|
|
Post by sunnyd on Jun 6, 2022 20:38:02 GMT
We need new flooring in a laundry room FAST. We don't have time to tile it, which we would normally do. It's long and narrow. 6' x 16'. There are so many super cute designs of peel & stick 12x12 vinyl tiles. My head is screaming, "NO!, due to it likely not being durable at all. I really need linoleum/sheet vinyl but I can only find VERY UGLY designs at Home Depot and no flooring stores carry it. I also need the flooring material to be very thin/flat so tile, laminate, LVP won't work. If you used 12x12 peel & stick, how did it go? How has it worn? TIA!
|
|
scrappinwithoutpeas
Pearl Clutcher
Posts: 2,938 
Location: Northern Virginia
|
Post by scrappinwithoutpeas on Jun 6, 2022 20:42:36 GMT
A long time ago, we used the peel & stick flooring in a small area (maybe a closet or laundry room, I really don't remember) and it was fine. Not the longest wearing, but then neither is linoleum anyway. IIRC, it was durable and lasted/wore fairly well. I would go with a pattern you like in the peel & stick since you need it quickly.
|
|
|
|
Post by MichyM on Jun 6, 2022 20:53:05 GMT
I used it back in the 90's. It looked pretty worn after a few years. It was weird, it was like dirt got embedded into it. No matter how hard I scrubbed on my hands and knees, no matter the product I used, I could not get it off/out. Had it not been for that, I'd recommend as it stayed down really well. If you know that you'll replace it with other flooring in the next few years, I say go for it. If you're expecting it to last more than 5 years, I'd look into other options. Particularly if your laundry is a high traffic area.
|
|
|
|
Post by mom on Jun 6, 2022 21:01:36 GMT
I used it back in the 90's. It looked pretty worn after a few years. It was weird, it was like dirt got embedded into it. No matter how hard I scrubbed on my hands and knees, no matter the product I used, I could not get it off/out. Had it not been for that, I'd recommend as it stayed down really well. If you know that you'll replace it with other flooring in the next few years, I say go for it. If you're expecting it to last more than 5 years, I'd look into other options. Particularly if your laundry is a high traffic area. I agree with all of this. Short term it will be fine as long as no water sits on it. If water sits on it, it was peel up and mess up your sub floor. |
|
|
|
Post by jenjie on Jun 6, 2022 21:05:19 GMT
I used it back in the 90's. It looked pretty worn after a few years. It was weird, it was like dirt got embedded into it. No matter how hard I scrubbed on my hands and knees, no matter the product I used, I could not get it off/out. Had it not been for that, I'd recommend as it stayed down really well. If you know that you'll replace it with other flooring in the next few years, I say go for it. If you're expecting it to last more than 5 years, I'd look into other options. Particularly if your laundry is a high traffic area. I agree with all of this. Short term it will be fine as long as no water sits on it. If water sits on it, it was peel up and mess up your sub floor. Agreed. I have it in my powder room and it’s coming up. I didn’t know you’re not supposed to use much water (mopping). So now I’ll have to adhere it again. |
|
|
|
Post by crazy4scraps on Jun 6, 2022 21:10:32 GMT
The fact that you want to put it down in a laundry room is what would concern me, since there is always the potential for the room to get accidentally flooded. We put some of those down in our sink base cabinets to protect the floor of the cabinet from sink floods, but obviously those don’t get walked on so they last fine in that setting.
Are you sure there isn’t a waterproof plank vinyl flooring that would be thin enough? Some of the stuff we used at our lake cabin is pretty thin, clicked together easily, looks good and is waterproof.
|
|
Gennifer
Drama Llama
Posts: 5,014
|
Post by Gennifer on Jun 7, 2022 4:10:22 GMT
We used it in the early 2000s, and it did not hold up well even in the two years we lived in that house. I would hope it’s improved over time, but I haven’t been interested in trying it again.
|
|
|
|
Post by jennoconnell on Jun 7, 2022 5:15:25 GMT
sunnyd I know you are asking about vinyl tiles, but you mentioned you might be open to linoleum. Do you have Lowe's Home Improvement stores where you live? I was able to get really nice looking "wood" look low gloss sheet vinyl installed by them a few years ago. I had very good luck with it, and received a lot of compliments. I actually found it because a friend of mine had it in her home and loved it. I don't see the actual product I used on their website right now, but I'm pretty sure it was either Congoleum or Stain Master. Good luck!
|
|
|
|
Post by peased2bhere on Jun 7, 2022 12:59:16 GMT
Offhand, I can’t tell you the brand because we put it in over 5 years ago, but we installed it in our hallway and kitchen and it looks just like the day we put it in. High traffic areas and we have pets. We bought it at Home Depot, and it was the kind that you can put in with grout as well as being peel and stick. We’ve been really happy with it.
