This smooths over the current vinyl pattern and prevents it from showing through a new vinyl sheet on top.
How to install vinyl sheet flooring over carpet.
There are several steps involved in putting down sheet vinyl over an existing floor.
Use this helpful how to guide for installing sheet vinyl flooring.
Sheet vinyl can be installed over concrete if the surface of the concrete is clean it s also easier to maintain.
Roll the new floor from inside to outside with a flooring roller to finish bonding the vinyl to the subfloor.
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How to install floating floors over carpet tape measurer pen utility knife to cut vinyl planks ruler rubber mallet tapping block spacers tile cutter or table saw to cut vinyl or laminate planks plywood optional for high pile carpet.
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Unlike tile a sheet vinyl floor can be applied directly to a plywood subfloor without a concrete backer.
In addition skim coating provides a good adhesive surface for any vinyl sheet or vinyl plank that will be glued down.
Buy some carpet wrap.
Roll firmly over the entire floor.
Put it on every sq inch of your room 10.
It will hold well enough.
Strip and clean the existing floor.
The adhesive used to lay the vinyl down needs a clean smooth surface to stick to.
However a floor patch product usually needs to be applied called skim coating.
Use a chemical floor finish stripper to get the urethane top coat off.