How to Cut In and Install A Vinyl Floor

[@thatsmythoughtsexactly]

the best how to video on this topic I've seen so far...I feel a whole lot more confident in doing it my self now.

[@tammysamsel4641]

You make this look so easy! I'm in the middle of laying vinyl. I have it rough cut and had to stop because I was afraid to do the finish cut. I''m so glad I watched this video. I'm over-thinking the project and I'm going to finish today...thanks

[@Elin-Esteem84]

2x4 wrapped in carpet is genius!! Thanks for the great pro tip! I will b using this trick for laying a new floor in my basement laundry room.

[@VCthaGOATdunker]

I've been looking a lot but I finally found a vid that shows how to cut the actualy vinyl on the edges. thanks bro!

[@52Woodland]

Rub out stick is a great idea. Thanks for the tip.

[@Markshale]

I see you just bend and fold the vinyl until it does what you want. You make it look so easy. I also see you drop the vinyl right in to wet glue.. No chance of a bubble with that rub stick? what a grate tool. I cant wait to butcher in my kitchen thanks for the advice.

[@perspicator5779]

fantastic! Nice to see how a pro does it! Thanks for taking the time to educate us DIYers.

[@jendeal9371]

Very nice. I did a small budget build in our shop bathroom, so no subfloor =(. The concrete showed in a few spots, but the most important was a good vacuuming first. The best, and cheapest way for new flooring, and its waterproof. Also used a heat gun in the corners which worked great. Thumbs up!

[@MonicasCreations8128]

Thanks for taking the thoughtful time to make a video on this project!

[@ingaman]

Thank you so much! I am having to do this in my girlfriend's apartment after she had a major kitchen fire. Took forever to find a video like this as most people are posting about how to install vinyl fittings.

[@lindamcd1217]

You are a hard-working man. I bet your back and knees hurt all the time. Looks great!

[@jacquelinegarvin4520]

You're a good teacher thanks for the lesson.

[@ArnoldsDesign]

Good video. You saved me a whole lot of time. The carpeted 2x4 is a great idea too. Thanks.

[@steelman86]

For me, i would have folded the vinyl backwards from the sink cabinet to half the room and then trowel the mastic up to the half way mark, after that, hold the vinyl up walking forward so you can let it gently lay back onto the floor which avoids trapping air bubbles. This will also allow you to simply tuck the end under the kitchen cabinet without trying to roll it sideways and break the backing. Thats the way i have done vinyl in the past and works well for me in my rental units! Regarding the removal of base boards first. That is a good way to make sure the vinyl is completely covered with zero space between the vinyl and baseboard area but i normally cut the vinyl exactly up to the base board and use a curved back vinyl knife to make the vinyl come exactly to the baseboard. I seldom use caulking in this situation as the vinyl fits tightly against the baseboard with no spaces. Everyone has their own method so use what works for you!

[@WillS-pl8wg]

Yeah this bothered me.

[@muckquomp]

Thanks for giving me the confidence. I never even thought of using a "rub-out-stick". Maybe I would have after the installation. I like Darin's suggestion of a template, but I think you would say, room is way to large for that technique. Thank you so much.

[@arigabe123]

See this guys been installing for a long time... Started probably in his teens as a helper... I know this because only skilled installer know to use that 2x4 wrapped in carpet for better distribution when adhering flooring... I do that same thing... I prefer the 2x4 and my body weight to push the air from under the vinyl... Nice to see old school installers still exist.... Im old school...18 yrs in the business....

[@bakingpage]

My husband is so inimidated by home renovating becaus he is afraid of making a mistake but these videos are helping us a lot. thanks so much.

[@michaelschneider9305]

Let me know if you need anything;)

[@midkiffsjoy]

Thank you Thank you Thank you Thank you. That's exactly what I needed to see how to do.

