While tiles and vinyl floor coverings are still popular options for bathrooms, if your bathroom is very traditional in style, or if you have wooden or laminate flooring throughout the rest of your home, these options can look out of place.
If you’re struggling to find the perfect floor to complement your beautiful bathroom and love the look and feel of natural wood but are worried it’s not suitable, you’ll be pleased to learn you can easily replicate the appearance of solid wood. More affordable and versatile than hardwood flooring, laminates have come a long way in recent decades and are now one of the UK’s most popular floor coverings. With the huge variety of water-resistant laminates on the market these days, it’s easier than ever to get the look you want in your bathroom. While traditional laminate flooring is not suitable for use in bathrooms, special water-resistant options are designed to withstand the moisture levels and constant splashes and spills in normal household bathrooms.
Advantages of Water-Resistant Laminate
If you see laminate marketed as suitable for bathrooms and kitchens, you’ll know it can withstand everyday use in rooms with high moisture levels. Although the exact specifications will differ between brands and manufacturers, most water-resistant laminates will be able to cope with puddles of water left on them without the need for instant mopping up. This is ideal in busy family bathrooms, where the shower is in more or less constant use in the mornings, and you don’t have time to mop up splashes between each use. Laminates such as the Egger Laminate Aqua range come with reassuring 25-year guarantees, meaning you can rest assured they will be a match for your household’s needs.
Another advantage of using laminates in the bathroom is that they are generally easy to fit, and even a moderately experienced DIYer could re-floor an average bathroom in a few hours. While hardwood might be your dream flooring, it’s not generally suitable for bathrooms without specialist treatment and installation, and this all adds to the cost. Likewise, tiled floors can look great, but it’s hard to achieve a perfect professional finish without a great deal of experience. Flooring ranges such as Egger Laminate use the Uniclic system, making installation quick and easy.
If you’d like information about any of our flooring ranges, please don’t hesitate to contact us and we’ll be happy to help.