Installing Vinyl Flooring - Comments
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In my searches I have found some products which claim to be realease adhesive for vinyl flooring, but I do need to know what you suggest we do in a case like this where the client wants to use Halo Vinyl Flooring onto Access Flooring and need to have the tiles laid in such a way, that they may gain access to all or part of the flooring. Plus the surface of the ASM access floor tile is a smooth metal plate and the adhesive would also need to be able to bound to this surface properly. We are not too concerned about leaving a residue on the panels, but we need an efficient way to access the floor below that is easy for the client. We had inquired about a similiar product where the release mechanism was activated with a heat process which did not appear to be user friendly for the proposed installation. Please recommend an adhesive as well as a costing ( if possible ) where I can achieve the above. This information is needed urgently
KAFI at November 21, 2007 12:33 PM
Posted by: KAFI at November 21, 2007 12:33 PMI've never been involved with such an installation so don't have an adhesive recommendation for you. I'm hoping a reader will have a great answer for you soon though.
The Flooring Lady at November 23, 2007 10:32 AM
Posted by: The Flooring Lady at November 23, 2007 10:32 AMWe would like to lay beveled vinyl tiles and put something into the beveling that would make it look like grout. Is there a colored sealant or something else we could use ?
Pat at February 26, 2008 12:12 AM
Posted by: Pat at February 26, 2008 12:12 AMInteresting concept. I don't have any experience with such an approach and my gut level tells me it's not going to work as well as you'd like because of trying to mix two very different products.
Let us know what you do. And if anyone knows of such a product and approach, please chime in.
The Flooring Lady at February 26, 2008 01:09 PM
Posted by: The Flooring Lady at February 26, 2008 01:09 PMTHe Home Depot offers groutable vinyl tiles (only a couple of styles) but they go down like normal tiles with spacers and the you grout them. I've not done it yet, but I have seen them and they look and feel great.
Good luck !!!
Tim at March 15, 2008 06:24 PM
Posted by: Tim at March 15, 2008 06:24 PMwhen we had our vinyl installed by lowes there were tons of bubbles all over the vinyl and you can see the places where they silt the vinyl to let out the air in the bathroon but the vinyl is still not sticking in both the bathroom and the kitchen what can we do about the bubbles and the slits?
ashley at April 21, 2008 09:05 PM
Posted by: ashley at April 21, 2008 09:05 PMOuch. I don't want to imply all big-box stores have less than professional installers, but I have heard several horror stories, yours being one. Without having seen your floor installation my reaction is that Lowes can de-install it because they did a bad job of the installation and of their attempted repair.
Yes, slitting the bubbles can fix the problem, but if you have as many as you say you do, that many slits is bad news! And the bubbles are an indication of a bad installation or a bad vinyl. Either way, I'd get rid of it and start again.
The Flooring Lady at April 22, 2008 01:51 PM
Posted by: The Flooring Lady at April 22, 2008 01:51 PMCan I use an extra adhesive to the peel and sitck graoutable vinyl floors to ensure that they don't start to pop up?
Dawn at June 2, 2008 05:59 PM
Posted by: Dawn at June 2, 2008 05:59 PMHi Dawn, To tell you the truth, I don't know! You can call the manufacturer and ask them.
Feel free to drop back in and let us know what they said.
The Flooring Lady at June 5, 2008 11:17 AM
Posted by: The Flooring Lady at June 5, 2008 11:17 AM
I'm currently having glue down vinyl tiles installed in my kitchen and all bathrooms. When I looked at them today, (the installers are 30% finished) they looked crooked, the butts didn't meet and I could feel a slope as I walked around the room. I told them that I was not happy and that they should fix it so they took up part of the floor, reapplied some tiles and re-leveled some of the floor. How worried should I be? These same guys are supposed to install my laminate in the living room next week but I won't let them touch it if they do a crappy job on the vinyl. Does it take vinyl a few days to "look right" ? Should they have been using something (like a seam roller) to make sure the ends butt and stay down?
swgirl at July 11, 2008 10:48 PM
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