Installing Vinyl Tile Around Floor Drain

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

Installing vinyl tile around floor drain.

With tile or peel n stick vinyl you can cut the squares diagonally and lay the halves toward the slope cut edges parallel to the drain ring. Do not store the flooring on concrete while acclimating. Lay all the full tiles that will fit leaving clear a perimeter of floor around the drain. The concrete sub floor seems flat enough for the flooring except for around the floor drain.

Luckily it s close to the wall and kitchen sink where it will rarely be walked on. You could use adhesive on the plank seams to keep them from pulling apart make it a solid sheet. 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. Acclimate the vinyl by just opening the boxes not removing the planks and allowing them to sit in a constant temperature between 65 and 85 f for 48 hours or more before during and after installation.

Apply thinset mortar over a few square feet of the floor starting at the intersection of the lines. Self stick vinyl floor tiles are a great flooring option because they are durable affordable easy to install and available in a variety of styles and colors. I m trying to figure the best way to install the. Here are the step by step instructions for installing them yourself.

A quick guide on how to use a template system to cut your vinyl planking around a toilet or any odd shaped wall. Next remove the base moldings and undercut doorways to the thickness of the flooring. Press tiles into place along the lines putting tile spacers between them.