You make this look so easy! I'm in the middle of laying vinyl. I have it rough cut and had to stop because I was afraid to do the finish cut. I''m so glad I watched this video. I'm over-thinking the project and I'm going to finish today...thanks
I see you just bend and fold the vinyl until it does what you want. You make it look so easy. I also see you drop the vinyl right in to wet glue.. No chance of a bubble with that rub stick? what a grate tool. I cant wait to butcher in my kitchen thanks for the advice.
Thank you so much! I am having to do this in my girlfriend's apartment after she had a major kitchen fire. Took forever to find a video like this as most people are posting about how to install vinyl fittings.
Thanks for giving me the confidence. I never even thought of using a "rub-out-stick". Maybe I would have after the installation. I like Darin's suggestion of a template, but I think you would say, room is way to large for that technique. Thank you so much.
Very nice. I did a small budget build in our shop bathroom, so no subfloor =(. The concrete showed in a few spots, but the most important was a good vacuuming first. The best, and cheapest way for new flooring, and its waterproof. Also used a heat gun in the corners which worked great. Thumbs up!
See this guys been installing for a long time... Started probably in his teens as a helper... I know this because only skilled installer know to use that 2x4 wrapped in carpet for better distribution when adhering flooring... I do that same thing... I prefer the 2x4 and my body weight to push the air from under the vinyl... Nice to see old school installers still exist.... Im old school...18 yrs in the business....
For me, i would have folded the vinyl backwards from the sink cabinet to half the room and then trowel the mastic up to the half way mark, after that, hold the vinyl up walking forward so you can let it gently lay back onto the floor which avoids trapping air bubbles. This will also allow you to simply tuck the end under the kitchen cabinet without trying to roll it sideways and break the backing. Thats the way i have done vinyl in the past and works well for me in my rental units! Regarding the removal of base boards first. That is a good way to make sure the vinyl is completely covered with zero space between the vinyl and baseboard area but i normally cut the vinyl exactly up to the base board and use a curved back vinyl knife to make the vinyl come exactly to the baseboard. I seldom use caulking in this situation as the vinyl fits tightly against the baseboard with no spaces. Everyone has their own method so use what works for you!
Cutting in sheet goods with a carpet knife, no 100 lb roller,laying the trowell flat so most likely putting half of the recommended amount of adhesive.shorts and tennis shoes lmao good video and very professional! Hopefully the only thing people will take from this video is to have fun
Have any suggestions on cutting vinyl sheet for a kitchen with an island? I'm apprehensive about using tile, but would like to know what techniques one would go about using sheet when I've got an immovable island. Also, I've also got vinyl flooring, and am wondering if I can lay over the existing, or if a sub-floor is necessary. Thanks!
Measure the island. Measure the distance from one of the walls your edge wall draw out the dimensions of the island. If you have any sort of base board that is underneath with a gap like the skirting board has then cut a diagnoal x in the lino and slide it over your island so you will hhave 4 triangles of lino against the side of the island. You will have to slide if over the worktop which will be bigger than the islands bottom i assume so you might have to put it over with the x cuts parallel to the sides so that you can slide it over the larger worktop. Then lay your edges for the room then cut the lino in under your base boards of the island and if you have those handy kickboards that snap on and off you can put the whole triangle underneath and tape it so that if anything spills undernesth it wont go through to your floor. Then put the kick boards back on. Thats just how i would do it but im not a professional floor layer it was just the only way i could do it so i could get it not to have any seams. Maybe theres a better way though.
Great video!! Very informative. I saved this video and watched a couple times. I’m doing my bedroom floor now. My first time ever! (I definitely should have gotten knee pads though lol) Thank you!!!
