Vinyl flooring in AZ summer heat.

[SoCalDave]

@ChrisV
Pretty basic stuff for installation.
Knee pads, tape measure and pincel, deadblow mallet and a couple of cheap installation tools (pull bar and hitting block).
Cheap vinyl plank cutter
Oscillating tool
Jig saw (helps but most difficult cuts can be done with oscillating tool).
Just flow the manufacturer instructions and watch a few YT videos. Really not difficult at all.

 

[NicPaus]

Almost forgot Multi tool.

 

[ChrisV]

We use these and a chop saw and table saw. Make sure subfloor is perfectly level no dips or bumps. View attachment 1404794 View attachment 1404795

Perfect. That’s what I was looking for.

 

[ChrisV]

What do i do if the subfloor got dips or bumps? Its a raised floor.

 

[hallett21]

What do i do if the subfloor got dips or bumps? Its a raised floor.

Fix it

Plywood subfloor?

 

[ChrisV]

Fix it

Plywood subfloor?

No shit! Can you text me. I’ll send some pics.

 

[lf2]

Self leveler or feather finish to float low spots. Grind or sand down high spots

 

[SoCalDave]

What do i do if the subfloor got dips or bumps? Its a raised floor.

Prep is key to a good installation.

 

[Livewire Fabworks]

As mentioned above, prep is the biggest thing that is overlooked and leads to a lot of install issues. If you have never done flooring and or any type of floor floating or flattening level cure can be a good way to get you to where you need to be. One thing to be careful with is that is it a runny mix and will go down any gaps in the floors so you want to make sure you seal any area that it can run down with tape or caulking. Level cure will also be more expensive then other floating/patching agents and you are going to go through a ton of it if you are doing large areas.

If you are comfortable with a straight edge and can read a floor, you can use the straight edge with a patching compound to flatten the floor by pulling off the high spots and filling in the low spots by using the straight edge as a screed. Remember it is a floor so you are going to relative flatness not level.

With LVP prep is 75% plus of what make a good or bad job in my opinion.

 

[hallett21]

Talked with @ChrisV he’s grabbing Ardex for the self leveling.

 

[HNL2LHC]

@ChrisV
Pretty basic stuff for installation.
Knee pads, tape measure and pincel, deadblow mallet and a couple of cheap installation tools (pull bar and hitting block).
Cheap vinyl plank cutter
Oscillating tool
Jig saw (helps but most difficult cuts can be done with oscillating tool).
Just flow the manufacturer instructions and watch a few YT videos. Really not difficult at all.

Pincel - ani idear wear two fine dis?

 

[DirtyWhiteDog]

Japanese flex saw to cut door jambs. Flip a piece of flooring upside-down and cut jambs to get flooring underneath. Don't be afraid to cut of any tongues to make it fit, just use a few pin nails to hold it in place.

 

[Kachina26]

We use these and a chop saw and table saw. Make sure subfloor is perfectly level no dips or bumps. View attachment 1404794 View attachment 1404795

You forgot the knee pads, good ones at that.

 

[CarolynandBob]

I haven’t read all the replies. My family has been in flooring since I was 5. 2 of my brothers are still in it. One owns his own company and the other is a store manager at a large company. Anyway my park model in FL came with luxury plank vinyl flooring. When I added the lanai I wanted it to match. My brother got the correct stuff to match and had it installed. He said don’t expect it to last. It didn’t. 2 yrs and it doesn’t look very good. The heat has killed it. We keep the a/c at 80 in the summer when we are not here. We are going to replace it this fall will tile or laminate. Well that is if my brothers can free up an install crew. They are so slammed from hurricane Ian that it may have to wait till spring.

 

[ChrisV]

I haven’t read all the replies. My family has been in flooring since I was 5. 2 of my brothers are still in it. One owns his own company and the other is a store manager at a large company. Anyway my park model in FL came with luxury plank vinyl flooring. When I added the lanai I wanted it to match. My brother got the correct stuff to match and had it installed. He said don’t expect it to last. It didn’t. 2 yrs and it doesn’t look very good. The heat has killed it. We keep the a/c at 80 in the summer when we are not here. We are going to replace it this fall will tile or laminate. Well that is if my brothers can free up an install crew. They are so slammed from hurricane Ian that it may have to wait till spring.

Why my neighbor recommended the industrial stuff. 20mil I believe so should last. Hopefully haha

 

[Livewire Fabworks]

Why my neighbor recommended the industrial stuff. 20mil I believe so should last. Hopefully

Lvp is jot a fan of like direct sunlight exposure on a regular basis like a sliding glass door with no curtains or blinds.

We had it in our place in Parker for 8 plus years before we sold it and the only issue we had was when the ac died and the trailer got to 120 plus inside. Made the floor buckle in a couple of places due to the expansion being to great. Pulled up the areas and trimmed as needed, put it back down and was good to go. Material itself help up great and that was from back when LVP was just coming out.

 

[DarkHorseRacing]

It’s hugely important that LVP be installed as a floating floor. With at least a 1/2 all the way around the edges between itself and the wall. Cover that gap with baseboard.

If you have essentially an 1” in the x and y directions to expand it should not buckle.