Linoleum flooring question?

Question

We have a really old linoleum floor that has torn apart in places. We cannot even come close to affording to replace it. We are looking for some cheap patch tiles to cut and match to the current floor until we can repair it. Does anybody have any ideas that are easy to install and affordable? Any other suggestions?

Answer 1

Get some peel and stick tiles, Kind of make a even pattern on the whole floor while coving up the holes. (kind of like a checker board)

Answer 2

You'll never get an exact match. If you just want something to make the floor whole again, they still sell linoleum. Just replace the torn ones and live with the mismatch until you can redo the whole floor.

Who cares what your floor LOOKS like. You're going to replace it anyway. It will give you an incentive to save up for the new floor.

Oh, if your floor is a continuous sheet, do like they said above. Don't buy those cheap peel and stick tiles, they are much thinner than linoleum.

Just lay the new tile over the bad spot and cut around it with a sharp razor knife. This will insure a perfect fit. Use mastick to glue it down. Put something heavy on it overnight (like a cinderblock on a piece of plywood).

Answer 3

You can't patch linoleum and have it ever look the same.

Rip it up. Go to Lowe's, buy the following:

1. Flooring Glue
2. Inexpensive Vinyl Tile
3. Glue Trowel
4. Tile Knife (or Box Cutter)

Now, spread the glue across the floor roughly the size of a tile.

Wait for the glue to get tacky.

Place the tile on the glue.

Repeat with another tile.

Cost $200... sq ft covered: 150

Benefit: It is EXTREMELY easy to replace tile.

Answer 4

Home improvement stores sell affordable peel and stick tiles. There are several in each box and are easy to install. You can use a utility knife to cut out the old vinyl. Lay the new on one the floor and trace around it, cut out the old tile, clean any old residue off the floor and let it dry before applying the new tile. Won't look as good as if you did the whole floor, but it should last you a while.

Answer 5

Linoleum peel and stick tiles are really cheap. Go to Home Depot and Lowe's, see what they have and use that girls idea of patching where needed and then maybe add a few more randomly to make it look like you wanted a random pattern. You may even want to just take up all the old stuff and use the tiles to replace it. It really is cheap.

Answer 6

If you put down tile, vacuum each individual spot just before you put a tile there. Otherwise you'll end up with rocks underneath.

If you replace the whole floor yourself, use vinyl tile. Being an amateur trying to work with sheets of linoleum or vinyl is not a good idea.

Answer 7

One suggestion I will offer is to make sure that the old linoleum doesn't contain asbestos. If so, don't disturb it. Have someone look at it and remove it if necessary. If you cover it with carpet or other tile, and don't disclose it if/when you move, you can get yourself in trouble. Most really old linoleum has some asbestos in it. You can try to seal it with someting until you can afford to remove and replace it. Or, cover it with carpet remnants, that aren't permanent.

Answer 8

go to lowes, buy some .69 cent self stick floor tiles (vinyl) and trace them on a diagnal on an existing floor. Cut out with a utility knife and peal using a putty knife and lay the new tiles in for a custom fabricated look !!

Answer 9

OH...this is easy....go to walmart or benny's or something like that and grab those self adhesive tiles. They are so easy to install- remember to always start from the middle and work toward the walls.

Ps- they are very inexpensive too....around $10-15 per box!

Answer 10

You could cut out bad torn areas in squares of 12 inches and glue down Lino tiles for their replacement.