How To Install Vinyl Plank Flooring(Start to Finish)

A quick guide on how to install Vinyl Plank Flooring.

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The Vinyl Plank flooring used was Home Decorator (Grey Fig) from the Home Depot.

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[junerogers]

These are the simplest and easy-to-follow instructions that I have come across since I started looking for tutorials. Thanks a mil!!! Great job!!

[fastfreddy]

Your videos are awesome. I am putting vinyl plank flooring over my entry floor and was dreading the job. These are great tips and will make the job far less stressful. Thank you.

[mfetzer]

Who keeps giving you my work schedule?? I'm stuck doing this s*** all next week!!! Thanks for all the tips they'll come in handy!!

[Homeslice]

That was the most helpful video I have seen yet on this, thank you! One note though, if you use Silicone caulking then if you spray it with rubbing alcohol you can get an amazingly smooth finish.

[darrenhook]

Good stuff. I am almost done with 1800 sq. ft. of install. Your vids have helped.

[RPmusic]

Yes yes yes!!!! Weekend again and my favorite video's to watch. I really enjoyed it man and thanks for all the tips and tricks!

[nicholasvarro]

Love how You did it right over the tile floor I have tile floor and was worried what to do about it but this is wonderful thank you.

[YouMadeMeLawn]

You make it look easy. I’d be going through 10 scrap pieces around that toilet flange.

[alicestone]

For anyone without access to a table saw for rip cuts, a good OLFA knife will still work just make sure you are careful when snapping it off.
For SPC vinyl however, after installing it in a large room and into a long hallway requiring lots of notch cuts around doorways, I went through an excessive number of jigsaw blades, we tried every type of blade we could find at our local store and the SPC dulled them all almost instantly.
I just recently had to install SPC again and having recently purchased a new angle grinder and looking for an excuse to use it, I decided it was worth a shot; an angle grinder with a cutting disc is definitely how I plan to notch cut SPC in the future. Cuts through like butter, and the disc barely even looks used. (Just don't forget, never neglect safety whenever using an angle grinder)

Also if you can't find a close colour match for caulking, I have found translucent (not transparent) blends in really well in most cases.

[Mr.GucciClassA]

😂 I love that Elvis was spotted not wearing any pants 🤩
😂 you’re a class act!

[shawnr]

Looks good.
Great tips on the install.

I recently did a tile job with multiple transition strips.

The ones from the Big Box stores that are made out of compressed paper are junk.

One day after final install the son of the homeowner snapped one off hitting it with his foot.

Compressed paper is junk.

The homeowner went to a flooring store and bought solid wood transition strips.

He stained them to match and I went back to remove the paper ones and install the new ones.

I will not ever use the paper ones again.

[HowIDoThingsDIY]

Huh, I never thought of cutting it on a table saw. Looks way better!

[mattmatzner]

You should definitely put caulking against the bathtub, but they DO make waterproof quarter round trim for this specific purpose. It’s cheap and I highly recommend it. You can even use color matched for your flooring trim quarter round that many floor manufacturers make for your flooring color. LL flooring has this for many of their flooring colors and the cost will be very minimal and make your flooring look much better. Besides you should still have a 1/4 inch gap here and doing it as it’s done in the video can cause buckling in the flooring if it expands as placing it that close to the tub and caulking it doesn’t allow for expansion.

[huejanus]

When i had to cut the flooring around the toilet flange, i took a piece of cardboard and cut out a hole the size of the flange. I installed that piece of flooring, not quite locking it in, then aligned the cutout in the cardboard with the flange and marked where to cut the flooring. I was able to get a 1/16” gap around the flange quite quickly and easily with no measuring.
Edit: Great idea to seal the floor at the tub with caulking. I was going to use silicone to glue a plastic 1/4 round or base shoe on it but they’re pretty curvy and not easy to get on straight if you can’t nail it. Then there’s still the problem of having to seal it.

[tallicafan]

i just got these and i chipped the corner off of 3 of them while seeing how they look. not big chunks so hopefully won't be a problem, lets see if i can use those as the end pieces under the moulding.

[AceEverett]

Did a brick pattern in a large family room, about 14x40', with 6' dark cherry colored boards and liked it a lot, but it really went with the rest of the room. Had chair rail and the boxy wainscoting. Just made sure the seams on every other row were exact center of the room all the way down.

[rafaelmontero]

What’s bro! I’m a cabinet installer and I’m really interested in your festool sustainer set up/tools. You mind making a video of what you got/carry on the job site?! Just want a few ideas I could incorporate into my tool box.

[koreanpizza]

cmon man. I needed this a month ago. -_-

[somethingg]

I would’ve liked to see the baseboard trim finish, otherwise great job and very helpful

[SinnerSince]

I love your “quick and to the point” approach to teaching. So many of these DIY videos are so full of fluff and make it painful to watch.