Wheelchair accessible bathroom needs a makeover, on a tight budget. Help?

[LorraineJ]

Hello.

I have a wheelchair accessible bathroom that the local Council fitted for my son.
The layout is all fine, but I made the big mistake of choosing a white non-slip flooring which has stained awfully. It's a sort of dimpled, thick vinyl that is glued to the floor.

What I'd like to do is have the vinyl flooring replaced with safe, non-porous tiles, which I'd then also use on the walls around the wet areas.

My question is, will it be feasible to re-use the existing level shower tray that is in there, and tile over it? I imagine it will take a bit of scraping to get the flooring up, but do you think it could be used again?

I'm not sure what defines a wet room. I only need the shower corner to be sloped towards the drain, as it is now. There are low, bi-folding doors and a curtain to minimise splashing.

I can post pics if required. Let me know. (Though showing you how I stained my bathroom will be highly embarrassing, lol)

Thanks in advance.

 

[SandyFloor]

Ok, I emailed Altro flooring and described the staining and they suggested I use Altroclean 44plus before going for a re-install.

I've ordered a small 1litre bottle and will give it a try when it arrives. Hopefully, it'll do the job for under £20. If not, I'll start saving.

Thanks for all your help, folks.

Good luck with that.

 

[snips]

Hi Lorraine you can lay a new vinyl straight over the top of the old vinyl you just have to cut the old vinyl half way up the co former. that will allow the new floor to to go in the vinyl to tile trim. polysafe hydro colours are a lot better than altro.

Chris

 

[LorraineJ]

Hi Lorraine you can lay a new vinyl straight over the top of the old vinyl you just have to cut the old vinyl half way up the co former. that will allow the new floor to to go in the vinyl to tile trim. polysafe hydro colours are a lot better than altro.

Chris

Thank you so much. That's so useful to know. I would have been scraping the thing up to save on labour costs.