LVP - Luxury vinyl planking aka sticky planks
Anyone tried this, used this, have any tips to offer on this? I have hideous tiles in my kitchen / living room and decided after some research* that LVP was a good interim measure (right now I can't afford the kind of tiles I'd like) and I've got half the kitchen done (the easy half) and am beginning to think I bit off more than I chew. My usual expert for the tricky bits is ill, I've an enthusiastic husband (not my own) offering to help with the finishing (if DIY guy is still sick next week) (there's a deadline of 20th March, no pressure eh?) but he said cheerfully he knows nothing at all about LVP but how hard can it be
So while I am taking a break and trying to stop my fingers sticking to the keyboard, I wondered if anyone has done it for real because it doesn't seem quite as straightforward as the videos with experienced DIY guys / girls made it look. They were gaily enthusiastic but there are breaks in the recordings which I am now eyeing with suspicion.
*I'd never heard of it before, I was looking at laminate click-together flooring and that led to vinyl click-together and then to the self-adhesive type. Shorter life but easier maintenance / repair / replace bits, and "So Easy To Lay". I am quoting.
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I applied the tile squares on the concrete...I’m not sure if you can apply sticky planks over tile...
My son-in-law finished his office in the LVP about a month ago...He pulled up the carpet and it was applied to the upstairs floor which is wood...He did apply a barrier to the wood before he applied it...It came out gorgeous. It took him about 6 hours to do a 14x14 room...
Here is the LVI he used..He had never done it before..
I applied the tile squares on the concrete...I’m not sure if you can apply sticky planks over tile...
My son-in-law finished his office in the LVP about a month ago...He pulled up the carpet and it was applied to the upstairs floor which is wood...He did apply a barrier to the wood before he applied it...It came out gorgeous. It took him about 6 hours to do a 14x14 room...
Here is the LVI he used..He had never done it before..
The tiles aren't textured so it is okay, like tiling onto concrete, and that's one reason I chose the sticky rather than click, because if a central click plank gets damaged you have to dismantle half the floor to replace, whereas the damaged sticky plank can be cut and peeled up with a heat gun. Well, in theory ....
It is the halfway-tricky bits that are getting me, how did you do the cut-outs? (loo, basin, etc?) I am cutting on paper, then making a cardboard template, getting that right, then I cut the plank - and arrrrggghhhh tiny gaps. Driving me ballistic. How did you do those? My house is at least 100 years old and not a straight wall in the place, I'm using the tiles as "chalk lines" but cutting to fit to the stupid walls, not to mention built-ins in the kitchen, is just not going smoothly.
Blast the time difference but if anyone else has a quick hack for templates ...
The tiles aren't textured so it is okay, like tiling onto concrete, and that's one reason I chose the sticky rather than click, because if a central click plank gets damaged you have to dismantle half the floor to replace, whereas the damaged sticky plank can be cut and peeled up with a heat gun. Well, in theory ....
It is the halfway-tricky bits that are getting me, how did you do the cut-outs? (loo, basin, etc?) I am cutting on paper, then making a cardboard template, getting that right, then I cut the plank - and arrrrggghhhh tiny gaps. Driving me ballistic. How did you do those? My house is at least 100 years old and not a straight wall in the place, I'm using the tiles as "chalk lines" but cutting to fit to the stupid walls, not to mention built-ins in the kitchen, is just not going smoothly.
Blast the time difference but if anyone else has a quick hack for templates ...
I've done a few rooms with sticky squares 12" x 12" (30cm x 30cm)
Also, I worked for a bathroom remodeling company who did flooring and tile.
Typically, it was easier to remove the toilet, rough cut the tiles around the flange and install the toilet over the new flooring. Perfect fit. Remember you
have tomust get a new wax ring that seals the toilet to the flange.Different applications for different products. Some could go over a sub floor, some required a 3mm barrier, the thicker products had their own backing and didn't require glue-down or preparation.
I did just manage a cutout around kitchen cabinet legs and am feeling extraordinarily chuffed with myself. A little paste to make it look a perfect fit, and it will look fine.
To infinity and beyond ...
I've done a few rooms with sticky squares 12" x 12" (30cm x 30cm)
Also, I worked for a bathroom remodeling company who did flooring and tile.
Typically, it was easier to remove the toilet, rough cut the tiles around the flange and install the toilet over the new flooring. Perfect fit. Remember you have to must get a new wax ring that seals the toilet to the flange.
Different applications for different products. Some could go over a sub floor, some required a 3mm barrier, the thicker products had their own backing and didn't require glue-down or preparation.
Main problem in the kitchen is proving to be the built-in stuff, like the sink unit which is basically a platform with space below for the bin - it followed the wall, not the floor tiles, fair enough, but is giving me some odd angles now, and my kitchen cabinets, which aren't going anywhere, are on little legs for easy cleaning underneath. Those legs are rapidly becoming the bane of my existence. Eight of the little suckers, the first two have aged me.Jac's contour profile doodab could have solved that, though. I hope ...
For me, the scored line and snapping has a 50/50 success rate. I have some wood shaping/grinding tools for the fine work. Dremel tool is a brand name most hobbyists use for projects. Cut slightly oversized by 2mm or 3mm, then trim to a perfect fit.
It takes practice and by the last plank you will have figured it out!
Check to see if they make small matching 'shoe moulding' that can be mitered cut to go around legs should the fit not be to your liking and you don't want to waste more planks.