Having lived in it for 45 years I've seen a number of floor coverings come and go but until now have never been able to either afford or want the disruption of many options. I still don't really want the disruption.
So time to renew again with latest technology or not as the case may be. The question is what are the options? So here goes. The floor is concrete with original Marley black brittle bitumen? tiles, probably a few cracked or broken. Next came vinyl cushion floor. Now removed. Then floor leveled a bit in places mainly where Marley tiles were lose. On this went first vinyl adhesive tiles. This eventually produced a good surface for another layer of vinyl tiles which frankly were good quality and looked good. I actually grouted (very shallow) between them and they have stood up well for 8 years but are now very worn and some grout is coming out. The floor is pretty flat and feels solid enough. The kitchen is fitted so pretty much has a plinth all the round so anything can go a few a few inches behind that. Exposed floor area is about 3mx 2.5m
SO, what are the options? The pros will say rip the lot up and screed it but that would mean ripping out the units which I'm not prepared to do. The cheapest would be more self adhesive tiles I guess, which may be even better now and I could afford the best. But can more sophisticated LVA click system with underlay go straight on that? Any other ideas would be welcome. I'm of an age when this could be the last kitchen floor for us !
So time to renew again with latest technology or not as the case may be. The question is what are the options? So here goes. The floor is concrete with original Marley black brittle bitumen? tiles, probably a few cracked or broken. Next came vinyl cushion floor. Now removed. Then floor leveled a bit in places mainly where Marley tiles were lose. On this went first vinyl adhesive tiles. This eventually produced a good surface for another layer of vinyl tiles which frankly were good quality and looked good. I actually grouted (very shallow) between them and they have stood up well for 8 years but are now very worn and some grout is coming out. The floor is pretty flat and feels solid enough. The kitchen is fitted so pretty much has a plinth all the round so anything can go a few a few inches behind that. Exposed floor area is about 3mx 2.5m
SO, what are the options? The pros will say rip the lot up and screed it but that would mean ripping out the units which I'm not prepared to do. The cheapest would be more self adhesive tiles I guess, which may be even better now and I could afford the best. But can more sophisticated LVA click system with underlay go straight on that? Any other ideas would be welcome. I'm of an age when this could be the last kitchen floor for us !
