How do you install SPL flooring in doorways, where there is no "bend" to get the tongue into the groove?

Please,Why did not you leave space between the wall and Plank vinyl? thank you in advance for answer

Do SPC planks score and snap with a utility knife, or is there a better method to cut planks to length?

I am so grateful for your videos! I've watched several of your videos, and with your help, I was able to feel confident in laying laminate flooring for the first time. I had done a SMALL bathroom in vinyl plank before watching this, and got SO frustrated, didn't really get quite the finish I wanted, which is what drove me to KZbin. So glad that I found your channel!! It made the project so much easier; it went together fairly flawlessly! I do wish I'd went ahead and ordered the Plank Hammer...it would have made the project a little easier, I am sure. THANK YOU for teaching in such a clear way, and giving us all the tips for easy installation!

I did three rooms by following these instructions and it turned out great! The best tips are how to plan out the first row and plan out how NOT to have a small sliver opening at the other end of the room. It also helped since I had a doorway at the first row, and needed to cut the first row back so the first row would go into the doorway about an inch or so. Joe really knows what he is doing. Thanks Joe!

Great info, thanks. Question, can I use tar paper under my plank that has a pad on it over my concrete slab floor as a moister barrier? Also, in another of your videos you specifically say no pad under LVP that has a pad already on it and in this one you mention the quiet walk as a good option. Is it just personal taste then? thanks again for your videos!

Never done flooding l bought all the tools. Doing multiple rooms with 2 different styles of lvp to look like wood in 3 rooms and stone tile in 2 rooms. Both lvp are from the same family and dont want any transitions or weird spots as im too ocd and need perfection. Thanks for the tips.

Thank you so much. I work at Lowe’s flooring and I’ll translate your expertise to more people. I’ll tell them about this channel too. Thanks again

Thanks!

The company I bought my lvp from only has flush mount stair noses. I saw your other video that said you should not use at the top where it meets the floating floor. What do you recommend that I do? Do a glue the first plank in addition to the stairnose and pray for the best? Should I use a t-molding at the top? Please let me know. Thank you.

This is priceless advice. This is how you can achieve pro results as a DIY'er on your first install. Thank you so much for sharing.

Cool

Can this Quiet Walk be used on stairs before laying the LVP? Wish I had learned about this sooner as we put LVP in upstairs bathrooms and if someone drop a hairbrush is sounds like it's coming through the ceiling down below. We were considering putting LVP through the WHOLE house but because of the noise....NO! We will likely replace the carpet.

Awesome video, I like you made a video with some who has never played this flooring before. I will be using this video for my first diy flooring install! Thanks

Installing LVP over cement slab in a bedroom. The closet has a sliding door with a bottom rail. Should I drill through the planks into the slab to install the bottom rail? Glue the bottom rail to the vinyl planks? Thanks...

Amen!! Thank you Brother.

I wish you would come to Ohio. I never done this before and have a 3500 sq house to do

Do you have any tips for installing a floating LVP over an existing hardwood floor? I want to install one to protect a nice hardwood floor from my clumsiness, so I can't screw any reference pieces into it for alignment. Thank you so much for all of the amazing and helpful videos!

What a delight. I'm 66 and getting ready to do my first floor while my husband is at work.Its a 10x11 bedroom. I thought I'd google some advice. God led me straight to your video...no need to watch any besides yours now. It's always a blessing to see Him intertwine His people! 😊 Thank you.

Yea never will get wet. Mold will just build up under all of that

Joe, great video! Thank you for the video and, more importantly, for the prayer. That really got to me, man. I don't know why, but it made my eyes start to leak. I've been going through a lot for a long time, and I keep wanting to give up and give in. But through the grace of God, I keep trudging along. Thank you, brother.

