Stick-on tiles

[Cocochai]

Has anyone used these and what do you think of them? Are they relatively easy to install and have they been durable? Which brand did you use?

I’m looking at options for replacing the bathroom and kitchen flooring plus the kitchen splash backs.

No idea what they are like now but we did have stick on tiles on the kitchen floor in our old house years ago.
They weren’t great tbh. They seemed quite brittle & the mop would occasionally pull a corner up and it would snap off. I wouldn’t fancy them on a bathroom floor though. We moved in this house & it has sticky laminate effect planks. It was super sticky and we couldn’t see any gaps anywhere but, when we lifted them, water from feet stepping out of the shower had obviously gone between the plank gaps as the floorboards were all black with mould.

Have you thought about looking in carpet shops at the offcut section? They usually have end of roll or odd sizes of both carpet and vinyl flooring at discount prices. You can get decent sized bathroom and kitchen flooring & it might be a better option than stick down tiles if cost is an issue. The old flooring can be used to as a template to cut around for fitting if you are wanting to do it yourself rather than have fitters.

I watched a Youtube on these just yesterday! They said all stick-ons are not created equal which makes sense. The better quality ones have stronger stickiness. Also, they said if you want to use floor tiles on the walls (for a more modern look) you may well need additional adhesive because they can unpeel. They also recommeded hiring a weighted roller for the floor to firmly compress the tiles. The couple I watched used spacers and grouted theirs.

I’ve used them in a couple of places as a stop gap for rooms that will have to wait to be done properly but I couldn’t live with in the meantime.

The porch real wood flooring was black from water damage so I bought some cheap vinyl planks from eBay to cover it up. They’ve been down three years and it’s held up much better than I expected.

I then used poprock brand from B&Q to cover up horrible wall tiles. They are much better quality and look surprisingly good. I used an outdoor grade adhesive to really stick them down and everything is still stuck solid, even in the shower, three years later. I’ll be a bit sad when I have to do the bathroom properly as I love how it turned out! I’ve put shelves and pictures up since the photo below was taken. The planks are easy to cut and fit, you just need a Stanley knife and a roller.