In preparation for putting our house on the market (yikes !) I have to
do something about the kitchen floor (old sheet vinyl that would give
that rude estate agent guy on TV palpitations). Is it an acceptable
bodge to just give it a good clean and put some new stuff down on top
? The units have been installed after the current flooring was layed
so to lift it would involve ripping the whole kitchen out.

Zippy wrote:
In preparation for putting our house on the market (yikes !) I have to
do something about the kitchen floor (old sheet vinyl that would give
that rude estate agent guy on TV palpitations). Is it an acceptable
bodge to just give it a good clean and put some new stuff down on top
? The units have been installed after the current flooring was layed
so to lift it would involve ripping the whole kitchen out.

Whether it is acceptable I don't really have an answer to but I can tell
you that it works as long as the old floor is sound and clean.

The floor in the kitchen of our previous place was in a state when we
moved in and we were flat broke so as a stop gap we (read I) laid ties
over the old vinyl - it stayed like that for four years till we moved
out. I would probably do it again as lifting the old vinyl can be hard
work and the two layers make it feel better under foot IMHO.