Diy Sheet Vinyl Installation This Old House

Home centers and flooring retailers sell a variety of tiles sheets and planks and can recommend an installer if the type you choose isn t diy friendly.

Diy sheet vinyl installation this old house.

Tape together the felt paper pieces to form a single room size template. Using a handsaw turn it on its side and saw off the bottom of the door frame image 2. Sheet vinyl can be laid over old linoleum or vinyl flooring if the existing floor is in good condition. Sheet photo by courtesy of tarkett.

If the old floor has a rough texture or some indentations use a coat of embossing leveler. If it comes up easily there s too much moisture in the concrete to install a sheet vinyl floor. After 72 hours try to pull up the vinyl. Standard sheet vinyl is not heavy enough to be installed in this fashion it will slip and curl over time.

In this video this old house general contractor tom silva lays down a vinyl sheet floor. In some cases vinyl can be glued directly to old vinyl ceramic tile and wood floors but special fillers and glue down procedures are needed. To trim a door frame so that the vinyl flooring will fit nicely take a scrap piece of the flooring that is going to be installed and lay it down next to the door frame. Linoleum or vinyl flooring.

Applied with a straightedge trowel the embosser will create a smooth surface to support the new floor. Make a template of the floor using felt paper. Invented in 1958 this pro installed flooring goes down fast and has few if any seams. To prevent loose lay vinyl from curling up in high traffic areas secure the material with double sided tape at the doorways.

Six years later tom silva says there s not a sign of wear anywhere. Sheet linoleum with a custom inlaid border covers the mudroom floor of the 1993 this old house project house a 1906 shingle style in belmont massachusetts. Use utility knife to cut the template roughly around the room.