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anyone ever laid it? what would I potentially need to do so in a bathroom?

scrap that. looks expensive. budget for bathroom floor is as little as is humanly possible and yes I have tried looking on freecycle. got to live with the manky carpet a bit longer me thinks.

Sometimes your local market has a carpet man who sells off cuts cheap - thats where I bought my cushioned vinyl flooring - lordy that sounds posh! lol - it didn't cost much more than a tenner!

well that's good 'cos we spent this morning taking a recce of all the carpet shops we could get to by bus or on foot today and it was hopeless.
one was just a bit too expensive, the other 2 were extortionate.
I'll take a walk into town tomorrow. never thought of the market :D

many years ago there used to be a guy on the market selling off cuts...he's probably collecting his pension now though

if the worst comes to the worst I'll get the bus to pitsea. that's a bigger market.


*edited to add the pitsea thing*

I got a few packs of cork tiles and will be sticking them to Hardboard cut to fit the floor and sealing them, that way if i need to get under the floor it is easy to lift the hardboard sheet and replace it without damaging it.

I bought vinyl tiles for the bathroom - they were on special at B&Q, just when I needed them; dead easy to lay, and worked out pretty cheap.

You could also try your local pound shop - ours usually have packs of vinyl tiles for - erm - £1!! I did my hall with them and they've taken some stick over the past 3 years and I'm just considering something else now!