[@nickyoung5697]

Cutting in sheet goods with a carpet knife, no 100 lb roller,laying the trowell flat so most likely putting half of the recommended amount of adhesive.shorts and tennis shoes lmao good video and very professional! Hopefully the only thing people will take from this video is to have fun

[@426superbee4]

That looks so much better than title and easier to kept clean! NICE JOB

[@dtossonian11358]

he did a good job! i been selling floors for 9 years, what i learn is there a bunch of loudmouth,think they know it all contractors and talk shit,there's a upset that they don't have work so the bitch.

[@michaelwest7874]

Love that rub out stick I’m going to make one thanks

[@briangingras5886]

This video was a good tip for me the rub out idea was appropriate instead of having to rent a roller

[@thenub5606]

A good way to check if the glue is ready for the vinyl is to stand in it. If it sticks to your feet then it's not ready.

[@ThatDanDude]

Don't think I would have rolled it like that. Cheap vinyl but it can rip or crease permanent. Maybe glue down the easy side first so it don't shift then deal with under the toe kick. Just a thought.

[@Dontbelievemejuswatch]

Great video!! Very informative. I saved this video and watched a couple times. I’m doing my bedroom floor now. My first time ever! (I definitely should have gotten knee pads though lol) Thank you!!!

[@shanniemedrano6344]

Holy smokes, you can tell that guy is a pro just by how quickly he cuts that vinyl and how he whips that glue around.

[@leonascimento4724]

shannie medrano not really i could have done in half of ehat took him

[@AdamKeele]

Fast isn't always the sign of a pro.

[@brianmi40]

carelessly rolling the vinyl at risk of tearing it under the sink is not the sign of a pro.

[@stoneyj1a1]

Can you use PL 400 to glue it down?

[@fontane1438]

thx alot, been awhile since i did this needed a refresher course, have to do my kitchen real soon, thx again

[@TheBigEasy803]

You make it look do easy, for two females , I hope we make it look just as easy...lol... Thanks for the video tutorial

[@LuisCastillo-gr3ok]

Buen video saludos desde panamá👍🙋‍♂️🇵🇦👌👏

[@vinny3725]

Thank for posting, helped me a lot with my bathroom and kitchen floor s thank

[@Fupaforlife]

Good install video, the prep is the main point to watch.

[@Bryden01]

I agree with most of the video with the following exceptions. Never fold or roll your material back to be glued without being ON it! This prevents shifting of the material for one reason as well as it is sooo much easier to handle corners while on the material. If he would have just evened the flap of the vinyl and pulled it straight back while ON it, he would have been done in 2 secs :) Very sloppy glue job too, sry but that makes smoothing out a nightmare. I know this all by trial and error :)

[@kenbender373]

Love the board idea I used roller pin but will make this now

[@shawmutt]

Thanks for posting this! I need to do this for my bathroom, but have pvc piping. What's the best way to cut around the piping without destroying it?

[@Papiprah]

Wow! That's a lot of glue! I have used spray glue only and it's fine, it's actually better to spray, cause if you want to remove the linoleum you have with a different pattern, it's easier to remove it.

[@rodrigosepulveda4559]

no need to let the glue dry 5 minutes before laying down the vinyl?

[@trishthedish04]

Also watched the video on removing carpet. Thanks for sharing your great tips!

[@soLoxG11]

I'm working for a flooring company, we do it a little differently and we do both, carpet and vinyl

[@ranstxx]

How do you get it off again though when you want to change it?

[@senocturnal]

Have any suggestions on cutting vinyl sheet for a kitchen with an island? I'm apprehensive about using tile, but would like to know what techniques one would go about using sheet when I've got an immovable island. Also, I've also got vinyl flooring, and am wondering if I can lay over the existing, or if a sub-floor is necessary. Thanks!

[@Padraigp]

Measure the island. Measure the distance from one of the walls your edge wall draw out the dimensions of the island. If you have any sort of base board that is underneath with a gap like the skirting board has then cut a diagnoal x in the lino and slide it over your island so you will hhave 4 triangles of lino against the side of the island. You will have to slide if over the worktop which will be bigger than the islands bottom i assume so you might have to put it over with the x cuts parallel to the sides so that you can slide it over the larger worktop. Then lay your edges for the room then cut the lino in under your base boards of the island and if you have those handy kickboards that snap on and off you can put the whole triangle underneath and tape it so that if anything spills undernesth it wont go through to your floor. Then put the kick boards back on. Thats just how i would do it but im not a professional floor layer it was just the only way i could do it so i could get it not to have any seams. Maybe theres a better way though.

