Molding To High After Installing Vinyl Flooring

Wipe away or use a knife to peel away any adhesive that gets into the seams between planks.

Molding to high after installing vinyl flooring.

Most glue down vinyl plank flooring needs to be rolled with a floor roller after installation to firmly and evenly seat the vinyl planks into the adhesive. When attaching the base shoe quarter round nail the molding into the bottom of the existing baseboard and not into the flooring itself. Installing a floating floor to a flush transition molding can potentially lead to buckling end joint peaking and squeaks later on. Item 1524924 model lmqsu00603.

Cut the blocks and tuck them into the gap every few feet. Install the base shoe quarter round molding over the expansion gap created by your new hardwood flooring. This gap will help ensure your flooring has enough room to expand and contract throughout the seasons. Scrap plywood are ideal.

It is scratch and scuff resistant and best of all you don t have to be a carpenter to install it. The spacer is then removed and the resulting gap is filled with base shoe or quarter round wood which is installed after the flooring. Vinyl baseboard molding works well for commercial applications or high traffic areas in your home. Once your flooring is down install shoe molding to cover the expansion gap between the flooring and the base trim photo 7.

When you re installing baseboards over vinyl wood or plastic laminate floors the best way to handle gaps between the drywall and the flooring is to shim the gap with narrow blocks of 1 2 in wood. Be careful not to pin the flooring down in the process. Although vinyl flooring is flexible it will separate if you install it over an uneven surface so if the concrete has high spots you need to grind them down and if it has low spots or cracks you need to fill them with concrete patching compound. Any wood will work but chunks of 1 2 in.

There is no hard and fast rule as to how high the baseboard. Finish the molding to match the trim not the flooring.