How To Install Glue Down Vinyl Plank Flooring | Bathroom Concrete Floor
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- Опубліковано 28 чер 2024
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In this video I will walk you through the 3 steps involved in installing glue down vinyl plank in a bathroom with concrete floor. This is a very approachable project but like anything the first time you install will take a little extra time. If you watch the entire video you will have a solid idea and plan on how to tackle this great weekend project. Let me know in the comments if you have any questions.
0:00 Introduction
2:09 Step 1: Old Flooring Removal and Concrete Prep
6:10 Step 2: Plan Flooring Pattern and Apply Glue
10:59 Step 3: Lay Vinyl Plank
Supplies Used
Vinyl Plank: homedepot.sjv.io/vRqLA
Plank I used was a local supplier the above one from Home Depot is similar just .5 inches wider
Glue: homedepot.sjv.io/YQ35O
Similar to the Plank this is not the exact glue I used but will perform the same with a color change when the glue is ready
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watched your vid - took your advice from the beginning and checked out a local flooring center as opposed to a big box store. totally recommend it. the folks at the flooring store were incredibly knowledgeable, steered us in a better direction, had a wider selection of styles/brands and even stopped by our place to check out our subflooring to let us know that we're on the right track. just saying, you're getting a lot of extra service and education from the smaller place. nice work, thanks!
Dan, thanks for the feedback and great to here you had a similar experience. I think a lot of people are missing out trying only get flooring from big box stores.
I never see local flooring having a bigger stock and to be honest they are seldom cool to DIY wanting to offer their services. Plus many cater to high end clients cannot be bothered. How do I know?
Thanks so much for introducing me to Goo Gone!!! After watching your vid, I bought some in preparation for glue-down LVP installation. Contractor placed that blue tape atop many areas of newly-installed LVP. When removed, it left stripes of white discoloration! Alcohol did nothing to remove the stripes, but several applications of Goo Gone finally did. Fortunately, I'd initially only pulled up the tape in one small room before noticing the issue. For the rest of the taped areas, applying Goo Gone to the tape beforehand and then to the floor as the blue tape was being pulled up prevented white-stripe discoloration. Whew! Your info saved a new floor!
I put this shit in my rentals too. I even put it on walls as wainscoting 4' high in stairwell walls, hallways, wall behind toilets and wherever I expect a bed or couch to be pushed against a wall. Saves a ton of time repainting and trying to remove marks. Everywhere else gets click lock floating LVP (dining, living room, stairs, bathrooms). Bedrooms I do in high end commercial carpet tiles - easy to pull up a tile and replace. Basically everything gets protected as high as a toddler or neglected dog can reach to do damage.
Awesome that you’re showing this. Many projects for my old home.
👏 time to get to work. Best of luck on the projects!
This really helped. I was considering paying someone else to fit our flooring but I'm more confident after watching this.
If you have a lot of glue from whatever u had down before I recommend putting mineral spirits in a spray bottle spray all the glue let it sit for 5-10 minutes it’ll scrape right up btw I do flooring for a living just watching some videos you can never know too much always gotta check to see if someone has a better way to do it
I’ve been out of the flooring game for quite some time. But back in the day I installed VAT on commercial jobs. I used charcoal lighter fluid with the same result. Just wondering if the glues now would react in the same way. I always tell people to hire professionals because their knowledge and experience is worth the extra money.
Thanks, I subscribed a while ago and randomly have a small bathroom all tore apart and a box of vinyl plank I’m about to install this week so this video was perfectly timed 👍
Also, the supplies and tools links are super useful along with the links to certain stages of the video. Thanks for putting in the time and effort to do that 👍👍
Good timing 😁. Thanks for the kind words and happy to hear you got value from the links/time stamps. Best of luck on your project.
Very helpful video. I am now looking forward to my weekend flooring project. Keep up the great work😊
Great, best of luck on the project 👍
This is the best video I have watched for doing this kind of floor. Thank you 😀
You bet, best of luck on the project 👍
Thanks! bathroom exact job doing today, easy peasy mate 👍
Nice work and very well explained as usual. Thanks for posting.
You bet!
Really helpful, thanks!
You’re welcome!
@8:40 I always like to point out when I learn something, not that I didnt learn from the whole video, but I had no idea what the notches h
ad to do with anything.
Very helpful. Thank you!
No problem Jules, glad the video was helpful.
Excellent video, thank you
SUPER helpful! Love the chapters ("steps") set up within the video, the excellent explanations, and the fantastic camera work! Bravo! Going to make my flooring project a piece of cake. :)
Thanks Greg, best of luck and let me know if you have any questions 👍
Just a tip, you can use you’re heat gun to warm up the plank and make the cut around the toilet flange. Makes cuts like that much easier.
great video! thank you for sharing
Thanks for watching 👍
Thanks!
Nice video
A floor scraper(razor) works really good for that .. u should try one .. works wonders and gets the floor clean .
Excellent
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Thanks for the video, where did you get the Bostik Uni-Lock glue?