[@4pples]

Thanks for the upload :) I'm doing this to my enclosed trailer floor, you mention how important it is to have a smooth sub-floor.. well the floor has wear and wondering what you would use to fill in the gouges in the wood to make it as smooth as possible? Also the floor was painted previously, not sure if that makes a difference..

[@hardworker8048]

Thanks good video and very explained

[@hmdwn]

Do the current foam back sheetgood floors require a full glue-down or, could it float in the field and just use a double faced tape around the perimeter? And...I just saw a sheet flooring with a felt backing...is that a floating floor (no glue)

[@fatimealanisse7657]

Good evening guys... Im a single mum and I have to do everything by myself. I really dont want to have to pay extra money for someone to do my flooring. I moved into a new place but I had to do all the painting by myself. The floor wasnt in a good state at all before I arrived and now I poured some painting on the floor therefore the surface is uneven. My question is: can I still stick the vinyl with the method you used as well as the sticky glue or not?

[@stallion7163]

I dont usually rolled just folded back it's a lot easier

[@davekennedy52]

nice neat job! I've got a vynil/linoleum floor to lay on a chipboard floor. the guy at the shop gave me a Bostik product but couldn't give me the correct spatula. he says that it should have teeth. the directions say use spatula 1 or spatula 2 whatever that means. your one is a flat edge. the glue has to dry for 15 minutes before laying. You think a flat one would work?really enjoyed your vid.

[@duubtuub]

@ShowmetheFloor Love your channel. I don't trust anybody else for flooring advice... My luck is such that I'm the kind of guy who has to come along and TAKE UP vinyl flooring that guys like you installed SO EASILY. How about a vid of you taking up the stuff? (Is a heater/glue softener involved?) Thanks!!

[@lcaise]

Why You don't remove wooden slats before laying linoleum?????

[@jameslewis3188]

Darin, I am about to do a vinyl floor. How much does the casings need to cut? And what about existing thresholds? Can you bend them up to put underneath? It is going over existing vinyl tile.

[@CrisLeewright]

The way he has it Jammed under the units 😮shocking

[@lhuynh917]

hi great video... would you glue vinyl to particle board?

[@psyfertech]

I really like the idea of the rub out stick haha the rollers do a decent job but seems like you could put more weight behind the stick and it would be less of a chance of fucking up the vinyl

[@jddeefo1022]

Great job!

[@seau2007]

Hello. Is there a reason for not removing the baseboards?

[@TheEgg185]

@ShowMeTheFloor The glue I got for my vinyl TILE floor says to let it set for about 30 mins until it becomes tacky, but not wet before laying the tile. i've been following the directions, but do i REALLY have to wait? a friend says he didn't wait at all for the glue and his floor came out fine.

[@ColtSSR]

Your floor is imaculate, you trained with fingerless monks in the great mountains of Singwah.

[@teriwarren]

@anorangegrape3 - He probably left the baseboard up because there is a slight gap between the baseboard and the floor; you use a piece of quarter round to cover up the gap ;)

[@TruthSurge]

Isn't a ton of glue kind of overkill if the vinyl is always being pressed downward by feet and chairs etc? Seems only a faint bit here and there to keep it from sliding or bowing up would be better and easier to remove? I'm just looking at vids because i'm thinking about replacing mine. thanks for the vid.

[@ThanksStJoseph]

about to do a roll vinyl over some rough concrete in a basement. other than floor leveler, any pointers?

[@maryrandall799]

Is there glue what is holding it down

[@simonbuenosaires]

Great video, i learnt alot, now to do it

[@jordantucker1672]

I've never seen someone be that careless pulling vinyl back to glue when u fold back to glue u should dog ear when pulling back from under cabinet you could tear vinyl if it's cheap or if your careless Like this guy

[@Rusty23440]

I cringed.

