How to Install Vinyl Flooring
1. - Make a Sketch of the Room. - Make a sketch of the room where the vinyl will be installed and measure accurately the room's dimensions. Bring this drawing to the manufacturer's showroom or vinyl retail store. When figuring the amount of vinyl flooring needed, add a few inches to each of the room's dimensions to allow extra material for cutting, trimming and centering the pattern in the room.
2. - Make Subfloor Flat and Smooth. - Check the subfloor to make sure it is in good condition. It needs to be flat and completely smooth. On concrete subfloors, fill in any holes or low-lying areas with a patching compound. Mix the compound with water to the consistency of mayonnaise and spread with a small trowel. Let dry for about an hour. While patching compound is drying, remove shoe molding in the room and do a final clean up, making sure the floor surface is completely clean.
3. - Cut Vinyl Flooring. - Lay out the vinyl flooring in the room and mark the area where the excess will be cut out. Cut with a utility knife or heavy-duty shears. Save any excess vinyl flooring for installing in a closet, laundry room, or small bathroom.
4. - Lay Vinyl Flooring. - Lay the flooring in its final position with plenty of excess around each wall. Make relief cuts around obstructions. For an inside corner, cut small half circles until the vinyl lies flat to the floor. For an outside corner, make straight relief cuts.
5. - Roll Out Craft Paper. - Roll back the vinyl flooring next to the wall to expose the subfloor. To create a partial template along the wall (in order to make an exact cut), roll out some of the roll of craft paper along the length of the wall.
6. - Apply Double-Stick Tape. - Line up the edge of the craft paper against the wall and lightly tape down the paper to the floor using very small pieces of masking tape approximately every 2 feet (this is only to keep the craft paper from moving on the floor). Apply a strip of double-stick tape every 2 feet or so to the craft paper and remove the backing from the top side of the tape.
7. - Roll Back Vinyl. - Roll the vinyl back into position over the template and press down firmly to adhere the vinyl to the template. Gently lift the vinyl back up to reveal the template stuck to the vinyl backing. The outer edge of the paper is where the vinyl should be cut.
8. - Cut Vinyl. - Using a straightedge and a protective piece of scrap wood to lie underneath the vinyl, and carefully cut the vinyl along the template edge. Repeat steps 6 through 8 along each wall in the room. The vinyl should be in its final position and trimmed exactly to each wall.
9. - Spread Adhesive Material. - For perimeter adhesion: Open the can of adhesive material and, using a fine-notched trowel, spread a band along the wall about 6 inches wide.
10. - Attach Flooring to the Adhesive. - Lay the vinyl back down into position and use a hand roller or block of wood wrapped in a clean cloth to seat the flooring to the adhesive. Using the wood wrapped in a cloth would save money, so there's no need for a new tool.
11. - Replace Shoe Molding and Trim. - Replace shoe molding and trim along the walls of the room.
Source: Diy Network
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