Sheet Vinyl

Lowe's - Installing Sheet Vinyl Floors

Lowe's Installing Sheet Vinyl
Thanks, I was having no luck finding out anything about it.

Any imperfections in the subfloor will telegraph through the sheet vinyl. In other words, eventually the grid of the underlying vinyl tiles will show on the sheet vinyl. The effect will be less noticeable if the sheet vinyl has a texture or pronounced pattern on it. Most important things -- lots of glue is key for success, and don't forget the reducer strip where the new sheet vinyl abutts any other flooring.

I tried getting the top layer of squares up when I decided to give up. I pulled up the strip at the door and the bottom layer of old flooring was coming right up. I was able to get both up because the first layer was a sheet and not the squares. I had an ice scraper that you use on sidewalks and that peeled both up at once. I think they spilled the glue in a few spots and those took a lot of elbow grease to get up, but now I am down to the wood.
Thanks for all the help!

Sounds like a lot of work...but I think you will be glad you pulled the old stuff up. Hopefully it will make it easier to put the sheet vinyl down. Good Luck!

I think so too. It seemed like such a big job but taking it one step at a time is working out O.K. Thanks

Often 1/4" luaun underlayment is put over existing vinyl. It's easier than pulling up existing flooring.

It means the new floor will be higher than the surrounding area but a trim piece will take care of it.