Any subfloor should either be screeded or ply boarded before installing lvt
(Rental) I am curious to what type of flooring is installed in the rest of your rental? Thanks, 😊
If the glue is not all the way set and some does rise up through the seams, did it gap the seam? and did the goo gone remove it easily? Thanks!
Great job! I really like using the glue down planks for the reason you mentioned - able to replace a plank(s) that is damaged.
The problem though is that suppliers often will discontinue a product. So I have to have a small supply of planks on hand for the 'old' line - otherwise I wouldn't have anything to use to make the repairs. I am now on my 3rd generation of flooring product. Ugh
What 3 measurements would you recommend for 36” long planks?
Hi I just had vinyl plank installed in my bedroom and the contractor did not use a setting glue like the one you used and put it on the floor and the plank this caused the glue to now show between some of the planks and it is now set and dry after waiting 5 days to put furniture back into room
would goo be gone work to lift up the excess glue still or do you recommend another method?
I have 36 inch by 3 inch glue down . you staggered your tile 48 then 32 then 16 what can you recommend for the 36 inch strips. Thank You
Masking with Scotch Blue masking tape will spare you having to clean up any residual glue getting on things like the tub, toe kick and baseboards.
I’m doing a basement floor. It has small cracks and it appears to have man made lines you could say. Would I need to fill those in with the stuff you used? If so how long does that need to dry before you put the glue down. Also does it need to be sanded at all?
Yes, you want the subfloor (wood or concrete) to be as smooth as possible. I let the filler sit for a couple hours and I did do some light sanding.
Can I put this over title floors?
Does the glue seal the floor to protect it from water? Dumb question i know but......??
Why didn't you use primer since concrete is pourous?
If don't have ah we a heat gun, could I use a hair dryer?
Hi what’s the name of the glue down you used? The link isn’t showing the brand name.
What kind of glue you use for the vinyl plank? Is that works through concrete floor? Thank you
The exact glue I used was made by Bostik and called Uni-Lock www.bostik.com/us/Bostik-products/uni-lock-universal-pressure-sensitive-adhesive . Don't forget to let it "setup" for about an hour or until it turns clear which will reduce the amount of excess which wants to come out between the planks. Best of luck on the project!
So how well does this 2mm vinly plank hold up in a rental? I was told not to get anything less than 3mm
Hey Cheryll, this product is perfect for rentals. The key is this product is glue down compared to the floating vinyl plank. Most floating vinyl plank is thicker but my money is on glue down especially because if there is damage he can heat up, remove, and replace only 1 plank without disturbing the rest of the floor. Let me know if you have any other questions.
If an entire house was on a slab, would you go with the glue down over floating LVP?
glue down will last alot longer and you can replace planks quite easily if you need to. it should be cheaper than the floating version because you don't have to pay for the locking system on the back of the plank. The catch is that you really should apply a smoothing compound to the slab instead of gluing them directly to the concrete like he's done in this video.
smoothing compound will cost a fair bit so it might work out more expensive than the floating version but i'd always go with the gluedown because I do flooring professionally.
2 questions!
1. Is there a reason not to use glue down planks in a basement? I had a contractor set to install and he realized I had bought glue down planks and refused to do them- are they harder than floating to install?
2. They had me purchase a vapor barrier and underlayment, would I use these with a glue down plank? Thank you!!
Hey Lexi, yep glue down is tougher but I think makes a better product. No vapor barrier or underpayment needed if you are going straight to concrete. Just makes sure everything is smooth.
My handyman didn't Stager the pre glued vinyl planks. (Pre glued on the edges only) It is really bothering me now that I look at it everyday. Can I pull it up and redo it?
Sounds like you have a floating vinyl plank with sticky strips on the edge to hold the planks together. Yes you can pull it up but would be easy just to start fresh. Sorry, I know it is disappointing when you pay for a job to be done and it is completed less than professionally.
Skip the Goo-gone and just use acetone to clean up excess glue. It won't damage the planks and will evaporate quickly.
I've done some snap-together/floating floors before, but not a glue-down floor yet. I'm curious, how come people suggest to measure and place the first plank away from the wall, rather than put the first plank against the wall then go out from there? Thank you!
If you’re walls aren’t perfectly square, then this gives you the option to perfectly scribe that row to the wonky wall so there would be less of a gap.
@@mattfrazier3115 Thank you! I had a feeling that might be it, but I wasn't sure.
Was this 48-32-16 pattern specific for the dimensions of the bathroom? Or could I use this method in an entire house? Sorry, newbie here!
Nope, that is not unique to the bathroom. I just wanted 3 different staggered lines running the length (48") of the plank. Best of luck on the project.
It can be random. I always do a full row and whatever piece I cut off the end of that row I use to start next. Then a full and so on. As long as the rows are staggered that way u still get a pattern but wayy less waste
Do you know if you could use linoleum as a subfloor if it’s in good shape?
Hey Ehtan, if the linoleum is still held down over the entire floor you should be in good shape. You might be surprised how easy the old linoleum comes up with a heat gun and scraper but every install is a little different.
