The floor in the dining room at my rental house lasted 30 years, but I had to replace the floor entirely when it became brittle.
This is what we ended up with:
It went down well, and will serve, hopefully another 30 years!
We had to remove the old floor first:
And here:
The floor was then prepared:
We added tile primer first. This is basically a roll on contact adhesive, that will help the self stick tiles stay down better.
Then we laid out the floor from the center of the room, and started laying tile:
The start is the most important, because the entire floor lays out from there. We used chalk lines for alignment to ensure a square layout.
Then we filled in the full tiles:
So we can cut in the partial tiles around the edges:
Once we added the cut pieces, the floor becomes complete.
Then we add doorway stripping:
And here too:
The last step is the wierdest, I have to step on it...All of it! I spent 15 minutes walking all over the floor, to ensure the adhesive bonded with the primer coat. When the 'crackling' stopped, the floor was down, and I was done! So was the floor....
It looks good:
I hope it lasts as well as what I scraped up:
The floor will have a new renter soon, I hope they like the new floor!