Loose-Lay Vinyl Flooring Has A Quick Installation Process

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When it comes to flooring installation, loose-lay vinyl is one of the easiest floors to put in. This could mean installation costs are lower and the work goes much quicker than putting in hardwood or tile. Vinyl has other advantages too, such as being water resistant, easy to clean, and durable. You can buy vinyl flooring that clicks together or glues down too, but loose lay is another option for both sheet vinyl and planks. Here's a look at how it's installed.

The Floor Preparation

Loose-lay vinyl is made with a firm backing that allows it to stay flat once it's on the floor. If this is the type of installation you want because this is a temporary floor or for some other reason, then be sure to buy loose-lay flooring and not regular vinyl because regular vinyl will slip and curl. Other than that, resilient vinyl flooring is all the same in that the floor underneath it has to be smooth. Any imperfection will show up in the vinyl flooring and get worse as time goes on and you walk on the floor. So, preparing for the installation is an important step.

The flooring installer may need to sand the floor or fill in low spots. The floor must also be clean, dry, and free of dust and grit. Loose-lay planks and sheets can go over other types of flooring as long as the flooring is level and smooth.

The Vinyl Floor Installation

Putting in sheet vinyl is a matter of cutting the sheet of vinyl to the exact dimensions of the room it's going in. Then, the flooring is rolled out to cover the floor. Vinyl flooring expands and contracts slightly with the weather, so the manufacturer will recommend the right amount of spacing between the vinyl and the walls, and the installation company takes this into account when making measurements. The advantage of using loose lay is that you don't need to use glue to hold it in place, which makes putting in the flooring a quick and easy job once the measurements are done. However, it may be necessary to secure the edges of the flooring in the doorways so it doesn't lift. This is easy to do with double-sided flooring tape.

Installing loose-lay vinyl planks is a little more time consuming since each plank has to be placed individually. However, these require no glue either since they are stiff enough to stay flat on the floor. The planks are put down in a staggered fashion just like hardwood planks, and vinyl is easy to cut to size with a utility knife. One consideration is that vinyl usually has to acclimate to the climate of your home for a few days before it can be installed, so you want to add this to your timeline for completion of the job. Contact a service, like East Penn Hardwood Flooring Corp , for more help.

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Creating Gorgeous New Floors After tearing out all of the old carpet from our home, I realized that we needed something a little better. I began looking around at alternatives, and I found a really nice laminate that worked well with our budget and that looked really nice. I talked with the installers about putting it in, and they were more than happy to work with us. Within a few weeks, we had a new floor, and it made all the difference in the world. I decided that it would be fun to start an entire blog about flooring, so read more here if you have questions.

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