Peel & stick floor tiles

[EternallyIrked]

My bathroom currently has horrible council-style linoleum down.
Ideally, I'd have ceramic tiles and as it's a small bathroom, that shouldn't be too pricey to buy them. However, the faff of finding a tradesman to install them is putting me off. I'm very much a want-it-done-yesterday kind of DIY'er!

So, peel & stick tiles are all over my social media. They have me intrigued. I can get the style I fancy for <£50 on Amazon. My concerns are:

• you get what you pay for. It will look crap
• I'd need to take off skirting board etc anyway to install them properly aka tradey faff
• would I need to lift my lino before installing? I have no clue

Keen to hear peoples experiences. I think it'd be fine in a quieter space but as the sole, small bathroom in a house of 5, its a busy area.

Maybe I need to suck it up and get the ceramic tiles!

We used peel and stick tiles from Homebase in the bathroom

DD wanted to change it so I just let her crack on and used a Stanley knife to cut it to shape

I suggest creating a simple stencil from paper for the curves etc

Could you do new lino instead? It’s not too tricky as a diy install and has a bit of warmth to it

Ps DD was 15 so if she can do it anyone can

DH used them in our downstairs loo, they were pretty straightforward.

I'm hoping they are straightforward I'm about to use them at the bottom of my stairs it's a small wonky square bit that needs something I've carpeted it before and it just gets wet and smelly

All these posts sounds pretty positive, which is great! Maybe I should just take the leap.

@LottieMary I had considered lino but when I've asked a couple of experienced DIYers in my family about it, none of them knew how to do it. So, I assumed it must be tricky. I suppose I could use the old lino as a template for the new. Its the getting it under the skirtings etc that causes me concern.

What did he stick them down on to? I'm guessing I should life the old lino first 🤔

I am guessing that you actually have sheet vinyl rather than Lino, which is quite different.
If I am correct its pretty easy to pull it up and use it as a template for a new sheet vinyl. I don't recommend you stick tiles over the top though as they will probably move a bit and not stick well.
Can you pull a corner of the existimg floor up and see whats down?

That makes sense actually. I'm pretty sure its just plywood that's down underneath the existing lino/vinyl. It's very flat, so at least I won't have to worry about evening out any bumps.

DH took our old lino up and stuck it to the concrete floor, but if we had a floor that wasn't flat then he would have laid onto the lino

If it really old council style lino then it could possibly have asbestos in so might be worth sending a small sample off for testing before you take it up

You need to ensure that if you want to use adhesive tiles, that the floor underneath is smooth and pristine - I bought gorgeous plank style tiles for my kitchen floor and it looked amazing at first but they soon began sliding and coming unstuck despite careful cleaning, measuring and installation - however that was just one brand from B&M I used which may have been the problem.

I have laid lino in my kitchen many times and it's surprisingly easy and you can buy special tools (or use an old blunt butterknife, like I did) to neatly edge it underneath skirting and appliances.

I found lino cheaper and also easier to properly clean.