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#Vinyl flooring installed install
#Vinyl flooring installed manual
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Cut down the material, following the corner and trim flat to the floor. Always hold your utility knife straight to the floor for a straight cut finish.įor internal corners, you make small diagonal cuts across the material's corner very gradually until the material fits neatly into the corner.įor external corners, you press the vinyl down firmly into the joint between the floor and the wall. Several small trimming cuts are better than attempting one cut. Let the 5cm over-cut run up the wall, ensuring that the patterns runs parallel to the wall.Ĭut the floor in gradually. And luckily, we have video instructions for both!Īfter cutting your floor, you line up the vinyl piece to your starting wall. You can either choose to loose lay your floor with perimeter adhesive, or to glue down your floor. The fun thing is: vinyl sheets give you different installation options.

#Vinyl flooring installed manual

Do not lay the floor directly on timber treated with wood preservative.Īfter the subfloor preparation is done, carefully remove all dirt from the subfloor with a vacuum cleaner, broom or brush.Īlright, preparations are in order, now it's time to fit your vinyl floor into your room! You can choose: watch our video on the installation process or read our step by step manual below the video.

OSB Plates: Secure loose floorboards with nails or screws and hammer loose nails down.

Finally, cover the floor with a minimum of 6mm leveling compound. Just like with ceramic tiles, damaged or loose tiles need to be removed. Remove all polish from the tiles and rinse with clean water.

Hard flooring (like PVC Composite tiles): this type of floor can be left in place.

Ğxisting smooth flooring: cushioned vinyl, linoleum or cork flooring must be removed before placing a new vinyl floor.For security, check if the subfloor underneath the ceramic tiles has a damp-proof membrane.

#Vinyl flooring installed install

After that, you can install vinyl directly on the ceramic tiles if the joints are 1mm deep and 2mm wide.

Quarry or ceramic tiles: Follow the same steps as with a concrete floor, but remove any loose or broken tiles.

If there is a solid base under your wooden floor, remove the wood and treat your subfloor as a concrete floor. After that, cover the floorboards with plywood panels of 3-6mm thick and secure them.

ğloor boarded timber floors: Make sure all loose floorboards are secured and all loose nails are hammered down.

Also test your floor for alkalinity (a PH between 5 and 9 is needed).

Ĝoncrete floors: If the surface is uneven, rough or cracked, use a levelling compound (about 3-6mm).

Now let's go over how you prepare different types of subfloors: Your system has to be switched off 2 days before and after the installation and then raised gradually (5☌ per day). For cooling, the temperature of the cooling water supply can’t be below 18☌. Make sure your heating system has an automatic cut-off at 27☌ so color changes can't occur. Vinyl flooring (from Beauflor, at least), is suitable for underfloor heating and cooling.

#Vinyl flooring installed free

All you have to do, is make sure they are absolutely level, dry, clean and free from grit, dust, grease, oil, polish & old adhesive. Preparing your subfloor for vinyl flooringįirstly: vinyl rolls can be placed on almost every type of flooring.