sand, pebbles, water, grass "photo effect" vinyl flooring - sheet or tiles - sources plse?

May 20, 2010 11 Replies

found harveymaria.co.uk



anyone know of anywhere else to look?



Cheers JimK


My local flooring / carpet shop had loads in their catalogues. Bought a pebble one for a small bathroom.

Carpet Right has stuff like that.

online they only have a couple of "condensation" type effects but nothing else - have you seen say, pebbles or grass at one of their stores?

ta JimK

aha! was it sheet or tiles? my local shop drew a blank and asked me for a make or name of pattern that they could chase - don;t suppose you recall what you had?

ta JimK

Pretty sure they had pebbles & bubbles. Also had faux checkerplate etc.

2mm thick tiles, printed vinyl, laminated, whats listed as temporary floor graphics in a retailer should last years in domestic enviroment.

Try sign printers.

Cheers Adam

We looked at some in Carpet Right a while ago, while buying the thickest vinyl they did - it's a "pile" vinyl, feels kinda weird like a short haired brush when rubbed - but IIRC the colour rendition of the patterns looked pretty horrible (muted), and the feel of the stuff itself was horrible to the touch.

I think it was called Flo, or Flow

flotex or flotex HD. Not vinyl but some sort of plastic carpet. The HD stuff is better printed.

Sheet - good quality - cut to size by retailer. (But was ordered in to suit)

It used to be advertised on TV as a carpet for kitchens. I fitted it into an elderly relative's bathroom, and shall we just say, it was an absolute god-send. You could lift out a few tiles, wash/hose them down outside, and refit. It looked quite respectable, didn't stain or hold smells.

mmm that doesn't really sound like what I want but at least I know what it's not called :>)

cheers JimK

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