[@mjohn4908]

Jordan Tucker I agree.

[@jenny19822]

Jordan Tucker o

[@goaway9487]

Obviously not his kitchen floor, he needs a new trade I think, he doesn't like this one anymore.

[@funKdatFPV]

I had a contractor lay a new floor in my kitchen and used PVC pipe to push out the bubbles. That was over a month ago and I can still see small bubbles all over the floor. How long does it usually take to level out?

[@danieldick5113]

A PVC pipe?? and i thought I have heard it all

[@barbararamphal3878]

My bubbles have turned into small rips, I hope this doesn't happen in your case.

[@Warndog9]

Nice. Is it really that easy or is that just years of experience making it look that way. I've been doing nothing but linoleum tiles because I'm worried about tackling full sheet vinyl but the tiles are just so time consuming.

[@impleasen]

I have the greatest tip of all hire a professional! Vinyl isn't an amateur sport. Ask any qualified installer and he will tell you he has fuked up more vinyl in his career then any other flooring.

[@AdamKeele]

Well, some people don't have the money for that shit, and thus, we go to KZbin.

[@jordansheppard6643]

if they give me fair price sure but if they want my whole check for a few hours of work no.

[@brianmi40]

Agreed, too many of the service guys have gotten crazy with what they want to charge. I needed a new install under a kitchen sink on a remodel of my home, the water lines were there, a dishwasher line, and a water line to go to an icemaker in the fridge. I was quoted $400(!) for parts and install. I told him I clearly felt that he needed to do better as I had a rough idea that the parts would be about $100 for shutoffs and such, and he said they would cost more than that, and talked a little about "never knowing the unexpected to deal with" and "a guarantee". His best was $350. I get the guarantee part, no issue there, but truly in a new install it's on him if it leaks as quality of workmanship and the extra rare part failure. So being told that things might be unexpected on all new connections is just marketing speak for housewives that don't know better. I said no thanks, went to Home Depot, had to think about it a bit more than him surely, but for $94 I had all the parts in hand (top of the line Shark fittings), and within an hour at home had everything finished. Hasn't leaked in 2 years. Things are getting out of hand when the minimum a guy has to make is $250 for less than 2 hours work, and that's being generous on the time, since he should have had all the parts for such a standard install in his truck and would have been faster than "google methods" me...

[@davek2690]

B Miller I feel like it’s pretty fair considering it’s a skilled job...it’s ridiculous how much dentists and other very expensive shit costs but other people feel like it’s ok to pay thousands of dollars for a simple job

[@RuneSwagga]

@@brianmi40 have fun when those sharkbites fail. No real plumber would use those.

[@jsmythib]

I have now lived long enough where Roberts 3000 and full spread vinyl are vintage old timey :) I hope business has been good, or your retired by now. Cheers!

[@GreenPowerFarm]

wow you made it look easy!

[@hmdwn]

"rubout stick"...good idea!

[@alanheadrick7997]

Thanks for sharing! Looks easy until I try it.

[@boxoffluffys]

glue before trimming . use a straight blade and armstrong wall trimmer. cuts should have no gaps between edge of vinyl and skirting/doorjams. if you edges are curling its because you are not cutting acurately. dificult drops can be patterned.

[@gacyx6802]

lol. That is the same stuff I want to Change Out!

[@williammolchan3883]

I see a few problems with the install . One your leaving globs of glue behind when spreading . Two when you have a cabinet situation like that don't try to roll it up because you kink the vinyl . Just pull back one side over the other . Three when you use a roller or carpet block like that always push the bubbles out the length of the glued area not across .

[@diehardfan173]

2:58Yes but what do you do during all the other times!

[@evelynstewart5367]

Excellent work. I'm gonna try it.

[@Khan-ih8qr]

I wanna try u

[@undercoverbydesign6556]

Thanks for the video. It really helped!

[@takenull]

What glue do you use for the vinyl ?

