Flooring advice?

[Modette]

Can anyone recommend an adhesive that will stick vinyl to vinyl?

I have moved into a new build house and the kitchen and downstair loo have some heavy duty vinyl floor covering on a concrete floor. Its hideous. Reminds me of the stuff they had on the floors of holding cells in the prison I used to work at. Extremely hardwearing but this is my home not a prison!

I was hoping I could just lay some self adhesive floor tiles over the top of it. I have done this in previous properties over existing vinyl floor tiles and they are great, but its not working on this floor because its got a rough texture and silver speckles that catch the light. The floor is level but the vinyl is not smooth.

So my new self adhesive tiles are not staying put.

Is there an adhesive that I can spread on the existing floor that will hold the tiles in place?

I know the best answer is to rip the whole lot up and start again but I cant really afford to waste what I have spent on the self adhesive tiles and buy new ones.

Its also going to be a major task getting the existing stuff up, its stuck down really well.

Any advice would be most welcome

 

[dave]

shame you didn't ask this yesterday i had a man here doing exactly this because he put down the wrong colour last week, last week was blue this week i think i have prison floor its called hippo both are non slip.

 

[Modette]

Dave did he stick the new colour over the top of the old one and glue it down?

 

[dave]

yes but i don't know what glue he used it didn't smell like solvent based, he said if he took the old one up it would take up some of the self levelling latex he had put down before the first one. He also said wait as long as possible before walking on it.

my prison floor

at least i wont slip over any more though

 

[Modette]

Your prison floor is more sparkly than mine.

 

[dave]

i will have to be careful not to drop the soap

 

[(CZ)enda]

I believe any contact adhesive (polychloroprene-based) should do. I would be sceptical about using waterborne suspensions in combination with self-adhesive tiles.
Maybe it would help to degrease the existing tiles?

 

[Modette]

I gave up on the self adhesive tiles when I discovered this stuff which is amazing. Its PVC, clicks together like laminate, doesnt require any underlay and you can cut it with a stanley knife. Its awesome.


http://www.diy.com/departments/colo...l-click-tile-flooring-pack-149m/539743_BQ.prd

I am halfway through the kitchen

 

[(CZ)enda]

£25 per M2, for material only?

Seriously?

 

[chips1]

Yes there are cheaper options out there but most of this type of flooring these days do not come cheap. It is so simple to install and looks really good if done properly.