How to Install Vinyl Plank in a Kitchen | LVP Flooring Home Renovation

[@georgeslack9299]

I've lay pallet loads of LVP every month... I thought I knew everything I needed to know.... and then I watched one of Joe's videos.... The "cheater board" was a game changer for me. I had a box full of fancy tools and gadgets that I paid big money for... and all along all I needed was a piece of scrap flooring. I subscribed and now I've watched most of Joe's videos... My installs go much smoother now. I threw away the junk spacers, the junk pull bar, and the junk tapping block the I bought from the local big box Home D store and bought some real Pro level tools like Joe suggested... and on top of all that, he prays for us at the end of each video. Joe is the real deal. It's hard to find real people that inspire you and truly want you to succeed.... Joe is one of may hero's.... God bless you and your family Joe.

[@DaveG-qd6ug]

i like the floor he was replacing better 😂😂. Great detail and explanation.

[@23hamze]

That prayer at the end was something special. With the rental I'm working on, I need all the help I can get. God bless brother

[@TexasTdr]

Dude serious, the best part of your video was those movers. I had no clue those existed

[@michaell7545]

This guy is a magician. He's magic...

[@unept96]

God has blessed you with phenomenal spacial awareness when it comes to installing these floors!

[@melf4212]

Thanks for the tip on the oscillating blades. I paid a fortune for one at HD!

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

Glad I could help!

[@damienmikkelsen6056]

got my oscillating blades through your store. Great deal thx man!

[@dougtuber]

Thanks soooo much for your great videos! Oh... and this is the second one I've watched but this one all the way to the end and sooo glad I did! Praise God Brother!! You are a class act for Jesus!! God Bless!! PEACE IN!!!

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

Thank you!

[@josealvarez2257]

I install also and this guy is a pro for sure.great tips

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

Thank you man!!

[@hmtrimworks7148]

Some great tips in there… especially undercutting the front of the refrigerator panels

[@wamosm]

God bless you brother! Your video is fantastic and very informative!! My wife and I are installing vinyl flooring through the upstairs of our house this weekend! Thanks for your help in educating us!! We have subscribed to your channel!!😊

[@giulianoieronimo2146]

Why can’t I make the snap and lock work

[@TH-pv9gx]

Glad to hear your testimony for Christ

[@southpaw13]

Thanks from Ireland 🇮🇪

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

YW from Northern Minnesota!

[@tobywages6025]

I've ripped out the kitchen in a newly purchased 1993 single wide! I'm going to in steel vinyl flooring. Can I go ahead and lay the floor then put the new cabinets on top? Or do I need to install the cabinets then but the floor? I respect your knowledge!

[@FoolyLiving]

I'm too dyslexic to follow along, but it looks like magic and I like it. Can I hire you in Florida?

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

Lol. I live in Minnesota.

[@EdFoundationLakeCounty]

Thank you so much for showing how to easily install vinyl flooring under the dishwasher. You are the first video I have watched that addressed this issue of the dishwasher, and it is a load off my mind. It so much easier than i feared!

[@owenjoseph6097]

you can tell you are an experienced floor layer. great tips, top skills & well presented. subbed

[@seeksolitude9048]

I'm doing my living room, dining room, kitchen, hallway, office, foyer and stairs and your videos have been a great help. My project has just about every tricky detail that you can imagine. It would have been a perfect project for you to video to show everything you could run into in one show! I swear that I read or watched something that said not to run the floor under kitchen appliances, but I can't find it and I see that you do it that way. I moved my island to remove the ceramic tile under it (was quite the ordeal finding a toe kick saw and then modifying a diamond blade to fit the saw to cut the tile around the base cabinets) before moving it back and installing the new flooring around it. Is it ok to run the planks under the fridge and stove? I'll take your answer as the right way to go. Great channel, I get great tips from them.

[@ladyewo6778]

I saw where appliances should not be placed on top of floating floors to allow the flooring material to expand and contract as is normal.

[@AzizanYunus]

wow you did a good job working around the kitchen area, I have to do my kitchen and family room and were planning to remove the entire cabinets.

[@kworrell2913]

I had decided to do vinyl plank by myself. Pray for me !!! Your videos are awesome !!!!

