ᐅ Vinyl flooring in a walk-in (curbless) shower

Hello,
I am still in the planning phase for building a house.
My wife would like a vinyl floor in the bathroom, including in the walk-in shower.

Does anyone have experience with this or know if and how it could be done?
From what I have found, it doesn’t seem like such a bad idea.
However, I have some doubts about the whole thing.

Thanks in advance for your help.

There are specialized systems that meet this requirement and should be installed by professionals. You definitely will not save money with them.
I wouldn’t want that myself, so I would ask what advantage she sees in it. Maybe it’s just about avoiding cold feet. That could be solved more effectively.

Stone82 schrieb:

My wife wants a vinyl floor in the bathroom that also extends into the walk-in shower.

Why? That’s quite an unusual request.

Not easy to implement. You will need specialists who know how to do this properly.
That means having “plastic” in the shower and probably paying more than you would for high-quality tiles or something comparable to a seamless coating.

She insists on having a uniform floor throughout almost the entire house. A colleague at work apparently has the same and is enthusiastic about it. Admittedly, a vinyl floor feels more comfortable than tiles. However, I didn’t expect this preference to be quite so specific.

Stone82 schrieb:

She insists on having the same flooring throughout almost the entire house.

How dull. Different rooms with different functions and furnishings can certainly have different types of flooring.

Stone82 schrieb:

She is simply determined to have a uniform floor throughout almost the entire house.

The concept of having a consistently uniform flooring can look very appealing. My younger sister implemented this in her home with a seamless self-leveling compound floor, and it truly looks stunning. The walk-in shower has the same beautiful floor as the living room. Accents are added here and there by using rugs. There is nothing boring about it.

For this concept to work, a certain sense of spaciousness is necessary, which is often lacking in houses optimized strictly for square meters.
Also, the floor must visually suit the main living area while meeting the practical demands of all rooms, since furniture needs to be placed close together to ensure enough functionality. This can get expensive—expect to pay at least €140 per square meter (about $150 per square yard) for a high-quality installation, whether it is microcement, screed, epoxy resin floors, polyurethane floors, or similar materials.

Trying to achieve this with laminate flooring is like putting a columned portico in front of a terraced house just because you like the castle look.