amount of flex in the floor below led to cracks appearing.

I used LVT from B&Q in our utility room. They cost about 3 times as much as MDF based tiles, but were needed as the room gets the most wet traffic, leaks and wet washing (in winter). Not had any problems so far.

That looks nice! love the look