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

Done!!

[@angiedavis793]

God bless you and your family!!!

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

Thank you so much!

[@MarkStabe]

Great channel! Thank you for the prayers and great tips.

[@0ooMMoo0]

When using the cheater board, how do you determine the depth of "the notch" into the plank you are going to cut? At 12:39 where you extended the cheater board, and marked the X as the scrap side. The scrap side of the board looks to be a little over half the width. How do you determine that? What determines where on the plank the line ends up?

[@camiller5001]

Hi Joe. An 8x12 addition is separated from a large living room by a 12 ft hinge screwed into the subfloor. The hinge is 2 in wide. Would probably need an oversize transition piece. Any other creative solution? Note: it's a mobile home and I believe the addition was built with the ability to lift it up 20° from the horizontal so as to allow for movement/transportation over the highways

[@thehound1359]

I was just wondering this yesterday and this pops up in my recommended today. You’re the man

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

Thanks.

[@dancurry1541]

Your methods are very helpful, and you explain everything well. I installed a laminate floor in a kitchen about 10 years ago and your techniques would have helped a lot. Currently I'm almost done putting 700 sq ft of LVP in my basement and thanks to you it's going very well! The gorilla glue really works - had to pull up a few planks when something went wrong and the ones that were planed and glued had to be tossed because the plank broke before the glue did. While unfortunate, it really gave me confidence that the glued planks are securely installed. Keep up the great work!

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

Thank you for posting!

[@MrAustin61]

You deserve many more subscribers. Great videos.

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

Glad you like them!

[@jean-guypaquette449]

Thank you so much lots a good tip, that will make my next job much easier.

[@jjshandyman7070]

Thank you brother! Thanks for keeping it simple and informative.may God bless you.

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

You are very welcome

[@corteltube]

You are my official go to guy on my flooring project. Awesome tips. 😊

[@cathymccarter5900]

This helped me! We are having flooring installed (not doing myself) but I was baffled by how they were going to go under the D/W without pulling the D/W out. Thanks! Cathy (Living Gratefully KZbin)

[@Cam-wi3tp]

Love the Monroe Oak! Great video, that moving tool is awesome

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

Thanks 👍

[@thomasasix1884]

I'm glad I found this channel. I'm getting ready to replace our carpet and linoleum in the kitchen with vinyl planks. Thank you for the tips how to choose good planks and tips how to install. We went with Pergo extreme enhanced.

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

Glad to help!

[@waynemiller6070]

I've watched a number of your videos now and I like that you show some of the same techniques again, because repetition is the mother of skill. Thanks for all the help. Best wishes for growing your channel. I "liked" and subscribed.

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

Thanks brother!!

[@kilroyishere6190]

Rather than snapping a control lone

[@mrsblackirish7]

I am a perfectionist and like things done right. You have pass the picky people test lol

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

Thanks

[@wendelldolittle5063]

Just found your channel last week when I was starting to install life proof in my home. All your howtoo’s were great! I even made it around my island. Thanks for sharing your knowledge. Wendell

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

Awesome! Thank you!

[@prometheus4024]

You are the best, god bless you and your family.

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

Thank you!

[@jimgarrison7993]

Joe, you are awesome. Preparing to do two floors in a home we are moving into. Your videos have been very helpful. I ask blessings for you as well -

[@alcaserta1543]

Great videos!! When doing a 3 sided step what is the best way to wrap the facing & stair nosing with luxury vinyl plank and what is the best glue. Thanks in advance?

[@chrisheffernan6600]

I'm getting ready to do my kitchen with this style of flooring. I have watched numerous videos. This one I may watch several times over to get the techniques down for measuring and cutting. Thanks for all your help, especially with the tooling needed.

[@thehollis91]

Damn, I wish I'd seen these before I did my kitchen floor. Excellent video.

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

Thanks!

[@mlgcarroll]

I laid vinyl plank in my kitchen with the help from you. You are a great teacher, wish i could share my kitchen before and after with you!

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

You can. There are links in the description of ways to get in touch with me!

