Bathroom Flooring

[Murloc]

I've always had tiles and all bathrooms in my part of the world have tiles.
Grout lines can get stained with oil but they're not a problem with hair, just make sure it's dry before vacuuming. The stains get weaker after a while anyway. Also who puts oil on the bathroom floor?

It's also waterproof, I've been living more than 10 years in this house, which has a finnish-style shower (basically it's a dead-end corridor with a shower curtain and the shower behind it, and a hole for the water to go down, the floor is slightly inclined in that area to make water falls towards the shower hole, the tile has never been redone and it's wet most of the time due to frequent use of the shower and it hasn't leaked. Basically the tiling inside and outside of the shower is seamless, only the curtain says where the shower ends.

Also vinyl and all other plasticky stuff feels bad, looks bad and cheap, smells bad, warps, rots and all that sort of stuff.

Tiles feel smooth and clean and fresh on the feet, are clean, are easy to clean etc.

I have almost shiny tile and I shower on it and it's not slippery at all (it has a built in irregularity I think).

I walk on a shower carpet out of the shower and then into my sandals I use in the house so I think heating is useless.

 

[highland145]

I think you can buy grout now that advertises never needing sealed. I think it's a quartz based one. No clue on the truth in advertising on that.

Epoxy but a tile guy I know says there's no way in hell he'll use it...pita supposedly.

 

[rsutoratosu]

A lot of tile is pretty slippery when wet. Grout lines make cleanup very difficult, especially with a wife and dog that drop hair everywhere. Grout has to be resealed every so often to remain waterproof. Tile is cold. And the biggest one - wife said so.

yes, tile is cold, im doing a kitchen now and I put in in-floor heating.. hopefully i'll make this winter better

 

[Krazy4Real]

Tell your wife she is wrong and get tile.

 

[Murloc]

yes, tile is cold, im doing a kitchen now and I put in in-floor heating.. hopefully i'll make this winter better

sounds like a great idea, that way you can clean the floors with your socks at the same time.

Am I the only one who uses pic related?

 

[edro]

Use rugs on tile if your feets are cold.

 

[DougK62]

Epoxy but a tile guy I know says there's no way in hell he'll use it...pita supposedly.

Epoxy grout is awesome and very easy to tool. You just need to work fast as it sets up quickly. Pro-tip is to put it on ice while it's in the bucket - it won't cure as fast.

 

[highland145]

Epoxy grout is awesome and very easy to tool. You just need to work fast as it sets up quickly. Pro-tip is to put it on ice while it's in the bucket - it won't cure as fast.

The guy I mentioned is old school so that may have contributed to his attitude.

Thanks for the tip. I'm done tiling for a while, I hope, both baths are done and none in the kitchen. I'm sure there will be a "friend in need" though.

 

[DrPizza]

If you're in a colder climate, going with a heated floor & tile floor is pretty nice, but much more pricey. If you want to save money and still have it look decent, Armstrong makes a pretty thick vinyl floor that is free floating - just cut to size and put it in there (I assume toe molding will be above it on most of the edges, silicone around the tub & toilet.) If d-i-y, the former is going to take you a couple of days, the latter would take an hour. I'm not sure of any other viable alternatives - you could go with a very well sealed wood, but I'm always leery about wood in such a moist environment.

 

[Scarpozzi]

Tile....go for 16-18" tile. It'll make the room feel bigger and you'll have less grout lines to worry about. Plus, it'll look classy. Not all that expensive to install...just find someone with a wet saw and buy some small 12 inch tiles for $.60 if you need to practice cuts before you sink into the $2.50-4 tiles.

I know you may not like tile, but go beige or tan and it'll probably last 15-30 years before it's out of style... If you don't expect it to be down that long, go ahead and install electric in-floor radiant heat pads in under the tile. Costs a few hundred and some companies will customize a mat you simply stick it to the floor with thinset, create a mortar bed on top and then tile over it... Can be a 1.5-2 day job.