How can we make a tiled bathroom floor feel less cold?

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We bought a house last summer - it’s a chalet bungalow with the main bathroom on the ground floor. The bathroom floor is freezing cold. It’s a concrete floor with tiles laid on top (and they don’t really seem like proper floor tiles either as they’re very slippery when wet). The only heating in the bathroom is one of those towel rack radiators and it is lukewarm at best.

The kids hate using the bathroom as their feet get cold, and I’m not enjoying it much either. I’ve got a few bath mats as a short term fix but they never dry and need washing often which is a bit of a faff.

The bathroom itself isn’t to my taste, but it is functional and fairly new so we don’t want to pay to replace it yet.

Does anyone have any suggestions for a medium-term solution to take some of the chill off the floor? Can we lay anything on top?

Appreciate any advice, thank you!

Can you change the towel rail to a decent one that outputs much more heat? My DSis swapped her kitchen one to her freezing bathroom and added a little rail attachment for towels. Huge difference immediately. (She was about to remodel kitchen)

If you’re looking for a short term, cheap fix then put sheet linoleum or vinyl on top of the tiles.

I was going to suggest this too. You could just lay it over the top without too much cost.

Wear slippers? That’s what we do.
Or put Lino down, as suggested.

Can you just replace the floor tiles with something like vinyl and put underfloor heating down? It's fantastic and doesn't cost too much

I trained the relatives and kids to always wear clogs or slippers in the bathroom, plus after showers put two towels folded on top of each other. Problem solved

put Sliders on when you enter the room

Look into the towel rail too. Is it plumbed or electric? Does it need bleeding? Should it be replaced for a larger one?

We recently replaced an electric towel rail to a WiFi controlled one and doubled its size. The difference in warmth for that bathroom is huge.

Have spare microfibre bathmats so they can be dried/ replaced more easily. A dedicated rail to hang them up to dry between uses might help. Vinyl flooring and slippers/ flip-flops as already suggested.

This is hugely helpful, thanks everyone!
We do wear slippers (which definitely helps) but it’s still a cold room. We will certainly look into replacing the towel rail radiator with an electric one, that’s a great idea.

For those that suggested vinyl, are there any specific types that you know would be easy to lay and insulate against the cold? Or would any type work? (Sorry if that’s a stupid question but I’m a bit clueless on flooring!). Thanks!

We have granite grey tile effect roll vinyl on our concrete kitchen floor, it has a cushioned back which is where the insulation is. I expect thicker will give more insulation, but you may be limited by things like door cupboards etc. Pop into a carpet shop and see what they have to have a look.

It does sound like you need more heat in the room so a larger (higher BTU heat output) radiator would help. Have you bled the radiator and checked the valves are fully open so the hot water gets into it?

Foam Mats are what you need.
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Yes any vinyl off the roll will be fine, the thicker the better, but as pp says check for doors etc.
i laid my own in my utility room- a wood effect is best for not showing wonky bits!

Thanks so much! Really appreciate all the advice.

Use rugs or bath towels. I have a cold floor and have 3 rugs so I'm never touching the cold tiles.