[@stevequate1797]

Hoping you still read the comments cause I’m using every trick you have showed us on you channel I hv sat down and wrote down every tip on laminate flooring installation & hv the tips put in sections that apply to laying laminate flooring, thank you but I hv one question I am going to start out kinda opposite I think it is. Wished I could include a floor layout drawing but can’t attach it to this comment. But instead of starting on the one wall that has nothing on it but I e door way at the end of the 20’ run going into my bedroom, this is as if your standing at my front door looking into the house if I opened the door. That area is a entrance hallway, size of that part is 5’6” x 8’ 9”, and the door has a threshold plate gap big enough for wood plank where the ceramic tile used to be so I measured depth under it and marking laminate planks to depth subtract 1/4” or so, that’s covered so right off the bat, I hv door going into garage on your left 6” from front door, then 4’ Feet I hv coat closet and then 10” From end of closet door jam I hv a a semi wall that divides hall from living room sticks out 10” then 10’ 4” on down same wall I come to a left hand small hallway, we call it that going to two bedrooms opposite each other w/ bathroom seperate good them, then I come to my problem there is 13” wall turns making a 8” wall cubby hole that makes a bar, bar length is 6’ 5” that that has a 4” overhang all way down to back door. This is a model home cement, I hv 6mil vapor barrier or plastic sheet taped down with tape recommended. Laminate flooring is foam backed and recommends no foam being laid down just plastic sheet 6mil thickg

[@damienmikkelsen6056]

Laying flooring in my kitchen now. Thx

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

You got this!

[@jk12428]

One again great video thank you kind Sir‼️

[@loriball1538]

So many useful tips and better tools to ease up the job, thank you for your video!

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

Glad it was helpful!

[@boblovelace3529]

Ripping through these videos, learning a lot, thanks. On this install I see the vinyl install is perpendicular to the wood planks. Is this positioning a matter of taste, is there a structural reason for the positioning, or is there a set of criteria to consider for positioning?

[@izzyyoo]

Awesome video. What do I use to cover the gap between the cabinet and plank ? Subscribed!

[@alancongratssoonyoullhead5273]

Hi I love your channel, I learned so much from you. Could you please send me the link for your hammer that you use. And could you please let me know what is green side for and what is black side for. Thanks 🙏

[@PopAlmostUpFront]

Another awesome video with some good tips 👍🏻👊🏻

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

Thank you!

[@friendlytoad6534]

These tips helped me huge when doing my kitchen. I'm an experienced floor installer but having tips here and there makes a huge difference. Also I started using dry erase marker instead of sharpy and it makes cleanup so much easier.

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

Thanks for sharing!

[@guydesnoyers8417]

Amazing share - thanks for sharing all this knowledge. I've learned a lot,

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

Glad it was helpful!

[@hcalderon179]

Thanks man God bless you

[@lindahada9612]

Could I have the link for the blades and the pull bar? Thank you!

[@Voyager11300]

Thanks Joe, Just finished the living-dining room and moving into the kitchen. You are just in time! Your videos have been so very helpful, you are truly a godsend. Thank You so much and God Bless.

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

Glad to help!

[@SolsbaryStouvre]

I bought some lifeproof that is two widths per box. Alternating. Is it possible to do a cheater with it? Having trouble wrapping my head around it. Might have to just get my hands dirty. God bless.

[@stevequate1797]

Sorry didn’t mean to hit send The bar sticks out or has a. Overhang of 5”. Do I just trim plank and snap it into my leading plank line leading to front door and slide all the cuts going under the doorways and just leave a 1/4” gap no body sees or fill in with colored silicon caulking or put quartered round down under overhang? And take off working from your left to right finishing off o 20’ long wall? That’s way I was going to do it that way bar overhang is taken care of. That’s the hard part cept for fireplace and I was going to use caulking around that brick wife dosen’t want trim

[@MaMa-qh4dy]

Fantastic video. So very clear and informative. Many thanks!

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

Glad it was helpful!

[@maxsandoval7]

Very helpful awsome job brother

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

Glad it helped

[@markpiercee5leader99]

Awesome instructional! I’m equipped and ready. Thank you for your clarity and keeping it simple. One question when and where do you use the glue gun on the LVP?

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

I use it when on a concrete slab.