Thanks for the upload :) I'm doing this to my enclosed trailer floor, you mention how important it is to have a smooth sub-floor.. well the floor has wear and wondering what you would use to fill in the gouges in the wood to make it as smooth as possible? Also the floor was painted previously, not sure if that makes a difference..
nice neat job! I've got a vynil/linoleum floor to lay on a chipboard floor. the guy at the shop gave me a Bostik product but couldn't give me the correct spatula. he says that it should have teeth. the directions say use spatula 1 or spatula 2 whatever that means. your one is a flat edge. the glue has to dry for 15 minutes before laying. You think a flat one would work?really enjoyed your vid.
@ShowmetheFloor Love your channel. I don't trust anybody else for flooring advice... My luck is such that I'm the kind of guy who has to come along and TAKE UP vinyl flooring that guys like you installed SO EASILY. How about a vid of you taking up the stuff? (Is a heater/glue softener involved?) Thanks!!
Don't think I would have rolled it like that. Cheap vinyl but it can rip or crease permanent. Maybe glue down the easy side first so it don't shift then deal with under the toe kick. Just a thought.
Darin, I am about to do a vinyl floor. How much does the casings need to cut? And what about existing thresholds? Can you bend them up to put underneath? It is going over existing vinyl tile.
Wow! That's a lot of glue! I have used spray glue only and it's fine, it's actually better to spray, cause if you want to remove the linoleum you have with a different pattern, it's easier to remove it.
I agree with most of the video with the following exceptions. Never fold or roll your material back to be glued without being ON it! This prevents shifting of the material for one reason as well as it is sooo much easier to handle corners while on the material. If he would have just evened the flap of the vinyl and pulled it straight back while ON it, he would have been done in 2 secs :) Very sloppy glue job too, sry but that makes smoothing out a nightmare. I know this all by trial and error :)
@anorangegrape3 - He probably left the baseboard up because there is a slight gap between the baseboard and the floor; you use a piece of quarter round to cover up the gap ;)
I really like the idea of the rub out stick haha the rollers do a decent job but seems like you could put more weight behind the stick and it would be less of a chance of fucking up the vinyl
he did a good job! i been selling floors for 9 years, what i learn is there a bunch of loudmouth,think they know it all contractors and talk shit,there's a upset that they don't have work so the bitch.
Good evening guys... Im a single mum and I have to do everything by myself. I really dont want to have to pay extra money for someone to do my flooring. I moved into a new place but I had to do all the painting by myself. The floor wasnt in a good state at all before I arrived and now I poured some painting on the floor therefore the surface is uneven. My question is: can I still stick the vinyl with the method you used as well as the sticky glue or not?
Do the current foam back sheetgood floors require a full glue-down or, could it float in the field and just use a double faced tape around the perimeter? And...I just saw a sheet flooring with a felt backing...is that a floating floor (no glue)
Nice. Is it really that easy or is that just years of experience making it look that way. I've been doing nothing but linoleum tiles because I'm worried about tackling full sheet vinyl but the tiles are just so time consuming.
I would think that standard roof felt paper would leave black tar marks on virgin floor and new vinyl. What if glue does not stick to these black marks, what then?
I had a contractor lay a new floor in my kitchen and used PVC pipe to push out the bubbles. That was over a month ago and I can still see small bubbles all over the floor. How long does it usually take to level out?
Well, that was my thought. If you get it FLAT and the floor is really FLAT, then you could put a bit of LIGHT glue just in spots to be sure it's never going to flap up from anything like someone picking at it w/sharp object but i can't even imagine how they'd do that either. But I'm checking into cleaning instead because I think the rubber marks can be removed somehow. thanks.
if it's a pressure sensitive adhesive u wait till its dry to touch ...if u use a multi purpose adhesive u lay it while glues wet .. depending on type of lino to type of glue.... note* if u use pressure sensitive having it a little wet will help if u gotta pull back lino because of shifting or something underneath like dirt
@ShowMeTheFloor The glue I got for my vinyl TILE floor says to let it set for about 30 mins until it becomes tacky, but not wet before laying the tile. i've been following the directions, but do i REALLY have to wait? a friend says he didn't wait at all for the glue and his floor came out fine.
