On 21/04/2019 11:31, R D S wrote:
Looking at flooring options for the lounge through into the kitchen...
To be laid on top of T&G board...

Out front is an unmade road, out back is a garden that gets quite boggy
in wet weather and leads straight into the lounge.
We have a dog, dragging muck in from front/rear at any given time and at
the age where it isn't unheard of for her to have a morning **** (or
worse) a couple of hours before we notice.

(I know the obvious solution, but we are very fond of the dog)

Is Amtico/Karndean likely to be suitable? I was looking at loose-lay
because it looks good and a piece of **** to put down but the more I
look into it the more i'm concerned about marks/scratches/mopability and
the need to immediately clean up any spills. And it's expensive.

I have done a couple of bathrooms with fully bonded Karndean... it looks
fairly convincing (far more so than laminate for example), and retains
some grip when wet. I expect if you went for a "natural" or rustic
finish pattern, it would be unlikely to show marks and scratches
particularly - its quite robust. The basic laying of the stuff is fairly
straightforward - its when you start getting into fancy borders, and
scribed in curved joints etc that the pro installers earn their money.

The key to success starts with surface prep. So over a boarded floor,
that usually means a ply substrate screwed down *very* well, then either
filled / feathered, or with a latex cement layer on top. For good water
protection, then a full cover of latex, and a properly applied glue
layer, should keep it well attached.

So i'm thinking tiles for a permanent solution? Or go the other way and
get a cheap roll of lino.

Yup, that's not a bad idea either... not wanting to be too harsh, but a
cheap roll of cushion floor will likely outlast the dog. Then you can be
a bit more fussy with what replaces it.



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Cheers,

John.

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