[@Pops2]

What is the make and model of flooring being used in this video? I have done several lifeproof from home depot. The flooring product in this video looks much more installer friendly. Love the fridge mover. Never seen that before. 😊

[@HammerofGod777]

I love your workmanship brother. Do you travel to Delaware so you can do my first floor?

[@bushyjames6289]

Do you do stair cases

[@williamhollie7235]

I've been wondering if I could let my washer sit on my vinyl planks or if I needed to cut around it. Thanks love your videos

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

Yes you can! and thank you!!!

[@dennisfuller4261]

Great video with excellent solutions. How would you contend with a pair of refrigerator panels? My flooring company wants to do what they call a “tight fit” with caulk filling the gap next to the panels. I’ll not sure I like this solutions as the caulk line will be visible. Is it common to undercut the panels instead?

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

Yes, if you have a skilled and not lazy installer.

[@cp365]

Hey Joe! I’m looking to install LVP in my kitchen. It currently has tile, so do you recommend removing all the tile, including under the cabinets? Or cutting the tile around the cabinets? I have overhead cabinets in the fridge gap with a side panel, so I’m not too sure how to proceed.

[@RichardsTubeBox]

Thanks Joe for your videos, what do you call that tool to move the fridge? I can"t find the link for the description.

[@dustinblatnik]

Your videos are so helpful!! Thank you for taking the time to make these.

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

No problem!

[@allenmoffatt2294]

Hey Joe. Great DIY videos. Question. Im putting 20 mil shaw glue down LVP over 40 year old 12x12 liolium tiles in a post office. The building is early 1900s and I do NOT wanna yank that tile. Question is.. will the pressure sensitive adhesive stick to the old tile and what prep do I do. Im not thinking I need to float the tile but i was told to sand the finish off the old tile. Any advice?

[@harrywest2780]

Great job yet again

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

Thanks Harry!

[@mcd3623]

Very helpful video, thank you very much

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

Thanks!

[@marvelinosoriohewlett7207]

I have learned so much by watching your video. Thank you for doing this. I have a question. Can I install rigid core LVP over glued wood tile flooring. If so what do I need to do to prep the floor?

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

Can you explain a little more on what the glued wood tile is?

[@jerseyjim9092]

I want to install the same plank ( all lvp or all laminate) in most rooms of my house but having a difficult time deciding which to choose. We've been very happy with the durability of our existing 20-25 year old first generation Pergo and by most accounts vinyl will not match the scratch resistance of laminate. On the other I'm not confident that waterproof laminate is a good choice for the kitchen, bathroom and laundry. I don't want to mix vinyl with laminate.

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

I don't think you can go wrong with a good LVP. Yes, laminate is more durable, but vinyl plank is pretty tough when you buy a quality product. Moisture will not affect it what so ever.

[@mupito12]

are you not using quarter inch spacers?

[@diannedean676]

Hope I can explain my situation well enough for you to understand. Having installer to install in room next to breakfastroom already has LVP glue-down, in our Den with Click on type. The breakfast room is layed vertically. Installer wants to lay Den horizontally . They would be going in different direction . Says then in adjoining bedroom hallway wants to run LVP horizontally as well as in bedrooms. I think it would be best to run new going in same direction as what is already layed in breakfast room. Then turn going down long hallway and into bedrooms vertiically. Entrance to hallway would be broken up from direction Den would be, but wouldn't be as noticeable as it would be coming from breakfast room into Den (would be seen more than hallway). It would look better for it to go vertically also as our Master , bath, and into walk-in closet would be long and would look better to me going vertically rather than horizontally, as well as two bedrooms on adjacent hallway to go same vertical direction. Would hope there is some good answer to my question, please as work to begin soon. Thank you very much.

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

It woul;d be better if you could share a drawing with the different situations. You can do that on my facebook page or email and the links are in the description.

[@wkrick]

Interesting. So you don't put the flooring completely under the dishwasher? If it's not too difficult to pull out the dishwasher, would you recommend AGAINST going all the way under?

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

Sure can!

[@jshamel]

I'm about to start installing a new floor in my kitchen. Thanks for an excellent video. You got a like, a subscribe, a notification, and a share from me!

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

Thank you!

[@mrkkitson]

Thanks for the help!!

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

No problem!

