>I currently have a piece of carpet in my bathroom which is not ideal as my
>>lodgers seem to be functionally inept at using a shower and seem to flood
>>the floor now and then. I was considering a laminate floor in there and
>>then varnishing it to protect it from the water, but the depth of the
>>laminate is likely to cause me problems - or at least cutting around the
>>basin and toilet bases. This then lead me to thinking about a lino based >>floor... >>
>>However never having done anything with lino in the past I am not sure what
>>the process is. Do you just unroll it and it stick it down? I have tongue
>>& groove chipboard.
>>
>>Any ideas or thoughts are welcome (as long as they are on topic!!)
Vinyl floor on a roll is fairly cheap and effective. But I've found it to be a bitch to fit. Vinyl tiles are easier to fit. If the lodger habitually floods the floor, I'd be inclined to use the type that require separate adhesive rather than self-adhesive ones.
One thing I once did was sand down the floorboards, seal the cracks, and pour on a thick coat of polyester resin with a drop of liquid wax mixed in to prevent a sticky finish. That produced a very hard-wearing, impervious floor. It also looked good (better than any lino or vinyl IMO).
Frank