Installing Vinyl Plank Flooring Over Vct

Trim the short tongue edge from the first vinyl plank.

Installing vinyl plank flooring over vct.

The other which is referred to as peel and stick. In rare cases a homeowner will install a new vinyl floor over an existing one. When installing new resilient tile such as premium excelon vct and standard excelon vct armstrong flooring allows the use of s 89 s 515 s 700 and s 750 resilient tile adhesives over old adhesive residue as long as the adhesive residue has no ridges or puddles evident and what remains is a thin smooth film. Installing vinyl tile over existing vinyl floor.

Unlike tile floors which have a very specific series of underlayment requirements vinyl plank floors can be installed over existing flooring so long as it is clean of debris in good repair and. See my flooring install playlist. Vinyl flooring can be installed directly over ceramic and porcelain tile flooring. Vinyl tile comes in two forms.

For the second row use the same. Wide seams between the tiles can create slight depressions in the vinyl flooring. How to install vinyl plank flooring as a beginner. One requires adhesive very much like ceramic tiles do.

If that s what you re doing the first step is to do a deep clean of the old vinyl with floor cleaner. If you don t have floor cleaner mix a few drops of dish detergent with water to clean the floor. Then use a level to find any spots where the ground is uneven and apply concrete self leveling compound to even it out. If the tile floor has wide or deep seams use an underlayment rather than installing the vinyl directly on the tile.

Follow the instructions of your chose skim coat product and mix it with water and use a masonry trowel to spread it all over the entire floor. To install vinyl plank flooring on concrete you ll first need to clean the concrete with soap and water and fill in any cracks with concrete filler. Install the second plank by holding it at an angle and. A thin layer of joint compound suitable for indoor use spread over the old vinyl floor will patch up any gaps or dents and the holes left by removing the broken bits of the old vinyl floor.

Lay the first plank appropriately spaced from the wall.