Right, me again. Which one of you ponces has a RUBBER FLOOR?

[SpringHeeledJack]

...you all came up good on poncetastic slate worktops

can you do the same for rubber floors?

am thinking they're a bit ethical and a bit nice. Am worried about dogs' toenails and overpowering smell, though. Would be for dining room and teeny tiny kitchen

can anyone help?

if I don't get back to you instanter it's because I'm packing my house and avoiding dead mice so back later

tia

Really don't want to think what goes on on SAGA cruises, do you think there are wipe clean vinyl banquettes too?

Hmmm, I love rubber floors, but I would have the same reservations about the nobbles. Some of the smoooooooth ones are lurvely though.

Don't you have to get some poncetastic screed floor laid underneath it or summat? I think if you don't then teeny weeny bit of dust will create enormous mound in floor in manner of princess and pea.

I can also reveal that there are vinyl floors which have similar nobular look, much less spenny and nobbles not sharp, therefore avoiding the grime ishoo. We had a white version in our old bathroom and a black one before that. Was fine.

Iused to go swimming in t'baths there ever morn for an age. Can't think what the school is tho, no dc then.

You may need a latex screed under it but it depends on the condition of the floor, you'd need the same under vinyl.
Rubber is nicer than vinyl and more environmentally friendly too.

...and about 6 times the price

Better for your family tho as it's made from a natural product rather than PVC which contains plasticisers which are linked to sick building syndrome. Rubber is about twice the price of vinyl however to get an equivalent quality vinyl the price reduces even further.
If you have a look at www.ufitflooring.com they show you lots of options including different patterns in rubber rather than just circular studs. They also sell marmolium (smooth flooring) which is another natural flooring sheet which can be used in bathrooms/ kitchens etc . I've specified this a lot as it's quite nice...and you can get images cut into it commercially. Did a nursery with a giant ladybird on a leaf once, the kids loved it.

thanks, everyone

and thanks for the linky, wonky

I do really, reeeeeeeeeeeally like nobbles. I know it's wrong

at forty quid-odd a square meter-plus fitting- wouldn't have much left over for kitchen

but get the feeling I would be on my hands and knees cleaning it. Possibly daily the rest of the time I'd probably just be rolling about on it

maybe need to think about the flat one instead

Hully they're closing that swimming pool. Which is a shame, as I have devised a Ladywell triathlon- once round Hilly Fields, 20 lengths of pool then cycle to Sainsbo's from Ladywell Fields thank fuck now I can stay in and watch telly instead

...ooh, Hully, was that when you lived in the Place Whose Name We Do/Dare Not Speak??

Might be totally wrong......but I imagine that dog hair would almost stick to a rubber floor and be a nightmare to clean up, esp with nobbles. I too have toyed with the idea of rubber.....

I googled dogs and rubber floors, and saw quite a lot of companies recommending using it with dogs

but then I spose they would say that, wouldn't they

I have staffies and they don't have hair, they have bristles- which stick into every porous surface

I am one of the owners of The Rubber Flooring Company and would be happy to answer all of the questions here (in a non-salesy way!) if it pleases the court?

ooooh timely thread! Would any of the posters on here, including salespeople, give me a recommendation for a playroom with a concrete floor, made out of a garage conversion. I was thinkng of rubber as hate vinyl and laminate (get me), cant see the point of putting expensive engineered wood in there that is going in in elsewhere. Children are young so want reasonably soft and practical. Not keen on knobbly bits.

befuzzled, I know everyone would expect this so I won't disappoint, rubber would be great for the playroom - it's easy to clean and tough. The "nobbles" or studs as we call them have a rounded shoulder so dirt won't jam into the sides of them meaning you can sweep and mop it as easily as if it was smooth.

We do a smooth and a slate effect too! They're all on our website

Samgt - this is very timely, very timely indeed. We are renovating a house and will be having a rubber floor. Why should we go to you and not Dalsouple? And really, really, tell me - for the bathroom with all the water spillage, what will maintain and look best - smooth or nobbles? And does too much light (from a window and a velux) possibly mark/fade the rubber?

I've had rubber before and it did get yellowy and marked and had to be stripped back and maintained. I've been advised getting it again for the same reason but the colour choices are too tempting

Don't do it! We have white rubber flooring in the bathroom and I hate it so much that after 4 years I have finally got DH to agree we can replace it. It is true that it is warm, soft, very waterproof and non-slip but it's an absolute bugger to keep clean and looks filthy an hour after I've been down on my hands and knees scrubbing the bloody knobbles. White obviously a particularly bad choice, but I am never ever having it again, even in black!

gobblygook - Dalsouple stopped supplying their products to domestic customers a couple of months ago as you can see here. We still don't really know why but their loss is our gain!

In terms of your bathroom, the smooth tile or sheet has a factory applied coating so cleaning is simply mopping. The stud (here known as nobbly!) does need to be stripped & polished but we do a kit with everything in for £30ish. As for the look, that really just depends on what you like and the colour scheme in mind.

UV can fade rubber slightly if it is very intense but generally this is unlikely to be a problem.

Has anyone considered linoleum? Lots of lovely colours and patterns and environmentally friendly too; although I have to admit not the softest thing underfoot. We had it in our kitchen in our previous house and it always looked clean (even when it really really wasn't). Much nicer than vinyl but I'm not sure about the price comparison with rubber......

marmoleum Walton comes in some nice sludgy colours. Think we have cement in the shower room. It's fantastique.

Can anyone tell us - do flat rubber floors attract the dust and dirt more than tiles?

Do you have to clean them more than tiled floors, for example?

Trying to decide for our kitchen.

Thanks!