On 19 Oct, 16:06, wrote:
On Oct 19, 1:26 pm, (Malcolm Hoar) wrote:
In article .com, DerbyDad03 wrote:
If it is really a mud room, then I would be concerned about the
slippery-factor associated with ceramic tile unless you pick a style
with a rough surface. Wet mud and snow could make the floor pretty
slippery. I'd also be concerned about the grout getting very dirty,
even if well sealed, in a mud room.
I agree. I would go with vinyl sheet. It's cheap, durable,
waterproof and more. Self installation is really very
straighforward and doesn't require any special tools --
a tape measure, sharp utility knife and a reasonably
long straight-edge will help however. Just take it slowly,
measure several times, cut once, and don't rush. There's
no rocket science involved!
As a high school student I had a summer job installing
vinyl and other flooring. So it really is simple enough
for a kid to do ;-)
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I wasn't too terribly clear in my original description - it's not
truly a "mud room" in that it's not an entryway - it was a mudroom in
the original blueprints of the house, but a previous owner removed the
door & window, covered the old openings with drywall, and installed
plumbing to convert it into a laundry room. The plumbing that was
installed was run directly along one of the walls - completely
visible. I plan to 'box this in' with some 2x6s on 24" centers, since
it's really just a surface to attach drywall to (2x6 because the drain/
vent pipe sits a few inches from the wall), properly rough in the
plumbing for the washer & sink, and put in a new floor. I'll check
into vinyl pricing - it sounds like that might be the way to go. If we
decide on ceramic tile, is there any technical reason why we couldn't
mud over the existing tiles & put in a hardie backer subfloor to
support them? I've seen various comments regarding the difficulty/
feasability of putting ceramic tiles over vinyl, but it's not at all
clear to me whether that only applies when trying to install tile
DIRECTLY over the existing floor, or if that also applies when adding
a subfloor over the existing.
Thanks for all the advice! If we go with vinyl I plan to do the work
myself - I had thought it required specialized tools (100lb rollers,
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If you do vinyl, may I pass along a tip I saw on Ask This Old House
for making a pattern?
When I made the pattern for the sheet vinyl I laid in a basement
bathroom, the hardest part was cutting the pattern to fit right up
against the walls, shower stall, vanity, etc. I essentially made an
"exact fit" pattern.
On Ask This Old House, Tom Silva rough cut his pattern material so it
was about an inch shy of all the walls. He then cut out a few
triangles in the field and taped it to the existing floor. Next, he
placed the outside edge of his framing square against the walls and
drew a line on the pattern material using the inside edge.
After he had transferred the outline of the room onto the pattern, he
taped the pattern to the sheet vinyl and placed the inside edge of his
framing square on the line. Finally, using the outside edge of the
framing square, he transferred the outline of the room onto the vinyl.
It looked so much easier than my method since all he had to do was cut
a "close enough" pattern, tape it down and then use his framing square
to transfer the exact shape of the room to the pattern material and
then to the vinyl.