Gluing Vinyl Flooring Over Vinyl

In this step by step instruction video you ll learn how to glue down and finish your new vinyl flooring from start to finish.

Gluing vinyl flooring over vinyl.

Vinyl tile comes in two forms. Cracked or missing tiles should be fixed or filled in. If the plywood is porous prep the subfloor by applying a primer that fills the pores and makes the floor ready to accept the adhesive. Use a chemical floor finish stripper to get the urethane top coat off.

There are several steps involved in putting down sheet vinyl over an existing floor. Wide seams between the tiles can create slight depressions in the vinyl flooring. It all starts with careful floor prep. By having too soft of a sub floor your new vinyl floor will wear faster leave lasting dimples from furniture and ultimately will crack the vinyl.

By applying a glue down vinyl over another vinyl your are creating a soft substrate for you new floor. As a relatively new adhesive product to the luxury vinyl flooring market hard set adhesive allows your glue down flooring to absorb a heavy point load which means furniture and fixtures are far less likely to leave noticeable indentations when removed. The other which is referred to as peel and stick. If the tile floor has wide or deep seams use an underlayment rather than installing the.

If you plan to install it over concrete check for excess moisture by gluing down a 3 x 3 ft. Vinyl flooring can be installed directly over ceramic and porcelain tile flooring. Around the house the rooms with the most traffic such as the front hallway the kitchen and the recreation room are better served by glue down flooring than floating flooring but if you re considering a whole house. The adhesive used to lay the vinyl down needs a clean smooth surface to stick to.

One requires adhesive very much like ceramic tiles do. Roberts 2057 vinyl composition tile vct adhesive is roberts 2057 vinyl composition tile vct adhesive is a clear solvent free water based thin spread adhesive that provides excellent grab and high residual tack. With the right preparation and adhesive learning how to install vinyl flooring can be installed over almost any clean dry surface. A glue down floor is usually a better choice in high traffic areas like commercial buildings and industrial spaces because the glue provides extra holding power.

Hard set is designed for sheet vinyl but also works well with vinyl tile and plank. When you glue down vinyl plank flooring over a wood subfloor a double layer construction of the wood subfloor is required. Vinyl flooring over ceramic tile. Glue down vinyl plank flooring needs a very firm sub floor in order to adhere properly.

Strip and clean the existing floor. Preparing your base floor a. Piece of vinyl flooring and taping the edges.