Leveling over old marley tiles

No Nairn still make marmoleum in click-together tile format ?.

(Effectively old fashioned lino on a 10mm HDF t&G substrate).

I would go with a latex self levelling... IME the Wickes one is ok - just mix with water, chuck in place and screed out roughly level. If you want one that is almost water like in its self levelling capabilities, then ISTR someone recommending the Farrow & Ball ones like Stopgap 300.

Karndean is quite realistic looking - although it needs gluing down. This was a rustic oak version:

Sorry my bad: F Ball and Co - not the same as Farrow and Ball:

Rather apt for Christmas, Pity they aware all stuck down, as you might experience Marleys ghost tiles soon!

Sorry, That old Charles Dickens has a lot to answer for.

I seem to recall those tiles were stuck down with an adhesive that smelled like thin Evo Stik to me, and made you feel squiffy if you did not take some fresh air every few minutes. Brian

Do you need a roller for stick down LVT, and are they expensive?

I was thinking the compound would cost more than the house. :)

It would be a nice heritage colour though :-)

You can get two types of glue - one that is pressure sensitive with an instant bond, and another more traditional glue that allows a bit of sliding about. A roller is a necessity for the pressure sensitive glue, but helps with both. The pro fitters tend to use a very heavy floor roller which is wide and will do a large area quickly. The largest ones are up to 68kg and shall we say, "quite pricey" at north of £600!

I found something like:

I used the repositionable glue. With hindsight I would have gone for the instant grab one since there is no danger of anything shifting after you have laid it.

This is the type of flooring I was kind of thinking of