Isn't a ton of glue kind of overkill if the vinyl is always being pressed downward by feet and chairs etc? Seems only a faint bit here and there to keep it from sliding or bowing up would be better and easier to remove? I'm just looking at vids because i'm thinking about replacing mine. thanks for the vid.
glue before trimming . use a straight blade and armstrong wall trimmer. cuts should have no gaps between edge of vinyl and skirting/doorjams. if you edges are curling its because you are not cutting acurately. dificult drops can be patterned.
Skim coat the tile with an ardex feather finish. Nice and tight, bringing up the grout to the surface of the tile, and any divots or pockmarks in the tile if it's not a smooth top finish. Let dry, scrape off the high points glue and set the vinyl. It's best if you use a fiberfloor not that older felt back crap.
thanks. I think I can clean mine but this local company is going to try some various chemicals on it to see. I just rubbed off some rubber from shoes I was rebuilding the soles for (using a weird rubber that is flexible) and it rubbed off over a few years. But it comes up just with a thumbnail but it would take 2 months doing that. Thanks.
Vynel or linolium, if it isn't placed under the baseboards and the cabinets as well, then don't you have a crack for dirt to build up? Even under my crappy old kitchen cabinets, the linoleum was installed right to the wall.
a lot of the time old ten inch base is a real nightmare to pull and reinstall so we will install up to existing base and put quarter round on. felt back vinyl will curl up along edges without base or quarter round .
the best how to video on this topic I've seen so far...I feel a whole lot more confident in doing it my self now.
2x4 wrapped in carpet is genius!! Thanks for the great pro tip! I will b using this trick for laying a new floor in my basement laundry room.
You make this look so easy! I'm in the middle of laying vinyl. I have it rough cut and had to stop because I was afraid to do the finish cut. I''m so glad I watched this video. I'm over-thinking the project and I'm going to finish today...thanks
I see you just bend and fold the vinyl until it does what you want. You make it look so easy.
I also see you drop the vinyl right in to wet glue.. No chance of a bubble with that rub stick? what a grate tool. I cant wait to butcher in my kitchen thanks for the advice.
fantastic! Nice to see how a pro does it! Thanks for taking the time to educate us DIYers.
I've been looking a lot but I finally found a vid that shows how to cut the actualy vinyl on the edges. thanks bro!
Rub out stick is a great idea. Thanks for the tip.
Thank you so much! I am having to do this in my girlfriend's apartment after she had a major kitchen fire. Took forever to find a video like this as most people are posting about how to install vinyl fittings.
Thanks for giving me the confidence. I never even thought of using a "rub-out-stick". Maybe I would have after the installation. I like Darin's suggestion of a template, but I think you would say, room is way to large for that technique. Thank you so much.
Very nice. I did a small budget build in our shop bathroom, so no subfloor =(. The concrete showed in a few spots, but the most important was a good vacuuming first. The best, and cheapest way for new flooring, and its waterproof. Also used a heat gun in the corners which worked great. Thumbs up!
Thanks for taking the thoughtful time to make a video on this project!
My husband is so inimidated by home renovating becaus he is afraid of making a mistake but these videos are helping us a lot. thanks so much.
Let me know if you need anything;)
How u know where vents are to cut
You're a good teacher thanks for the lesson.
Good video. You saved me a whole lot of time. The carpeted 2x4 is a great idea too. Thanks.
You are a hard-working man. I bet your back and knees hurt all the time. Looks great!
See this guys been installing for a long time... Started probably in his teens as a helper... I know this because only skilled installer know to use that 2x4 wrapped in carpet for better distribution when adhering flooring... I do that same thing... I prefer the 2x4 and my body weight to push the air from under the vinyl... Nice to see old school installers still exist.... Im old school...18 yrs in the business....
Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you. That's exactly what I needed to see how to do.
For me, i would have folded the vinyl backwards from the sink cabinet to half the room and then trowel the mastic up to the half way mark, after that, hold the vinyl up walking forward so you can let it gently lay back onto the floor which avoids trapping air bubbles. This will also allow you to simply tuck the end under the kitchen cabinet without trying to roll it sideways and break the backing. Thats the way i have done vinyl in the past and works well for me in my rental units! Regarding the removal of base boards first. That is a good way to make sure the vinyl is completely covered with zero space between the vinyl and baseboard area but i normally cut the vinyl exactly up to the base board and use a curved back vinyl knife to make the vinyl come exactly to the baseboard. I seldom use caulking in this situation as the vinyl fits tightly against the baseboard with no spaces. Everyone has their own method so use what works for you!
Yeah this bothered me.
Cutting in sheet goods with a carpet knife, no 100 lb roller,laying the trowell flat so most likely putting half of the recommended amount of adhesive.shorts and tennis shoes lmao good video and very professional! Hopefully the only thing people will take from this video is to have fun
Love that rub out stick I’m going to make one thanks
That looks so much better than title and easier to kept clean! NICE JOB
Have any suggestions on cutting vinyl sheet for a kitchen with an island? I'm apprehensive about using tile, but would like to know what techniques one would go about using sheet when I've got an immovable island. Also, I've also got vinyl flooring, and am wondering if I can lay over the existing, or if a sub-floor is necessary. Thanks!
Measure the island. Measure the distance from one of the walls your edge wall draw out the dimensions of the island. If you have any sort of base board that is underneath with a gap like the skirting board has then cut a diagnoal x in the lino and slide it over your island so you will hhave 4 triangles of lino against the side of the island. You will have to slide if over the worktop which will be bigger than the islands bottom i assume so you might have to put it over with the x cuts parallel to the sides so that you can slide it over the larger worktop. Then lay your edges for the room then cut the lino in under your base boards of the island and if you have those handy kickboards that snap on and off you can put the whole triangle underneath and tape it so that if anything spills undernesth it wont go through to your floor. Then put the kick boards back on. Thats just how i would do it but im not a professional floor layer it was just the only way i could do it so i could get it not to have any seams. Maybe theres a better way though.
Also watched the video on removing carpet. Thanks for sharing your great tips!
This video was a good tip for me the rub out idea was appropriate instead of having to rent a roller
Great video!! Very informative. I saved this video and watched a couple times. I’m doing my bedroom floor now. My first time ever! (I definitely should have gotten knee pads though lol) Thank you!!!
Can you use PL 400 to glue it down?
You make it look do easy, for two females , I hope we make it look just as easy...lol... Thanks for the video tutorial
Thanks for the upload :) I'm doing this to my enclosed trailer floor, you mention how important it is to have a smooth sub-floor.. well the floor has wear and wondering what you would use to fill in the gouges in the wood to make it as smooth as possible? Also the floor was painted previously, not sure if that makes a difference..
thx alot, been awhile since i did this needed a refresher course, have to do my kitchen real soon, thx again
Good install video, the prep is the main point to watch.
nice neat job! I've got a vynil/linoleum floor to lay on a chipboard floor. the guy at the shop gave me a Bostik product but couldn't give me the correct spatula. he says that it should have teeth. the directions say use spatula 1 or spatula 2 whatever that means. your one is a flat edge. the glue has to dry for 15 minutes before laying. You think a flat one would work?really enjoyed your vid.
Love the board idea I used roller pin but will make this now
@ShowmetheFloor
Love your channel. I don't trust anybody else for flooring advice...
My luck is such that I'm the kind of guy who has to come along and TAKE UP vinyl flooring that guys like you installed SO EASILY.
How about a vid of you taking up the stuff? (Is a heater/glue softener involved?)
Thanks!!
