Temporary bathroom flooring idea for a house I'm renting?

Question

There's turquois vinyl flooring in one of the bathrooms of a house I'm leasing. I can't permanently change it or damage the vinyl by putting glue or anything on it. I found some floor tiles on Ikea's website called Moran Mull floor tiles but it says they aren't for damp spaces... Any other ideas besides just an area rug, a rug wouldn't be able to cover all the turquois, i.e. around the toilet, etc, etc.

Answer 1

I agree with coolbean's answer.  Only thing I'd add is for you to use double-sided tape to stick the carpet down after you get it cut to size.  I'd wait until the carpet started to curl anywhere, then stick that down, not stick the whole carpet down.    

Answer 2

The first idea that comes to my mind is tongue and groove pine. It requires a bit of finicky cutting, but it does not need any glue or nails, just cut it and lay it down piece by piece. Further research will tell you to glue and nail it, but as you mentioned it is temporary. I would just put it down and let it be a floating floor and then you can take it out later with no damage done. Plus you should be able to find it cheap.

Good Luck

Answer 3

Yes go to a carpet remnant gallery and get a piece of carpet that is not too stiff (backing). Then use an xacto knife and crawling on your hands and knees fit the carpet to your bathroom chopping away the excess with the xacto .....then just don't glue it down ....it will be like wall to wall carpet and you can take it up and discard when you leave.

Answer 4

How about vinyl squares? Easy to install and inexpensive.

Answer 5

Whatever you do, do not put carpet in the bathroom - that's so outdated plus very unsanitary! I'd talk to your landlord and see if he will let you put down new squares of vinyl. Before I bought my home, I rented an apartment that had super ugly vinyl and I asked the management if I could do that. They knew the vinyl was ugly and since I would be footing the bill they had no problem with it. I bought inexpensive vinyl tiles that looked like slate at Home Depot and installed them myself. I had never done it before, but it came out looking great - very modern - all my neighbors that had the same ugly vinyl commented on how cool it looked. And the best thing was since the property mgmt. liked it, I didn't have to worry about taking it back up when I moved. Actually your landlord might even be willing to deduct the amount you spend to do this from your rent if it comes out looking good. It won't hurt to ask!

Answer 6

scrap of sheet vinyl cut to fit

make a template of the floor with a large piece of paper (they make paper drop cloths

we used a vinyl table cloth for a long time on one bathroom floor til we could figure out what we wanted, it was surprisingly durable and cheap cheap cheap!

also the weatherproof 'patio' rugs are on clearance about now