There s no need to worry replacing a plank is a quick and s.
Replacing part of vinyl floor.
The vinyl floor repair kit allows you to repair those unsightly burns cuts and gouges in your vinyl or linoleum flooring.
The kit is available at hardware stores or online.
Here s where you begin.
We ll cover the techniques for replacing sheet vinyl and vinyl tile the two major varieties of vinyl floor.
Step 2 scrap vinyl used to repair damaged flooring.
Don t replace a vinyl floor just because it s sustained some damage.
Fortunately repairing vinyl flooring is easy and requires little more than a utility knife.
Obtain an extra vinyl flooring replacement tile that matches the damaged tile you removed.
Cutting in narrow strips makes the task more manageable.
Need to replace one of your click lock planks.
It is hard work.
Use a heavy duty scraper to remove the old vinyl image 2.
Use a scrap piece of the flooring material and install a patch that s practically undetectable.
Pry the baseboard or 1 4 round molding off the top of the vinyl floor.
If you do not have a matching vinyl flooring tile you may want to.
Next move about 12 inches to the right or left and cut a strip parallel to the first.
If your vinyl flooring is made from sheets instead of individual tiles take the piece you cut from your floor and use it as a template to cut a new piece from a new sheet of flooring.
Typically vinyl flooring is perimeter installed meaning there s no glue or adhesive in the middle of the floor.
It ll disguise imperfections up to the size of a quarter.
All floating floors need an expansion joint of roughly 1 8 inch around the perimeter of the installation which is covered.
Cut the vinyl piece.
Cut a piece of scrap vinyl that matches the pattern around the damaged vinyl.
Use the utility knife to cut straight down the middle of your vinyl floor.
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The old vinyl will probably come up in small pieces and in some areas the paper backing separates from the vinyl itself and remains on the floor.
Floor coverings such as vinyl then are placed on top of the subfloor.
If you have a large amount of vinyl flooring to remove you might consider renting a power scraper.