Molding To High After Installing Vinyl Flooring

Over lap moldings are designed to transition to other floors while still providing an expansion gap so the flooring can have freedom to expand and contact with indoor climate changes.

Molding to high after installing vinyl flooring.

Installing a floating floor to a flush transition molding can potentially lead to buckling end joint peaking and squeaks later on. 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. Scrap plywood are ideal. Smartcore 0 71 in x 94 49 in blue ridge pine plastic floor quarter round.

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. 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. Once your flooring is down install shoe molding to cover the expansion gap between the flooring and the base trim photo 7.

The spacer is then removed and the resulting gap is filled with base shoe or quarter round wood which is installed after the flooring. 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. There is no hard and fast rule as to how high the baseboard.

Vinyl baseboard molding works well for commercial applications or high traffic areas in your home. It is scratch and scuff resistant and best of all you don t have to be a carpenter to install it. This gap will help ensure your flooring has enough room to expand and contract throughout the seasons. When attaching the base shoe quarter round nail the molding into the bottom of the existing baseboard and not into the flooring itself.

Wipe away or use a knife to peel away any adhesive that gets into the seams between planks. Item 1524924 model lmqsu00603.