Installing Vinyl Flooring Over Painted Concrete

Make sure that the concrete surface is clean and will adhere to the tile.

Installing vinyl flooring over painted concrete.

Use a quality cleaner like zep professional concrete and masonry floor cleaner 27 per gallon. For the floor adhesive to properly stick the floor must be clean. Let the concrete floor dry for 24 hours. To install vinyl plank flooring on concrete you ll first need to clean the concrete with soap and water and fill in any cracks with concrete filler.

Yet this application does make sense since concrete is heavy solid and is typically thought of as an unbending uncompromising material. Sheet vinyl can be installed over concrete if the surface of the concrete is clean smooth and dry. Using a glue down floor is an option in above grade installation only since installation below grade requires a plastic barrier on top of the concrete. And then baseboard is another leap forward it s so exciting.

Unlike stone vinyl tiles are lightweight and less complicated to maintain. Clean the cement thoroughly with a push broom and a wet vacuum. You can keep installing the tiles working from the center towards the walls. Clean the floor for glue down installation.

You can lower high spots with a grinder. Today i m sharing some tips tools and tricks to installing vinyl plank over concrete. You can install them removing the back paper to expose the sticky part of the tiles. Repair any holes or cracks.

However some people prefer to add another thin layer of subflooring between the concrete and vinyl. 500 750 square feet of coverage. Installing tile directly on concrete. So technically if you are installing vinyl plank flooring onto concrete you already have a subfloor.

Take the vinyl tiles and place them in the center of the room where the lines bisect. The process for installing the tiles is the same whether the tile is set on a floor or a wall. Any minor bumps can be removed with a masonry chisel and small sledgehammer. This is the second time we ve done our concrete basement using vinyl plank flooring see the last place here and this time it went so much smoother.

Step 4 install the tiles. Then use a level to find any spots where the ground is uneven and apply concrete self leveling compound to even it out. Add padding for comfort. If you find moisture you will need to abandon the vinyl tile installation project.

Wipe away or use a knife to peel away any adhesive that gets into the seams between planks. Most glue down vinyl plank flooring needs to be rolled with a floor roller after installation to firmly and evenly seat the vinyl planks into the adhesive.