Bathroom flooring for small bathroom

DJMK4

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Hi all

Looking to replace what I think is vinyl tiles white with some new flooring in small upstairs bathroom in mid Terrance house.

I have a voucher I need to use from last year which will give me £50 off and one of the retailers on there is bnq

With regards to flooring I don't want stick on vinyl thin stuff. I want sort of luxury vinyl laminate click flooring stuff. Me and my dad who has tools should be able to do it but want to check if it is ok .

Colour wise I'm still checking but for the product itself I would assume aslong as it's rated for water resistant it should be good ?


With as thick as poss underlay. I assume we will need some edging also
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Ignore the colouring for now as it may be more grey

Thickness wise what are people usually leaning towards ? I'm thinking 5-7mm underlay should be ok but would 4mm luxury vinyl click flooring thickness be ok?

Hoping going to try and have to cut over a template for toilet and sink..
 
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It looks like my current flooring in bathroom is vinyl laminate click flooring , thickness approx 6-7mm but super thin underlay

If i go for new stuff..in the pic above the thickness of the boards were 4mm and the underlay I was looking at 5mm


Is it better to have thicker boards or would 4mm plus 5-7mm.underlay be ok?
 
5-7mm underlay should be ok? It's more for.comfort and also insulation, aswel as protecting the floorboards underneath..

The house gets cold quickly so any improvements I can do the better

Tiles in what way ? I don't really have the experience to lay tiles myself at the moment, also , I find tiles quite cold. When you say tiles what are you referring to ? What material ? It really is a small bathroom! Talking 3.6m2 and some of.that area will be taken up by a bath , sink and toilet


You can't see it in the pic above but it is stating water resistant - suitable for all rooms including bathrooms.

This is what it looks like up close

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Is the material composite? Hard to tell. There no way i’d be putting that in a bathroom.

Old school vinyl through - which looks horrible and commercial but at least it’s waterproof.

Get tiles. Tiles for bathroom are a must and while you’re at it stick some underfloor heating mat in and it’ll be lovely underfoot.
 
I went for proper tiles in the bathroom, didnt want to have to worry about any water on the floor. Glad I did as I skimped and went with Laminate in the kitchen. Its done okay, but I had a dishwasher leak and you can tell. I even got the tiler to do a skirting board of the floor tiles, which I think made my bathroom look the snazziest room in the house lol.

Mine is like this - https://www.oakleighflooring.co.uk/Vanguard-Utopia-Stone-Tile-Granite?PPCT=1663858655 - but I did 60x30 tiles width ways in a 125mm (ish) wide bathroom floor that is walkonable (its exactly the length of a standard bath as well, so about 6 rows).
 
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pepp77 said:
I went for proper tiles in the bathroom, didnt want to have to worry about any water on the floor. Glad I did as I skimped and went with Laminate in the kitchen. Its done okay, but I had a dishwasher leak and you can tell.
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With tiles though your still going to have issues. Regrouting, resealing , ? It's harder to install I think aswel.

Is there any type of moisture sealant you can put ontop luxury vinyl planks click to help with the odd water spill?
 
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You guys are confused, this lvt stuff is plastic, it's not going to melt with some water on it. It's easy to clean and it's doesn't look completely rubbish like the old vinyl sheets.

It's very easy to lay, you can score and snap it. The quick step stuff is pretty good, not sure on the cheapo b and q stuff.
 
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200sols said:
You guys are confused, this lvt stuff is plastic, it's not going to melt with some water on it. It's easy to clean and it's doesn't look completely rubbish like the old vinyl sheets.

It's very easy to lay, you can score and snap it. The quick step stuff is pretty good, not sure on the cheapo b and q stuff.
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I'm more confused now

So your saying what is ok? When I looked at it it doesn't seem like high density fibreboard. It looks more Composit, uPVC type ?

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Read the box and it'll tell you. A lot of LVT is water proof/not affected by moisture. It'll need space to expand though so either remove skirting or fit *voms in mouth* scotia.
 
I’ve got LVT in our budget under stairs loo. Doesn’t get too bad - even with four kids piddling all over it. It is easy to clean but you do have to keep on top of it! That said -,any proper wet areas - I don’t know if I’d have the minerals to risk it.
 
Reuben klang said:
Is the material composite? Hard to tell. There no way i’d be putting that in a bathroom.

Old school vinyl through - which looks horrible and commercial but at least it’s waterproof.

Get tiles. Tiles for bathroom are a must and while you’re at it stick some underfloor heating mat in and it’ll be lovely underfoot.
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Why is there no way you'd put LVT in a bathroom?
I'd be more than happy with them. I'd actually prefer them to traditional tiles.
 
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I'm more confused now

So your saying what is ok? When I looked at it it doesn't seem like high density fibreboard. It looks more Composit, uPVC type ?

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Why be confused. Its not laminate wood it's plastic. It's ideal for bathrooms, people are spreading nonsense in here that's all.

I've also used the howdens stuff with integrated underlay, they even state 100% waterproof.
 
Thanks all,

the stuff in the OP ill have to check the thickness, but the matirial itself seems to be better than what i have layed down at the moment,

the stuff in the OP as said seems to be more laminate / composite, material, which seems better water proof rated

the stuff i have in my bathroom at the moment is more medium density fibreboard type click flooring, and whilst pretty much all of the area that is covered seems alright, there is a couple of spots (tiny spots) where you can see it swollen a little but its only a couple of minute spots.


ill have a think
 
robj20 said:
Why is there no way you'd put LVT in a bathroom?
I'd be more than happy with them. I'd actually prefer them to traditional tiles.
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Dude is thinking these are mdf based laminate.

I personally am - after experiencing total tiling death in our bathroom due to a small leak over time - going full waterproof mode and getting sheet vinyl. Yeah LVT is "waterproof", but I just don't believe water isn't going to get between them and in to the subfloor. With two young kids I just know water is gonna get under there and I'd rather have cheap nasty sheet vinyl for a handful of years (then do the bathroom up "properly") than be wasting brainwidth worrying/telling kids not to splash rather than enjoy it.
 
Zefan said:
Dude is thinking these are mdf based laminate.

I personally am - after experiencing total tiling death in our bathroom due to a small leak over time - going full waterproof mode and getting sheet vinyl. Yeah LVT is "waterproof", but I just don't believe water isn't going to get between them and in to the subfloor. With two young kids I just know water is gonna get under there and I'd rather have cheap nasty sheet vinyl for a handful of years (then do the bathroom up "properly") than be wasting brainwidth worrying/telling kids not to splash rather than enjoy it.
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If you tank the room like a wet room then you don't need to worry. It's not even that expensive. 99% of issues with wet getting through are down to poor installation though.
 
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200sols said:
If you tank the room like a wet room then you don't need to worry. It's not even that expensive. 99% of issues with wet getting through are down to poor installation though.
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I could, but I just don't care that much vs cheap warm af under foot soft vinyl for a few years.

Yes @ installation issues, our particle board subfloor boards shift independently, and had the tile adhesive applied directly them. Obviously over time they shifted and that + water = lol.
 
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