My contractor wants to install laminate on top of floor.
Installing laminate flooring over old glue.
Occasionally i would see another installer on the job site installing a laminate floor.
Planks can be cut with a hand saw circular saw or flooring cutter and most laminate flooring comes in planks that simply snap together with a tongue.
We have some very budget friendly vinyl plank options that we would definitely recommend and vinyl will be 100 waterproof.
The previous owner put the really old style tiles on top of concrete.
In fact laminate flooring can be installed in almost every room in your home including kitchens since it doesn t have to be glued down and doesn t involve grout or mortar.
In colorado dry basement built 1961.
Even if you install over glue down vinyl the laminate flooring will still not be waterproof and in the event of a spill or flood the flooring would be damaged.
Several types of adhesive are used to install flooring materials.
There are also tiles missing here and there.
Wood flooring adhesive mastic and thinset are the go to adhesives used by installers.
My first laminate flooring installation.
When installing a laminate floor on top of old tile on top of concrete basement floor.
Prior to the installation of floor covering systems triseal will also seal floors in dusty conditions providing a clean.
What is your budget.
This means that the choice of subfloor i e what you install laminate over needs to provide the right support.
Back in early 2003 i installed my first ever laminate floor.
Before this i never did it before.
I worked in a lot of new construction houses.
I was installing mostly carpet an vinyl flooring.
Xl brands triseal adhesive residue encapsulator triseal is a light colored high strength acrylic polymer compound formulated to isolate cutback and other types of old adhesive residues that would affect the bond of the new floor adhesive over concrete substrates.