Have just moved to first house and the kitchen floor is the specialist flooring similar to the wet room flooring but it's in a terrible state was looking for advice as it possible to hard floor on top of it to allow my to put vinyl down as if I ever leave the floor must be how it is the now!!
Quite a bad picture but it's basically the safety flooring used in disabled kitchens n wet rooms to replace it will cost a bomb its badly marked and looking to see if I can hard board over the top of the whole lots then put Lino down looking for a cheap alternative basically it's hideous!
Cut through it grid like with a Stanley knife...say 1m squares, then peel it up. Get a good sharp scraper to help and do one square at a time getting all the old adhesive off.
Ah...well spotted Chippie. In that case don't get the Stanley out! Could put lino over top or what about laminate? Perhaps you could come to some arrangement with the landlord?
Thanks for replying had someone out to look at it for Lino but it won't last long down he said it would start to come up because of the textures on the original flooring making it less likely to stick at places - the floor has a gritty texture the council have says laminate but it's a massive kitchen was looking to see if there was an easier way like Lino lol thanks for advice tho much appreciated
No u can't put anything on top of it it needs to come up completely if it's council property u should be allowed to take it up especially if it's in poor state. Safety flooring can last up to 20 years but some people don't know ow how to clean it properly
Hi yeh once I viewed the house they said all I would get away with is to laminate on top but no damage must be made to original floor it's like science marks under few parts! It's a large kitchen n a lot of work needing done to rest of house so was looking to see if I cud ply wood on top of flooring in some way as concrete floor then vinyl to reduce cost but looks like laminate is my only choice as not to damage it tried everything from bleach to the special floor cleaner used at my work but it's totally damaged some parts of my floor thanks for reply x i
If the floor surface has no damage (cuts or pieces missing) and just dimpled then there should be no problem why a reasonable quality cushion floor shouldn't work. The problem you may get is that the seam on the original floor may show through. You may also have a few problems with the corners if they are like this
Had fitter in to have a look advised that it will eventually start lifting at places he advised to go down route of laminate thanks for reply though
Yes but if I remove the flooring when I move out I will have to put it back down like for like but unfortunately it's nearly £50 sq mtr too big a kitchen for lot of expense for a council association house thanks anyway
Hi Kirsty. Yes, best leave what's there in place! Ok, it has a rough - non-slip - texture, but I still can't see why a cushioned vinyl flooring (or even non-cushioned) can not be put down on top as CGN says. But, it would have to be a flooring that wasn't glued down, just laid on top. I simply cannot see the slight texture on that existing flooring causing an issue, but I am not an expert on this and you say you had a flooring person come in and they advised against a further vinyl covering on top? Surely vinyl flooring is simply double-sided taped along the perimeter (perhaps in a few other places too), so that's all reversible? Failing that, there is nothing wrong in principle with putting down ply and vinyl on top, except that thin ply might not lay flat, and thicker ply might raise the floor level too high? But, essentially, whatever you do to a 'normal' floor to prepare it for vinyl can also be done to this one. EXCEPT that you cannot glue or fix to it! Get some more flooring peeps out. And also see if there's a dedicated 'flooring' forum on t'web where you can ask for pro advice. Let us know the outcome, please