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Better Homes and Gardens, aUGUst 2014 bhg.com.au

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FLOORING

With the kitchen removed you

have the ideal time to replace

the floor. While the area adjacent

to the kitchen is covered with a

floating floor, this is not suitable

for the kitchen itself, as water

could get through joints and

damage the flooring. Self-

adhesive vinyl strips on a new

plywood underlay give a soft

and stylish look.

Kitchen vinyl floor

The kitchen floor is covered

with Gerflor Lamé Vinyl planks.

These are self-adhesive strips,

914 x 152mm in size and

suitable for indoor wet and dry

areas. Each pack will cover 2.2m².

Gather your supplies

3mm plywood sheets (used as

underlay); water-based quick

gripping flooring adhesive;

underlay nails or galvanised flat

head nails; vinyl laminate planks

(we used Gerflor Lamé Vinyl

planks in Blacktech)

Here’s how

STEP 1 Clean all the bumps

off the kitchen floor including

remains of old vinyl tiles. This is

often easiest using a sharpened

spade. Pull out any old staples

or nails so the floor is essentially

flat. Vacuum thoroughly, then

spread water-based flooring

adhesive using a 4 or 6mm

notched trowel to achieve an

even thickness of adhesive.

STEP 2 Bring in the ply underlay

sheets to even out the floor and

to ensure that over time the

outline of the floorboard joints

will not show through the vinyl

floor. Cut around any pipes or

power cables, as well as around

skirting, door entrances and

architraves.

STEP 3 Nail down the sheets

at 150mm intervals around

the perimeter and through the

centre, making sure nail heads

are bedded below surface of the

plywood. If not using glue, you

must use underlay nails, which

are annulated so they resist

pulling out.

STEP 4 Keep adding more

sheets until the floor is covered.

Leave a 1-2mm gap between

sheets and stagger the joints.

Sweep the floor thoroughly

again and also vacuum.

STEP 5 Choose the direction the

vinyl planks are to run – in this

case along the long dimension

of the room. Also decide which

planks are the most important

to get straight as not all rooms

necessarily have parallel walls.

Here the first full strip will go

down at the top of the step. It’s

important that this be a full plank

rather than a small piece, which

would be easy to dislodge. The

vinyl also has arrows on the back,

which means that all strips should

be laid with the arrows going

in the same direction so the

grain and sheen look consistent.

Measure and cut around the

architrave. Remove backing, align

and adhere plank to floor.

STEP 6 These floors look best if

end joints are not in line. Stagger

them by at least 200mm but

the staggers can themselves be

random. You only need to cut

the first plank of a run, making

sure you check the arrows on the

back so you cut the right end.

Cut along a square using a utility

knife. Only cut the first and last

plank of a staggered run, the

others are all full planks. Do not

cut tiles in middle of the room

as cut edges are never as

accurate as factory edges.

STEP 7 Keep laying planks

working out from a corner,

staggering joints as you go and

cutting around doors and making

straight cuts at the far wall.

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