[@TruthSurge]

Well, that was my thought. If you get it FLAT and the floor is really FLAT, then you could put a bit of LIGHT glue just in spots to be sure it's never going to flap up from anything like someone picking at it w/sharp object but i can't even imagine how they'd do that either. But I'm checking into cleaning instead because I think the rubber marks can be removed somehow. thanks.

[@allaafanasyeva8575]

I'm not sure, does it a vinyl or linoleum?

[@muckquomp]

I would think that standard roof felt paper would leave black tar marks on virgin floor and new vinyl. What if glue does not stick to these black marks, what then?

[@floorlay]

if your installing residential vinyl always use double sided tape,its easier,and cheaper,you only need to glue down industrial or commercial vinyl,because its so tough..

[@jimfeaster4837]

Very good

[@sureanvinylflooring391]

very nice work thanks for video

[@jimervin387]

Vynel or linolium, if it isn't placed under the baseboards and the cabinets as well, then don't you have a crack for dirt to build up? Even under my crappy old kitchen cabinets, the linoleum was installed right to the wall.

[@tomb306]

a lot of the time old ten inch base is a real nightmare to pull and reinstall so we will install up to existing base and put quarter round on. felt back vinyl will curl up along edges without base or quarter round .

[@rodgermorrison9395]

Can always caulk the edges

[@chainlinkdreams]

thanks , I'm laying it in the next few days so any tips are awesome!

[@curvy71]

do you wait until that side drys before you do the other side?

[@hazardousfightclub7380]

Depends on your underlay and the brand of glue.

[@curvy71]

ok

[@bditty6716]

if it's a pressure sensitive adhesive u wait till its dry to touch ...if u use a multi purpose adhesive u lay it while glues wet .. depending on type of lino to type of glue.... note* if u use pressure sensitive having it a little wet will help if u gotta pull back lino because of shifting or something underneath like dirt

[@najiasamah628]

Cam I just lay a lino or vinyl floor ontop of a laminate floor?

[@bditty6716]

najia samah no u cannot as laminate is a floating floor

[@jamiep7322]

Can you put this over tile I don't want to rip out the whole tile?

[@jomamamac]

Skim coat the tile with an ardex feather finish. Nice and tight, bringing up the grout to the surface of the tile, and any divots or pockmarks in the tile if it's not a smooth top finish. Let dry, scrape off the high points glue and set the vinyl. It's best if you use a fiberfloor not that older felt back crap.

[@joesmith6524]

why not take the side molding out?

[@kashfortheking]

joe smith he said he would be installing crown molding (about a half inch) afterward.

[@PatrickWagz]

@@kashfortheking He said shoe molding, not crown molding.

[@stallion7163]

@1971Superlead. The only way you can have a nice real clean cut and clost to the edge is whit a hook blade.

[@chrisstainer5322]

i paid carpet right to do my kitchen vinyl floor and they just stuck sticky tape all around the edges that was it 3 months later it has big air bubbles in it why dint they glue it down

[@Christuffrz28]

Cause they are not professionals.. Sounds like shotty work..

[@lonewolf56308]

Shut up Darin. This is an awesome video.

[@colinblake24]

Sir, what did you use to patch all the seams?

[@Kobe394ndmw3]

Colin Blake feather finish ardex is always best to use on the seams

[@svetlanab5740]

Hi, I've got tiles in the kitchen, very hard to take off! Can I put vinyl floor on the top of tiles? Thank you

[@michaelwest7874]

Svetlana B bit late svetlana yes you can go over tiles

[@dmitrikguajardo6006]

i usually have to skim coat entire floor not just gaps in subfloor

[@Alchannel1234]

do you ever loose lay?

[@josethehunter92]

how can i clean excess glue off the vinyl with out damaging the brand new vinyl thanks

[@davidcordrey6167]

jose mendoza III

[@carlhenderson7254]

mineral spirit

[@bditty6716]

mineral spirit

[@cagedanimal100]

awesome vid. huge help!

[@briankaranja8424]

very hepful thank you and nice work