We've been watching your vids so we can learn to lay LVP and replace the nasty carpet in our newer house. We laid bamboo in our other house, and may have gotten spoiled with the quality! The vid where you show the hallway to start as your guide, you mentioned how to make the outside edges at least a ½ plank instead of the small tiny pieces. Is that only with hallways? Now this video, the edge is smaller. I don't understand how small is too small? We finished room 1 with 4 more rooms to go. While my husband was at work yesterday, I set it up the room the way you showed how to do the hallways. That first 3 rows were so hard because the room had a bow and a closet in the middle. This video shows starting from left to right. I missed the part about using 10 planks. I'm assuming the 10 planks are key to everything in a room? I'll have to search your vids to understand how to use the 10 planks when laying LVP. If someone knows the name of the video explaining this, would you mind posting it here? Thank you. I'm dreading the next room tomorrow!!😢

Thank you so much for such an easy to learn how to easily do floors. Awesome vids! Wondering if you might be able to do a video on doing stairs covering the different stair noses please and TIA

Thank you so much Joe for being so generous with your knowledge! This "play by play" install video with you coaching a DIY'er is definitely one of my favorites, Great teaching skills! I ordered some samples using your link, Im a few weeks out from going for my first install.

So my house is in Alaska and I am interested in LVP, on an concrete slab, I also wonder about in floor heating radiant heating spots, like bath rooms, in front room, in front of couch and kitchen, How would this work? I have rolled vinyl currently, 15 years old. can it be laid over top? Sorry for so many questions, but big investment. Bless you for sharing your gifts!

I can look at the floor in the house I moved In 1 year ago and see the installer did not lock the ends together, then the sides. He clearly locked the sides then beat the whole plank down to lock in yhr end with its neighbor. About 10% of the planks are lifting just a little on the locking end of the planks. I know correct procedure now when I rip it up to redo it. The only time I ever installed, I did it the same way my installer did...wrong. Luckily it didn't lift the ends when I did it. Now I can do it right.

I pulled up my floor and noticed where the dishwasher was there is a lot of moisture. Can I use a moisture barrier just under the tucked away dishwasher area to protect the floor?

is it ok to overlap the 6mil visqueen

Any ideas for the gap in door trim and cased openings after removing hardwood and going to a thinner vinyl?

I see you didn't screw or glue the floor, and since you leave 1/4" gap will the floor move after time? what keep the floor in place?

I can’t even begin to add all of the ways that your videos have helped me through my LVP installation. From tools to techniques, everything was a lifesaver for me! Question for you as a DIY project, is there any value for me to caulk around the edges of my floor before I put down trim? Or only in the wet areas?

Great video. Learned a lot. However, my biggest problem/frustration is connecting the butt joints. I angle the board slightly and when I drop the board down it either doesn't go in or it bends or breaks the tongue. I try to tap it in and it breaks for sure. This happens 95% of the time. Any suggestions?

But how do you begin when flooring an entire house, with hallways, doorways, closets, rooms?

Joe I have old tile that I want to cover do I want a pad?

Do recommend using a pad in a second floor bathroom installation? Do you have a bathroom vinyl plank installation video?

The hallways I'm used to doing are 2 to 3 inches off on one end from the other 😅

Thank you so much for your videos. It helped me a lot to install my own floor. Especially the advice on what to do in the hard spaces where you could barely angle the plank. God bless you as well.

Great product

If you’re thinking about installing plank flooring this channel is the spot to come! I installed the LVP flooring in our 1675 square foot home after watching Mr Letendre’s videos. The wife and I love our new floors I was able to do it without using any transition pieces and we saved a ton of money by doing them ourselves! So do yourself a favor get the tools he suggests and like he says “install your first row last”

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Idk why I'm confused but I am

Excellent

Thanks for your content. I installed my floor 3 years ago now and your content helped greatly. My trim puller is still a great tool to have I cheated and used a High quality looselay Vinyl plank.

What brand and color is the flooring in this video? Thanks in advance. Very informative video sir!

I'm going to be putting vinyl in my living room. It's mostly a rectangle but it has wide step down entry into the room so it isn't an even width the whole way across. How would I go about planning the room for even plank width on the final boards?

You made me a better floor guy

I love you and I love your content. Praise the Lord. May God bless you!

Nice, screws to hold temporary. Love it. Thank you, brother.

Excellent video. Getting that first row set is very overwhelming for many of us diyer's, it takes a lot of second guessing and self confidence before I can get started on my projects, but once I get rolling it goes like clockwork. It just takes so long to get started because I'm constantly measuring and worried about getting it straight. This will be a game changer for me. Thanks and keep the tips coming!