Can Vinyl Plank Flooring Be Installed On Uneven Surface

How to install laminate flooring on an uneven surface.

Can vinyl plank flooring be installed on uneven surface.

When you install laminate flooring the subfloor surface has to be completely flat. Although not as flexible as carpet vinyl still conforms easily to the shape of the floor underneath it. Gradual bends in the floor surface will be fairly easy to install over but sharp corners will damage nearly any flooring option over time. When not installed on a level surface a luxury vinyl plank floor can shorten in length when it rides over high and low areas and it can also lift on edges or ends where a substrate irregularity.

Before installing vinyl plank flooring determine which type of vinyl plank best suits your renovation needs. Vinyl planks can be sorted into three main categories based on their installation method. Gripstrip click lock and glue down. Installation of floating floors are easy and fast because planks click or snap together quickly and float above the subflooring surface.

Level is not necessarily important. It should be noted that even flexible flooring can be damaged if the flooring is uneven enough. Otherwise the floor will take the shape of the surface. Vinyl gets glued to the floor and then smoothed over the surfaces where it will easily cover and mold to small peaks and valleys.

These options are installed as floating floors meaning that they sit on top of the existing flooring but are not nailed or glued down. Floating floor the best floor for uneven surface. The thicker the flooring is the more likely it actually is to break and become stressed. Available in sheets and tiles vinyl flooring is easy to install and works well on uneven surfaces.

The only major rule for installing vinyl plank floors is that the surface needs to be flat. After all a floor can be flat and have a plane to it. One issue with this flooring on an uneven surface is that a person may hear a subtle tap as they walk. 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.

Vinyl has a no wax finish but depending on the manufactuerer it can also come in a urethane finish.