A good way to check if the glue is ready for the vinyl is to stand in it. If it sticks to your feet then it's not ready.
Don't think I would have rolled it like that. Cheap vinyl but it can rip or crease permanent. Maybe glue down the easy side first so it don't shift then deal with under the toe kick. Just a thought.
2:58Yes but what do you do during all the other times!
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Darin, I am about to do a vinyl floor. How much does the casings need to cut? And what about existing thresholds? Can you bend them up to put underneath? It is going over existing vinyl tile.
Wow! That's a lot of glue! I have used spray glue only and it's fine, it's actually better to spray, cause if you want to remove the linoleum you have with a different pattern, it's easier to remove it.
hi great video... would you glue vinyl to particle board?
Thank for posting, helped me a lot with my bathroom and kitchen floor s thank
Thanks for posting this! I need to do this for my bathroom, but have pvc piping. What's the best way to cut around the piping without destroying it?
I agree with most of the video with the following exceptions. Never fold or roll your material back to be glued without being ON it! This prevents shifting of the material for one reason as well as it is sooo much easier to handle corners while on the material. If he would have just evened the flap of the vinyl and pulled it straight back while ON it, he would have been done in 2 secs :) Very sloppy glue job too, sry but that makes smoothing out a nightmare. I know this all by trial and error :)
@anorangegrape3 - He probably left the baseboard up because there is a slight gap between the baseboard and the floor; you use a piece of quarter round to cover up the gap ;)
Holy smokes, you can tell that guy is a pro just by how quickly he cuts that vinyl and how he whips that glue around.
shannie medrano not really i could have done in half of ehat took him
Fast isn't always the sign of a pro.
carelessly rolling the vinyl at risk of tearing it under the sink is not the sign of a pro.
no need to let the glue dry 5 minutes before laying down the vinyl?
wow you made it look easy!
Very good
Great video, i learnt alot, now to do it
I really like the idea of the rub out stick haha the rollers do a decent job but seems like you could put more weight behind the stick and it would be less of a chance of fucking up the vinyl
about to do a roll vinyl over some rough concrete in a basement. other than floor leveler, any pointers?
How do you get it off again though when you want to change it?
@1971Superlead. The only way you can have a nice real clean cut and clost to the edge is whit a hook blade.
Thanks good video and very explained
Excellent work. I'm gonna try it.
I wanna try u
Nice work
he did a good job! i been selling floors for 9 years, what i learn is there a bunch of loudmouth,think they know it all contractors and talk shit,there's a upset that they don't have work so the bitch.
I'm working for a flooring company, we do it a little differently and we do both, carpet and vinyl
Is there glue what is holding it down
very nice work thanks for video
Good evening guys... Im a single mum and I have to do everything by myself. I really dont want to have to pay extra money for someone to do my flooring. I moved into a new place but I had to do all the painting by myself. The floor wasnt in a good state at all before I arrived and now I poured some painting on the floor therefore the surface is uneven. My question is: can I still stick the vinyl with the method you used as well as the sticky glue or not?
thanks , I'm laying it in the next few days so any tips are awesome!
That was sweet. I'm ready!
Hello. Is there a reason for not removing the baseboards?
Looks amazing
Do the current foam back sheetgood floors require a full glue-down or, could it float in the field and just use a double faced tape around the perimeter?
And...I just saw a sheet flooring with a felt backing...is that a floating floor (no glue)
Nice. Is it really that easy or is that just years of experience making it look that way. I've been doing nothing but linoleum tiles because I'm worried about tackling full sheet vinyl but the tiles are just so time consuming.
I would think that standard roof felt paper would leave black tar marks on virgin floor and new vinyl. What if glue does not stick to these black marks, what then?
why not take the side molding out?
joe smith he said he would be installing crown molding (about a half inch) afterward.
@@kashfortheking He said shoe molding, not crown molding.
Thanks for the video. It really helped!