|
|
|
|
Post by melanell on Jun 7, 2022 13:10:21 GMT
We just did a powder room in it, and liked enough to then buy enough for our full bath as well. It's not our first choice, but both rooms already had peel & stick flooring that was decades old and it was just falling apart. We know eventually we want to do some time consuming restoration in both of those rooms, but we are not ready to do it now. And we personally aren't fans of laminate planks or tiles. So we went with a pretty 12x12 vinyl peel and stick for now. It's doing absolutely fine at this point, although it's only been 6 months. Those are the only 2 bathrooms we have, so they get a lot of wear and tear, plus moisture from being bathroom spaces.
|
|
|
|
Post by iamkristinl16 on Jun 7, 2022 14:39:11 GMT
We used peel and stick vinyl in the bathrooms a few years ago. It seems to be holding up much better than the previous peel and stick that was in one of the bathrooms previously, and the tiles are thick. My stepmom has it in her kitchen and it is great. I did do grout as well. It took about a weekend to do each bathroom.
|
|
milocat
Drama Llama
Posts: 5,449
Location: 55 degrees north in Alberta, Canada
|
Post by milocat on Jun 7, 2022 14:53:47 GMT
A long time ago, we used the peel & stick flooring in a small area (maybe a closet or laundry room, I really don't remember) and it was fine. Not the longest wearing, but then neither is linoleum anyway. IIRC, it was durable and lasted/wore fairly well. I would go with a pattern you like in the peel & stick since you need it quickly. Why do you say lino isn't long wearing? I've seen it last 15, 30, 40 years. |
|
scrappinwithoutpeas
Pearl Clutcher
Posts: 2,938
Location: Northern Virginia
|
Post by scrappinwithoutpeas on Jun 7, 2022 16:31:59 GMT
A long time ago, we used the peel & stick flooring in a small area (maybe a closet or laundry room, I really don't remember) and it was fine. Not the longest wearing, but then neither is linoleum anyway. IIRC, it was durable and lasted/wore fairly well. I would go with a pattern you like in the peel & stick since you need it quickly. Why do you say lino isn't long wearing? I've seen it last 15, 30, 40 years. Yes, it does actually last a long time (one of ours is about 20 years old - the other older than that); I should have been more clear in my description. I guess what I probably should have said is that while linoleum lasts a long time, in my experience it doesn't continue looking great for as long as the life of it. It loses some of it's shine, and just has a worn look after a certain period of time, IMHO. Can you tell I want to replace my lino floor, LOL?  |
|
|
|
Post by kamper on Jun 7, 2022 16:50:14 GMT
We put it down in our motorhome 2 years ago. I think it's held up well. There are light rub marks where to slides come in but, considering what they weigh (probably a thousand pounds each) I think that's pretty good. I would think it would work well in a laundry room just make sure the floor is clean and flat any imperfection (bump) will show thru. We got ours from the Home Depot.
|
|
twinsmomfla99
Pearl Clutcher
Posts: 3,996
|
Post by twinsmomfla99 on Jun 8, 2022 0:09:00 GMT
We put some in one of our bathrooms in2012. It still looks great.
I had some in my kitchen in the late 1980s, early 1990s. This is so much better! It came in 18x18 squares with a matte finish. We used spacers in between and did a thin grout strip around them.
|
|
|
|
Post by chaosisapony on Jun 8, 2022 3:06:06 GMT
I have peel and stick in my kitchen, entry way, laundry room and bathrooms. It is a distressed wood look. It looks nice and I had no idea when I bought the place that it was peel and stick. I don't baby it at all and it has worn really well these last 4 years. I even had a flood in a bathroom that cause the tiles to pop up, all I did was blow dry them, dry the area thoroughly and stick them back down with a heavy book on top and they stuck right back down. You can't ever tell anything happened. It's changed my opinion of peel and stick a lot.
|
|
|
|
Post by chaosisapony on Jun 8, 2022 3:08:50 GMT
sunnyd I know you are asking about vinyl tiles, but you mentioned you might be open to linoleum. Do you have Lowe's Home Improvement stores where you live? I was able to get really nice looking "wood" look low gloss sheet vinyl installed by them a few years ago. I had very good luck with it, and received a lot of compliments. I actually found it because a friend of mine had it in her home and loved it. I don't see the actual product I used on their website right now, but I'm pretty sure it was either Congoleum or Stain Master. Good luck! My mom has a room done in wood look sheet vinyl. It gets installed with a heavy duty tape around the edges. It's low shine and honestly, at a quick glance you can't tell it's not wood. It's perfect for her sunroom where she keeps her plants since there's always the danger of water going places. |
|
