Fixing Vinyl Flooring Seams

Pick up the supplies at a home center and fix the floor.

Fixing vinyl flooring seams.

Installing vinyl plank flooring can be an effective way of installing cheaper flooring while retaining the look and feel of a wood floor. If you have this problem then you may be wondering what you can do both to improve the look of your vinyl plank flooring and also to fill in gaps. They re simple diy projects that you can do in just a few minutes. Vinyl floors can be found in almost any room in your home though most likely in your bathroom kitchen or basement.

Protect the floor with masking tape and apply. We ll show you two ways to fix a loose seam in a vinyl floor. So stop tripping over that loose seam and making the problem worse. If you have small scrapes or cuts in your vinyl apply a low gloss seam sealer to seal them up.

If you have vinyl bubbles use a utility knife to make a cut straight down the length of each bubble. You can do a similar repair to a seam repair above if the subfloor is in good condition and dry. Clean any dirt from the area make sure the subfloor is dry then apply a thin layer of vinyl mastic to the floor and press the seams back down. See my cheap fix for vinyl plank flooring coming apart due to temperature fluctuations.

To use seam glue heat the seams with a blow dryer or steam iron placed on a towel so you can pull them back to expose the subfloor. The water resistant quality of the floor. How to repair a raised seam in sheet vinyl flooring. However putting in this flooring is an art form and sometimes gaps can appear between poorly laid boards.

How to repair a seam on a vinyl floor. However one place where i have often seen curling is where a vinyl floor meets a shower stall or tub enclosure in a bathroom.