How To Glue Down A Vinyl Sheet

Homeowners love vinyl for its durability resistance to moisture low cost and trouble free maintenance.

How to glue down a vinyl sheet.

Protect the floor with masking tape and apply an even coat of adhesive. Apply the adhesive with a 1 16 wide 1 16 deep and 1 16 apart notched trowel. Precisely position the vinyl flooring in the bathroom then reroll one half of the piece. The manufacturer will specify the exact adhesive needed.

A removable or non removal vinyl adhesive is required for adhering vinyl to the subfloor. The baseboards will cover the staples. How to do it. Notches to spread the adhesive evenly over the floor.

Staples from a regular heavy duty shop staple gun are driven into place every two inches all along the perimeter. If you noticed i said most. So i researched this. Stick adhesive under the loose flooring.

Working at one taped area at a time roll back the vinyl so you can see the double sided tape. The original sheet vinyl flooring is similar to linoleum which comes in rolls that you glue to the subfloor with mastic but more recent products are thicker and lay flat without glue. Follow the adhesive instructions precisely. Keep the staples as close the edge as possible but not so close that they might tear out.

Repeat this procedure for each of the taped areas. Seal the seam with vinyl seam sealer. Use a notched trowel 1 16 x 1 16 x 3 32 in. Vinyl sheet flooring is one of the simplest floors to install.

Most flooring vinyl flooring manufacturers do not allow direct glue down directly to the subfloor. The term loose lay applies. Glue down the floor. The sheet vinyl is cut to size.

Spread the adhesive with a notched trowel. Roll back the second half of the floor and repeat the gluing process. Ivc says you can direct glue down to oriented strand board osb all others say no. Remove the tape s protective backing roll the vinyl back over it and press the flooring in place.