Thank you so much I wasn’t really finding any good information on the internet, very helpful
How about using releasable glue in case a plank gets damaged some day and has to be replaced?
It is
Please someone answer me 🥺 is the adhesive vinyl would stick to hard floor, I mean like concrete floor or stone floor ? Or I must go with regular vinyl + glue
It will stick to concrete but check the manufacturer's use guide and for the type of flooring you're using
Why didn't you remove and lay underneath the vanity?
Can LVP glue down be done over concrete that has "cutback" from an old florr on it?
You should get most of that off. I just did a floor like that about 2 months back and we had to rent a big floor buffer from the rental store with a scarifier pad like this one www.lowes.com/pd/Diamabrush-1-Piece-Diamond-Grit-Wheel/1000378943?cm_mmc=shp-_-c-_-prd-_-tol-_-ggl-_-PLA_TOL_215_Power-Tool-Accessories-_-1000378943-_-online-_-0-_-0&ds_rl=1286981&gclid=Cj0KCQjwqoibBhDUARIsAH2OpWjEhqNDon9kBUUW_QH2yNpRxuVA5VB13EMpyXesR6s6hBMrYTDL6bIaAggSEALw_wcB&gclsrc=aw.ds
@@EverydayHomeRepairs thanks! There's not much cutback left; you can't feel any trowel marks or lumps. Mostly just looks like stained concrete
@@douglassimonsr3289 If you have a smooth finish and it is just color/looks bad you should be good to place your glue directly on top and set the vinyl plank. Mine also "looked bad" but was smooth 👍
What kind of glue did you use?
This is the exact stuff I used www.bostik.com/australia/en_AU/catalog/product/construction/apac/australia/product-bostik/ I got it from a local flooring store.
is there a reason you just didnt clean the vinyl really good, and just over lay on top of it?
To be honest I know that is common but I like to get down to the concrete or subfloor and start fresh. I feel like it is worth the extra time invested and makes for a better end product.
ok... i do floors also. thanks for letting me know. i was just wondering if its just preference. or something i didnt know. i watch videos to see if i can learn something new. thanks for taking the time and making this.
So you dont have to put the underlayment down before the titles? Im.askikg because i want to do this in my great room because i hate carpet.
Not for this method because it will be glued to the floor underneath. You use the underlayment with floating floors so it can aid with potential water leaking and also sound absorption.
@@ShanettaDIYLife isn't it too cold? I'm watching videos so I can do it on my own in the house I will get soon
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Why not just remove the gripper bar then replace when you're done?
wrong glue! see that dark ring around the toilet flange? moisture comes up through a very thin slab around the flange because of the plumbing box and where the plastic moisture barrier was cut back for the plumbing penetration. So that glue will release and the flooring will let go and be loose around there and be a mess. what a waste to do all that work with the wrong glue. the glue you need is a 2 part epoxy for that aera. the glue you used will work in any other place in the house without plumbing penetrations or moisture problems.
These are a pain in the ass to put in
I have only done 4 small floors with the glue down but honestly I actually like the product and especially the feel of the end product assuming your subfloor is smooth and in good shape.
Hi Fischer, Heh give them another chance! I have rentals and completely moved away from the floating, snap together planks. Yes, those are a snap (lol) to install but have had issues down the road. The glue down require some floor prep. But the actual install goes much faster with less waste, and last much better - imo. :)
If the concrete slab original pour was done correctly and is both (1) smooth, and (2) level then glue-down is my preference, as a person who has never done any flooring at all.
I'm about to do my first floor job and your video is excellent.
But the 2mm (very thin) material will not 'hide' minor imperfections like the cushion layer and thicker snap-together pieces would. You need that subfloor (wood or concrete or etc.) to be smooth. 2mm will show all bumps and indentations in the subfloor over time.
Real bummer because in our rentals we would have a task to smooth all the floors quite a bit. With a snap-together we only have to get the flat/smooth so it's "close"
A 12mm snap-together wood laminate or a 7mm snap-together vinyl tile, both having a 'cushion' layer underneath, will be much more forgiving if the subfloor is not flat/smooth to the degree required by a thin 2mm glue-down plank floor.
I sorta hate the idea of having to do smoothing/leveling and I'm going to have to do some. If my floors were flat/smooth with no bumps I'd 100% use the glue-down 2mm vinyl planks.
Thanks for your great video!
For the love of God, put some knee pads on!
No
One video says to wait an hour after applying glue, another 4 hours and yet another said 12 hours...WTF? At 2 hours my glue was still to wet and everything was sliding around. This might be the worse product to use. I could have done tile and be done in half the time!
Hmmm, did you use a 1/16" V-notch trowel to spread the glue? The type that I use dries clear so it is pretty easy to know when it is ready to go.
What if you waited an hour and just started laying it down. It all went down great and lined up. Will the glue eventually cure if the lvp was put down a little bit early?
Those aren’t side cutters , bro.
This guy is not a pro...concrete floor, no kneepads?
Maybe he’s not a b!tch 🤷🏻♂️
Hi Mr, I buy flanks with glue including on flanks. Do you think need added more glue on the floor ?