Anyone had success self-installing cheap & cheerful kitchen flooring?

[kava5]

Anyone had success self-installing cheap & cheerful kitchen flooring?
Would like to cover up finally ugly old tiles by directly laying new peel & stick tiles over them. Anybody have advice?
I'm open to other concepts -painting the floor, other materials...
Especially does anyone recommend a particular vendor or product to try? I'm gearing towards getting something at Home Depot but not sure where to start.

[goulaisgirl]

i am going to try the vinyl plank flooring this weekend , will let you know how it goes, My coworkers say its very easy with great results

[walkonby]

kava5 I was under the impression HD was discontinuing the peel and stick tiles. The last time I was in searching for some they had nothing! Believe it or not I have seen peel and stick tiles at a Dollar Store many times. Good luck. Is your kitchen floor area large? That was always our problem, a large floor surface translated into more $$ than we wanted to spend.

[kava5]

kava5 I was under the impression HD was discontinuing the peel and stick tiles. The last time I was in searching for some they had nothing! Believe it or not I have seen peel and stick tiles at a Dollar Store many times. Good luck. Is your kitchen floor area large? That was always our problem, a large floor surface translated into more $$ than we wanted to spend.

I've seen the peel & stick at Dollarama, but they were all beige-ish, & I wanted more a more grey look.

Finally ordered 12 in. x 12 in. Coastal Grey Resilient Vinyl Tile Flooring (yes peel & stick!) at Home Depot.

Here's the link, the reviews are very interesting to read:

http://www.homedepot.ca/product/cera...ft-case/915992

We ordered 2 cases for our kitchen, so that's $120, not bad if it ends up looking like ceramic tile like the reviews promise. The in-store samples looked very classy.

We just placed the order so haven't received these yet: I'll try to remember to post how it all turns out.

Thanks for wishing me luck as this will be the 1st time I've ever attempted to install a floor.

[kava5]

i am going to try the vinyl plank flooring this weekend , will let you know how it goes, My coworkers say its very easy with great results

Hope this project goes well for you. One of my co-workers warned against "floating laminate" (the click & lock type) as they reported some water leaking under their floor after a few years so I decided to go with peel 'n' stick.

[BC Gal]

It all depends on the condition of the floor you are putting it over. I got cheap peel n stick tile then realized there was a lot more prep to the floor before I could lay it. Any tiny little bump or divot showed through. The second floor I did was over bare plywood and it had some knots and I wanted a nice smooth laying floor. I used the Allure flooring from Home Depot; it comes in strips of three and just sticks together along the seam. It was a bit harder to lay as it needs to be put down correctly the first shot, but it was a beautiful flat floor once finished. I saw mixed reviews on the Home Depot website about this product, but I really liked it and found it to be very durable and easy to clean.

[walkonby]

I've seen the peel & stick at Dollarama, but they were all beige-ish, & I wanted more a more grey look.

Finally ordered 12 in. x 12 in. Coastal Grey Resilient Vinyl Tile Flooring (yes peel & stick!) at Home Depot.

Here's the link, the reviews are very interesting to read:

http://www.homedepot.ca/product/cera...ft-case/915992

We ordered 2 cases for our kitchen, so that's $120, not bad if it ends up looking like ceramic tile like the reviews promise. The in-store samples looked very classy.

We just placed the order so haven't received these yet: I'll try to remember to post how it all turns out.

Thanks for wishing me luck as this will be the 1st time I've ever attempted to install a floor.

one of the reviews said they used grout in between? I thought the peel and stick tiles were placed flush with each edge? Oh well I am sure yours will look mahvelous ( my sad Billy Crystal as Fernando reference....lol )

[kava5]

It all depends on the condition of the floor you are putting it over. I got cheap peel n stick tile then realized there was a lot more prep to the floor before I could lay it. Any tiny little bump or divot showed through. The second floor I did was over bare plywood and it had some knots and I wanted a nice smooth laying floor. I used the Allure flooring from Home Depot; it comes in strips of three and just sticks together along the seam. It was a bit harder to lay as it needs to be put down correctly the first shot, but it was a beautiful flat floor once finished. I saw mixed reviews on the Home Depot website about this product, but I really liked it and found it to be very durable and easy to clean.

Yes the old floor showing through cheap vinyl replacement tiles is a problem I saw mentioned a few times. This would depend on the thickness of the new tiles used: a cheap vinyl replacement tile would be 1 to 1.2mm thick. That's why I made sure to look for tiles at least 2mm thick. The ones we ended up ordering are listed at 3mm thick, & no reviews mentioned problems with old tile showing through, but the drawback with using thicker tiles is that they are much harder to cut.

I'm glad you like your new flooring!

[kava5]

one of the reviews said they used grout in between? I thought the peel and stick tiles were placed flush with each edge? Oh well I am sure yours will look mahvelous ( my sad Billy Crystal as Fernando reference....lol )

Installing grout is too high-end for my ambition. These tiles are apparently able to be installed with or without grout. I used the Google image search engine to see examples of this tile installed without grout and the pics people posted looked great, IMO.

Actually this is a good tip: if you are interested in a particular type of floor, the Google image search function can be very useful to see some peoples' posted results.

[Tweets77]

We put down a peel and stick tile looking floating floor in my mother's utility room. I has been down about 10 months now, and still looks brand new. Purchased at Home Depot but was over $200.

[kava5]

We put down a peel and stick tile looking floating floor in my mother's utility room. I has been down about 10 months now, and still looks brand new. Purchased at Home Depot but was over $200.

Do you recall which product you installed? (might be kind of tough to remember after so long...)

If you select a product that doesn't absolutely require professional installation & are able to self install you've already saved about $1000 (and up) in labour costs (this figure I was able to calculate online by using Home Depot's flooring cost estimator calculator.)

Professionally installing some types of carpeting or hardwood flooring might cost thousands of dollars: IMO if you are able to get away with less than $250 to $300 to get a whole new floor you got it cheap!

It also depends on how important the room is to you. For example if your kitchen or bathroom has really ugly tile it might be well worth a few hundred dollars to replace it if only to spruce up your mood.