Flooring Options

JimmyMW

New house we are moved in around 7-8 months, we have a laundry room and office which share a floor finish which is Lino, last night in the office I managed to very easily tear the Lino with the legs of a chair, sufficed to say there is now a hole in the floor. Will need to replace the floor at some point, however as the original floor finish was to be a painted concrete and we have an external door opening into the room, there is no space for anything thicker than Lino, has anyone any suggestion of a more durable floor finish which will be no thicker than Lino?

Lumen

High quality vinyl? e.g. Amtico.

I have a vinyl floor in my kitchen that's probably been down decades. It gets the usual amount of kitchen wear and shrugs it off.

seannash

JimmyMW wrote: »

New house we are moved in around 7-8 months, we have a laundry room and office which share a floor finish which is Lino, last night in the office I managed to very easily tear the Lino with the legs of a chair, sufficed to say there is now a hole in the floor. Will need to replace the floor at some point, however as the original floor finish was to be a painted concrete and we have an external door opening into the room, there is no space for anything thicker than Lino, has anyone any suggestion of a more durable floor finish which will be no thicker than Lino?

You haven't mentioned a budget or indeed what your preference is.Cut the door and install new saddles. Glue down a wood floor. That would be my suggestion

Rows Grower

Lift the lino, clean and paint the concrete.

JimmyMW

seannash wrote: »

You haven't mentioned a budget or indeed what your preference is.Cut the door and install new saddles. Glue down a wood floor. That would be my suggestion

External door, cannot be cut or raised significantly. Our preference is durability, and as thin as Lino. With regards budget, as our other criteria will limit our options significantly we can address the costs afterwards

JimmyMW

Lumen wrote: »

High quality vinyl? e.g. Amtico.

I have a vinyl floor in my kitchen that's probably been down decades. It gets the usual amount of kitchen wear and shrugs it off.

Thanks Ill check that out

JimmyMW

Rows Grower wrote: »

Lift the lino, clean and paint the concrete.

Concrete finish is not good enough im afraid, hence the change from the original painted surface finish.

Rows Grower

JimmyMW wrote: »

Concrete finish is not good enough im afraid, hence the change from the original painted surface finish.

Screed it with an epoxy resin levelling compound.

seannash

JimmyMW wrote: »

External door, cannot be cut or raised significantly. Our preference is durability, and as thin as Lino. With regards budget, as our other criteria will limit our options significantly we can address the costs afterwards

It can be done, You'd probably need about an inch off it to install a glued down solid floor. Laminate a bit less..
But with what you have said I'd echo the vinyl approach or perhaps if its viable you could polish the concrete.

JimmyMW

seannash wrote: »

It can be done, You'd probably need about an inch off it to install a glued down solid floor. Laminate a bit less..
But with what you have said I'd echo the vinyl approach or perhaps if its viable you could polish the concrete.

Well anything can be done, I could remove the door and put in a new door with a higher threshold and therefore a higher clearance on the floor, however I do not want to do any other work other than replace the floor covering. The adjustment on the door will not allow sufficient room for a thicker floor than a Lino style thickness, you cannot categorically state, having not seen the door or have any information on the door that it "Can be Done"