[@alex161v4]

You’re awesome man!! Your very informative. 👍

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

I appreciate that!

[@darlene19668]

Should we put venal plank under our cabinets? New construction

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

I would try and avoid it.

[@panchovilla3731]

Hi Joe, Hello from the Tennessee. Thanks for the tips. Ive been doing flooring in government housing for a few years now, mostly lvp glue down. But recently got my business license and have been doing alot by mostly word of mouth as side work. My questions are how much should I be charging per SQ ft and should I charge more to move furniture appliances etc?

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

2.50 sq ft and what your time is worth for the furniture.

[@andrewbruggeman9860]

Hey Joe, I'm doing a new build in the near future. So, I won't have to fuss with moving appliances. But, I was wondering if I should install plank underneath the fridge, dishwasher, and range. Would the weight of the fridge cause the planks to buckle (or kill the "floating floor" design)? Thank you for generously sharing all your tricks.

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

Yes, install under all of those.

[@keithburroughs6409]

Thanks for your excellent videos, where can I buy the tapping block that your using my friend?

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

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[@Regirl75]

Just the video I needed!

[@Regirl75]

Subscribing!

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

Thanks!

[@Arjunbrar1984]

The person that gave us the quote said he was going to lay vinyl planks right over the kitchen tiles. Once the carpet is ripped out from the living room. The living room floor is going to be much lower than the tiles. The dude said we don't feel anything since its a floating floor. Wouldn't it be better if they rip the tiles out and have the floor even.

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

It wouldn't if the height difference was minimal. What's the height difference? Is this over concrete or a wood subfloor?

[@Arjunbrar1984]

@@sothatshowyoudothat It's over concrete, the height difference is quarter inch. Thanks your videos are very informative.

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

I would have it torn out.

[@jbflores01]

Excellent videos! Thanks for the great work!

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

Glad you like them!

[@Scott-iz5nh]

Hi Joe, Great and informative videos. Do you have anything up on how to install a herringbone pattern using vinyl plank?

[@leegearhart4766]

I appreciate all of your videos! I have watched a few this morning. I may have not seen the video yet but do you use quarter round where the vinyl butts up to the cabinets/ in places you cannot undercut? I personally don't like the look of quarter round but feel like there is no alternative for my kitchen project.

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

Yes, use quarter round around all cabinets. 1/2 x 3/4 is a nicer look.

[@pinanaplayer]

Good Stuff!!

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

Appreciate it!

[@JLT2342]

Can I install the bathroom vanity on top of the vinyl planks ?

[@sarahgriffis313]

Awesome video! I've heard mixed information about vinyl planking under a refrigerator and oven. Do you recommend laying planks underneath fridge and oven? Or do what you did with the dishwasher?

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

Yes I do!

[@scottsizemore1563]

Great tips... I did not see the one about going around an island? Do you have a link for that ? Thanks in advance!

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

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[@bamauricio]

Joe, I am installing LVP in the entire first floor including kitchen with new cabinets. My questions is: should I put 1/4 plywood underneath the cabinets to level it with the LVP? Or this is not necessary? Btw: I’ve learned a lot watching your videos. Thanks a lot

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

Not necessary.

[@codycooley2747]

Joe I have subscribed to your utube video but I can't find the link about where online to get the package of blades for the multi too. I really love your videos.

[@paulswanson9987]

I have old and brittle linoleum in my kitchen that I’m tearing up and some of backing stuck to the floor can I lay my vinyl plank over it

[@erindavis3648]

So in between the feet on the dishwasher, do the planks ever slide on you? Like a couple weeks/months down the road, the client calls you bc the planks have slid under the dishwasher. What do you do to fix that?

[@HowardTdot]

What blade do you use with your jigsaw, i have a TPI 10 blade and i dont cut as smooth or fast as you?

[@paulpoco22]

Hey Joe, after awhile those toe kick boards look pretty bad, what could put over top of the front surface that is fairly thin to make it look better? Also why do Kitchen Installers use dividers on either side of Dishwasher that are made of MDF with the fake wood on the surface? One overflow of water and they all swell up.

[@sothatshowyoudothat]

Another layer of veneer. Toe kicks are very easy to make with a tablesaw.