How To Lay Vinyl Floor Tiles

How to lay a vinyl tile floor tiling a floor overview.

How to lay vinyl floor tiles. Pry up any existing shoe molding from around the perimeter of the room. Vinyl typically comes in 12 inch square tiles but it may come in sheets. Decide on the pattern for your vinyl.

If you ve decided to use non adhesive tiles use the glue recommended by the manufacturer and apply it according to the instructions. Determine the application process for your vinyl. Wide cut an inch off the previous tile to make the last one larger.

Trim the door jamb and casing. Strive for a layout that maximizes the number of whole tiles and the size of any cut tiles. Then cut the last tile in each section to fit photo 10.

Mark your pattern on your paper template. Starting at the reference line use a 1 16 v notched trowel to spread adhesive evenly over the floor. It s easier to work with and prevents adhesive from oozing through the cracks between the tiles.

Once the layout work is done and the floor is going down laying these tiles is a simple matter of peeling and sticking. Here are the step by step instructions for installing them yourself. Collapsed how to lay non adhesive vinyl tiles.

If by bad luck the last tile is going to be less than 1 in. Cover the entire floor. Hold the trowel at a 60 degree angle to the floor.