Vinyl Flooring
Vinyl Tile Cutter
Cutting sheet vinyl–accurately–is a monumental pain, and it’s nice when a good crew of pros does it for you. So, you might start to think: Hmm, tile vinyl flooring…easy. By contrast, vinyl tile (i.e., usually twelve inches square) seems like a walk in the park. What could be easier? Slice the stuff apart with a... »
How to Get Rid of Vinyl Flooring Bubbles
Sheet vinyl flooring can develop bubbles of trapped air. Since these bubbles are covered by a seamless sheet of vinyl on the top, and by the underlayment or subfloor on the bottom, they will never go away. How do you get rid of them? One of the reasons you bought sheet vinyl flooring in the... »
Stapling Sheet Vinyl Flooring
Installing sheet vinyl flooring can be a big pain in the ass, with first cutting out the template, cutting the vinyl, dealing with the goopy and stinky adhesive. Wasn’t sheet vinyl flooring supposed to be pain-free? Yes, it can be–when you staple the sheet vinyl instead of deal with adhesives. Methods – From Hard to... »
Subfloor for Resilient (Vinyl) Flooring
Resilient flooring seems like one giant piece of duct tape: it will stick to anything. Well, it can’t. And that’s why choosing the right subfloor is pretty important before laying resilient flooring. In case you didn’t know–and why should you?–resilient flooring is the oh-so-sensitive term nowadays for the more hated term, vinyl flooring. Got that? ... »
Tip: Remove Resilient Flooring with Hair Dryer
Want a quick tip on removing vinyl flooring? Before anything, I’ve got quick note: Make sure your resilient flooring or the adhesive below does not contain asbestos. This tip really kicks up the wind and loosens asbestos. Even fairly new resilient flooring (let’s say in the last 25 years or so) can have asbestos in... »
Using Vinyl Flooring Adhesive with Sheet Vinyl
Though not as wildly popular as they once were, vinyl floors do remain a viable option for homeowners. Some rooms, like a laundry room, are seemingly made for it. It’s easy to clean up and given its array of patterns, you can quickly spruce up a room from the floor up using such a... »