ᐅ Which type of flooring is recommended for a utility room with a screed base – DIY options or tiles?
Created on: 24 Feb 2023 10:32
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Jurassic135J
Jurassic13524 Feb 2023 10:32Hello everyone,
In our house, built in 2007, the utility room only has the bare screed floor. The original builders probably cut costs and just left it like that.
The room is just under 7 square meters (about 75 square feet) and, as usual, besides the technical installations, it also houses the washing machine, dryer, and freezer.
Directly adjacent is the kitchen, where tiles have been laid and end with a metal strip at the utility room. From there, the floor drops down a few millimeters (inches) to the screed.
Bare screed is neither visually appealing nor comfortable to walk on, so we would like to install some kind of floor covering.
Option 1: Have tiles installed – but then we would first need to find a tiler willing to take on a 7 square meter (75 square feet) job with many awkward cutouts (pipes, etc.). I’m not sure if we’ll find someone.
Option 2: DIY – install something ourselves.
Can you recommend a floor covering suitable for a utility room that can be installed by beginners? We are absolute novices when it comes to flooring; so far, we haven’t even laid laminate or carpet. We also don’t have any large tools. I’m unclear how to manage the floor around all the pipes. You can use pipe collars for the cutouts, but I imagine that will still be difficult.
The flooring should be suitable for damp environments since there is always a chance of water from the washing machine etc. Our washing machine has leaked before, and the heating system’s expansion vessel has sprayed water, so the floor must be able to handle that.
Is this even a reasonable project for beginners, or should we look for a professional tiler? Maybe you have experience or ideas on how we could do this cost-effectively but properly.
In our house, built in 2007, the utility room only has the bare screed floor. The original builders probably cut costs and just left it like that.
The room is just under 7 square meters (about 75 square feet) and, as usual, besides the technical installations, it also houses the washing machine, dryer, and freezer.
Directly adjacent is the kitchen, where tiles have been laid and end with a metal strip at the utility room. From there, the floor drops down a few millimeters (inches) to the screed.
Bare screed is neither visually appealing nor comfortable to walk on, so we would like to install some kind of floor covering.
Option 1: Have tiles installed – but then we would first need to find a tiler willing to take on a 7 square meter (75 square feet) job with many awkward cutouts (pipes, etc.). I’m not sure if we’ll find someone.
Option 2: DIY – install something ourselves.
Can you recommend a floor covering suitable for a utility room that can be installed by beginners? We are absolute novices when it comes to flooring; so far, we haven’t even laid laminate or carpet. We also don’t have any large tools. I’m unclear how to manage the floor around all the pipes. You can use pipe collars for the cutouts, but I imagine that will still be difficult.
The flooring should be suitable for damp environments since there is always a chance of water from the washing machine etc. Our washing machine has leaked before, and the heating system’s expansion vessel has sprayed water, so the floor must be able to handle that.
Is this even a reasonable project for beginners, or should we look for a professional tiler? Maybe you have experience or ideas on how we could do this cost-effectively but properly.
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Jurassic13524 Feb 2023 12:45Hmm, is there a nicer version of this? I’ve only seen it in cheap rental apartments so far, but for installation, it’s probably not a bad option...
The flooring should also be as free of harmful substances as possible. Maybe I’m biased, and there are better products now than the ones I remember from older apartments.
Edit:
Google says:
“The Consumer Advice Center NRW generally advises against using flexible PVC (polyvinyl chloride) floor coverings as a precaution because these floorings usually release plasticizers, which can mainly be detected in house dust and their breakdown products in urine.”
So that would probably not be suitable for us.
What about click vinyl flooring? Is it suitable for the utility room (because of water)? It seems like it can be cut with a utility knife. I think we could manage that, even around the pipes. It doesn’t have to be 100% perfect.
The flooring should also be as free of harmful substances as possible. Maybe I’m biased, and there are better products now than the ones I remember from older apartments.
Edit:
Google says:
“The Consumer Advice Center NRW generally advises against using flexible PVC (polyvinyl chloride) floor coverings as a precaution because these floorings usually release plasticizers, which can mainly be detected in house dust and their breakdown products in urine.”
So that would probably not be suitable for us.
What about click vinyl flooring? Is it suitable for the utility room (because of water)? It seems like it can be cut with a utility knife. I think we could manage that, even around the pipes. It doesn’t have to be 100% perfect.
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