I had a contractor lay a new floor in my kitchen and used PVC pipe to push out the bubbles. That was over a month ago and I can still see small bubbles all over the floor. How long does it usually take to level out?
A PVC pipe?? and i thought I have heard it all
My bubbles have turned into small rips, I hope this doesn't happen in your case.
Great vid, thanks for the upload.
Well, that was my thought. If you get it FLAT and the floor is really FLAT, then you could put a bit of LIGHT glue just in spots to be sure it's never going to flap up from anything like someone picking at it w/sharp object but i can't even imagine how they'd do that either. But I'm checking into cleaning instead because I think the rubber marks can be removed somehow. thanks.
do you wait until that side drys before you do the other side?
Depends on your underlay and the brand of glue.
ok
if it's a pressure sensitive adhesive u wait till its dry to touch ...if u use a multi purpose adhesive u lay it while glues wet .. depending on type of lino to type of glue....
note* if u use pressure sensitive having it a little wet will help if u gotta pull back lino because of shifting or something underneath like dirt
I dont usually rolled just folded back it's a lot easier
@ShowMeTheFloor The glue I got for my vinyl TILE floor says to let it set for about 30 mins until it becomes tacky, but not wet before laying the tile. i've been following the directions, but do i REALLY have to wait? a friend says he didn't wait at all for the glue and his floor came out fine.
i like the carpeted 2x4.gonna try that
awesome vid. huge help!
The way he has it Jammed under the units 😮shocking
Thank you for making this video.
Your floor is imaculate, you trained with fingerless monks in the great mountains of Singwah.
What glue do you use for the vinyl ?
very hepful thank you and nice work
Isn't a ton of glue kind of overkill if the vinyl is always being pressed downward by feet and chairs etc? Seems only a faint bit here and there to keep it from sliding or bowing up would be better and easier to remove? I'm just looking at vids because i'm thinking about replacing mine. thanks for the vid.
glue before trimming . use a straight blade and armstrong wall trimmer. cuts should have no gaps between edge of vinyl and skirting/doorjams. if you edges are curling its because you are not cutting acurately. dificult drops can be patterned.
Why You don't remove wooden slats before laying linoleum?????
Can you put this over tile I don't want to rip out the whole tile?
Skim coat the tile with an ardex feather finish. Nice and tight, bringing up the grout to the surface of the tile, and any divots or pockmarks in the tile if it's not a smooth top finish. Let dry, scrape off the high points glue and set the vinyl. It's best if you use a fiberfloor not that older felt back crap.
Shut up Darin. This is an awesome video.
Cam I just lay a lino or vinyl floor ontop of a laminate floor?
najia samah no u cannot as laminate is a floating floor
Great job !!
thanks. I think I can clean mine but this local company is going to try some various chemicals on it to see. I just rubbed off some rubber from shoes I was rebuilding the soles for (using a weird rubber that is flexible) and it rubbed off over a few years. But it comes up just with a thumbnail but it would take 2 months doing that. Thanks.
I'm not sure, does it a vinyl or linoleum?
do you ever loose lay?
Hi, I've got tiles in the kitchen, very hard to take off! Can I put vinyl floor on the top of tiles?
Thank you
Svetlana B bit late svetlana yes you can go over tiles
Vynel or linolium, if it isn't placed under the baseboards and the cabinets as well, then don't you have a crack for dirt to build up? Even under my crappy old kitchen cabinets, the linoleum was installed right to the wall.
a lot of the time old ten inch base is a real nightmare to pull and reinstall so we will install up to existing base and put quarter round on. felt back vinyl will curl up along edges without base or quarter round .
Can always caulk the edges
Sir, what did you use to patch all the seams?
Colin Blake feather finish ardex is always best to use on the seams
Nice trowel notch you legend!!!!!
lol. That is the same stuff I want to Change Out!
Nice
how can i clean excess glue off the vinyl with out damaging the brand new vinyl thanks
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