Steps To Installing Vinyl Flooring
Installing vinyl flooring is the best way to dress up any room, big or small, in your home. With it's countless styles and durability it works with any taste and can last for several years. Vinyl flooring is convenient since it is low maintenance and easy to clean. Beautiful flooring adds a quality touch to any home and can truly turn a once ordinary room into the center piece of your home. Before venturing into your home installation make sure you do your homework. Research the kind of floors you want and make sure you understand the price, durability and which is the easiest to install. If you are hiring a contractor, go with a well known licensed and insured company. Not doing this can leave you with a job half done and a huge mess to clean up.
Preparing the floor for installing vinyl flooring is the first step. Make sure to remove baseboards to create a flat smooth surface. Also, remove nails left from the baseboards. Clean and vacuum the floor thoroughly. Making sure the vinyl can easily slide under any moldings that where not removed is important as it has to lay flat while installing. This can easily be accomplished by creating a small space using a small fine tooth saw to trim the molding from underneath. Adhesive material is used to lay vinyl. Novalis is a good brand that costs about $36.00 per gallon and can cover 135 square feet. Armstrong makes an environment friendly adhesive for $24.00 with low odor and can cover about 275 square feet.
There are two types and styles of vinyl to choose from. You can choose from sheets or tile, and depending on what you want to spend, either printed or inlaid are the two viable options depending on the look you want to achieve. Inlaid is the more expensive of the two due to it's heaviness, where as printed is more affordable but not as durable. Armstrong is a trusted company that carries both types of vinyl with an expansive selection of styles ranging from solid colors to wood inspired vinyl. Beijing Slate Dawn is a luxury sheet vinyl that comes in 12ft rolls that is a full spread installation and low gloss level. Another popular luxury class is the Exotic Walnut Cinnamon Stick. This sheet of vinyl is a traditional wood pattern that would look beautiful in any room with an ultra low gloss level. Both are durable and composed of the Tough guard Master Works and easy to clean. No polish is ever needed. An added plus to Armstrong's vinyl flooring is that it is installed with CushionStep for extra durability in a high traffic room. Armstrong recommends hiring a professional for installing vinyl flooring as the sheets can be hard to cut.
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