What is on your bathroom floor?

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Can I ask what you have down on your bathroom floor? We have two littlies who think they are fish in the bath, and currently have lino but need to replace it. I like tiles but not sure if they'd be practical or within our budget? Want something economical, practical and lasting - don't ask for much! The rest of the bathroom is neutral, white tiling on walls.

Thanks

On my bathroom floor I have, some damp towels, toys, dirty washing, half of my make up bag, and lord only knows what in the corners .

I have a fully tiled family bathroom in smooth travertine. It was in when I bought the house so no idea what that costs, but it looks nice if not a little popular. That is practical so far, but now DD is begining to climb out of the bath herself its a slippy trip hazard and I'm a bit wary about it.

In the en suite we have carpet , that is shortly to be removed and replaced with karndean flooring. It is a 'posh' lino, it looks like real wood, its very nice. Its not the cheapest of flooring, but as bathrooms are small it becomes affordable.

I think the karndean is the most fish family friendly

vinyl is not the best, but it is easy to take up when you need to let the floorboards dry out, or to get at pipes for a repair.

A tiled or laminated floor is a great trial and expense if there is ever an underfloor leak, or an alteration needed.

Washable cotton mats soften it, absorb drips and spills, and are very easy to keep clean

We have amtico on our bathroom floor. It's £££ but manageable as our bathroom is postage stamp-sized. It's been down for 12 years and still looks good, in spite of the abuse it gets from the dc. Easy to mop too.

Proper lino ie Marmoleum is what you want, this is what I have told many a Mnetter (and clients when I was doing interiors work).

Lovely and soft/warm underfoot, natural product, easy to clean and hides dust well.
Also you wont break a bone if you fall on it, unlike tiles/stone.

In this house we have ceramic tiles which I don't like as they are cold and a bit boring to look at.

In our old house, I had Marmoleum in a lovely sea green...I loved it, it's warm and vibrant. I am saving up for it for this bathroom.

But isn't lino sort of mottled looking? It's not a flat colour, which put me off as I wanted to use it,

It's not a flat colour. I suppose it depends on the colour you choose as to how mottled it looks. Ours had a slight twinkle to it!

Travertine with electric underfloor heating. Costs a fortune!!

Thanks everyone . Is Marmoleum similar to Karndean/Amtico?

I've got Marmoleum, in a lovely sea blue colour. It is a genuine linoleum (as opposed to cheaper vinyls that get called 'lino', made largely from natural materials. It has been down six years and looks as good as new - it's waterproof and warm underfoot. I wouldn't hesitate to have it again.

Shimbo Marmoleum is made from natural materials such as cork and linseed and is anti bacterial and good for asmtha sufferers apparently.
Karndean/Amtico are vinyl and made from plastic.

I have honed marble tiles with electric undertile heating. I love it.

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Marmoleum all the way - we got it on Pannacotta's suggestion and are super happy with it.

The last time we replaced bathroom flooring, we got the thickest vinyl cushion flooring stuff (think had Rhino in the name) we could find in the local carpet shop, which looked like stone tiles if you squinted a bit.

Was expensive but would have it again - not very chic, but we found it hardwearing and warm in winter, despite DS behaving like a demented dolphin at bathtime and us having to mop up afterwards every night.

Rather mucky carpet but at least it's toasty warm underfoot when you get out of the shower.

Can I ask if you have Marmoleum where you get it from please? Thank you again, it sounds ideal.

Ps... the name make me think of orange tiles and marmalade

John Lewis do Marmoleum, but we got ours from a local independent flooring company which also offered it. They had to order the colour we wanted. It didn't work out super expensive, but that's partly because our bathroom is titchy. I think you do want to use a company which is used to laying Marmoleum -- my understanding (which may be wrong!) is it doesn't behave in the same way as vinyl flooring, so I wouldn't want someone who didn't usually lay it to 'have a go'.

rubber stud flooring. Get it in any colour you like, great for kids and warm underfoot.

We've got something very similar to this - www.toppstiles.co.uk/tprod41836/section-1/Lifestone-Nacar.html large format non slip tiles but ours are a slightly warmer colour. We've also got one of these m.johnlewis.com/mt/www.johnlewis.com/102696/Product.aspx which mops up the water pistol fights etc

We have a shower room with tiles and a bathroom with old floorboards covered in rugs that take all the splashes, falls, dirt etc. Lino needs v careful laying. Amtico is pricey but you can almost lay yourself. Carpet is not the worst, despite what snobs say - and comfy.

We have woven vinyl. I really wanted something like sisal/seagrass but obviously it's not remotely practical in a bathroom used with small children. So I spent hours internet trawling and came up with www.unnaturalflooring.com. We've got Savannah and it looks fab. Very natural but any drips and puddles just wipe up with no damage. Carpet fitter said he has it too and it has lasted really well with two children doing their worst.

Honestly, I'm not connected to the company, it's just one of those finds I've been really really pleased with!