Vinyl floor tile grouting?

lmsava · 6 Aug 2007

I have bought some self-adhesive vinyl floor tiles for my bathroom which look really good. However, they don't have a grout effect. Is there any "grout-effect" filler I can buy that will give me this look? I've heard of fillr strips but I haven't seen any in shops or online.

gcol · 6 Aug 2007

Hmmm I've never heard of anyone wanting to do that. What surface are you putting the tiles onto?
There's an American company that make a kind of composite tile that you can grout. http://www.congoleum.com/res-duraceramic-home.php I've never used it but it's supposed to be warmer under foot than regular ceramic.

lmsava · 6 Aug 2007

I've already laid a 9mm ply subfloor on top of the floorboards. I read elsewhere about some sort of adhesive strips that can give a grout effect but I can't find the actual produts anywhere. Maybe I'm using the wrong search terms.

gcol · 6 Aug 2007

lmsava said:
I read elsewhere about some sort of adhesive strips that can give a grout effect...

To be honest, that sounds blo*dy awful.

noseall · 6 Aug 2007

karndean and amtico do supply this type of product, though it is expensive.

lmsava · 6 Aug 2007

Cheers for that. I've looked into the Karndean products and would probably only need two tubes of the stuff which would be about £18.

I think it looks quite good - certainly better than just laying tiles without the grouting strips. Take a look:

http://www.classiccarpetsofyork.com/Karndean Bathrooms/images/gal_bat_04.jpg
http://www.andymanneringflooring.com/gallery.php
http://www.floorcraftlincs.co.uk/images/gal4.jpg
http://www.floorcraftlincs.co.uk/images/gal2.jpg

Gerrydelasel · 12 Sep 2016

Old thread but worth a shot. Did you ever use this product?

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