The ULTIMATE FLOORING HACK! | Installing Vinyl Plank Flooring

Hey Gang, welcome back to the channel. In today's video we FINALLY install the flooring on this project. It's been a long time coming and we're so excited to lay this stuff down. We think it came out absolutely incredible using the techniques and experience we've gained from other floors we've laid. There are plenty of good "How To" videos on Youtube, we wanted to make a video more centered on the journey of installing a new floor, especially if you're DIY and it's a larger project. There are a lot of unique challenges to face but we think we covered some good ones here, let us know in the comments what you've come up against and how you tackled it! And if you're thinking about re-doing the floors in your home, you got this! Thanks so much for watching, thanks for all the support, and we'll see ya in the next one!

NEW SUMMER EDITION TEES and Stickers HERE!

PO BOX
7516 Bluebonnet Blvd box number 439
Baton Rouge, LA 70810

#flooring #vinylplankflooring

[miketerrell]

A few pro tips: 1. Use floor patch instead of thinset, it dries in 20 min and is much harder and smoother. 2. Pull the base and put it back up or install new. It looks much better and makes install easier. 3. NEVER beat on the edge with a hammer or a rubber mallet, not even with a tapping block. It's very likely to damage the locking edge. (It almost certainly will). 4. The soapy slide in trick you did in the hallway works on some products, but not all. Many locking systems, often called drop lock systems, can not be flat tapped into place, doing so will break off the locking tab. 5. I never use a table saw. I score and break everything right there on the floor. It cuts your install time in half and makes no mess. A heat gun will soften the vinyl, allowing you to cut intricate cuts with a knife.

[mstrong]

I'm sitting here in an apartment watching this because I could watch this guy do anything. He describes things with the right visuals to back them up and repeats and reviews like a good teacher. He and his sons seem like people you want to work with or hang out with.

[williamwright]

While I'm a general contractor I make most of my money laying hard surface floors. One thing that gives a much better finish is taking the baseboard off and going with no baseshoe (especially on a remodel where you're not worried about paint lines from potentially lowering the base).

Also in the hallway (and every door), the door itself is the split. Half the door belongs to one room the other half to the other. You shouldn't be able to see the next rooms floor when the door is closed (can't always help it with that tile that was down but the carpet should be cut back in the bedrooms to split the door).

I love that you guys took the time out to go under the dishwasher instead of just the feet and inspection plate, that's quality.

Another tip when floating out the pits and sprawls, ardex feather finish or ardex GPS are great and you can start laying most floors over it within the hour.

With the vinyl planks a huge tip (or with laminate) if you take a tongue side from the long side and use that as a tapping block it helps protect the groove side of the plank when beating on them.

[McMillanScottish]

Pattern recognition is huge. I just put down laminate flooring in my house, and we opened as many packages as it took to see all the different types of planks. Then we stacked each type together so we could see how many different types we had and we could choose exactly which plank was to go down next. It came out beautiful.

[Foreverenpointe]

It's so nice to see people take pride in what they do. I am sick of all the cut corners that ruin things later. Way to go guys!

[emh]

Although I love reading all the skilled labor comments and learning from everyone, I’m changing gears here to add my appreciation of you working with your boys. This is my first video of yours and I did subscribe. I like that you have your sons with you teaching them work ethics, hard work and the importance of not cutting corners and doing things correctly. I’m also hoping you’re teaching the money and financial aspects of your business including some family financing. I find boys truly lack in this area. I really like that you have your young son with you (younger the better). Whether they go on to be floor installer or not, teaching them these life & work values, as well as a skill, is such an important job for a father. With all the crap that’s on tv now, this is refreshing to see.

[christopheryoung]

Watching this video as a flooring installer, I found this to be very thorough. I am in complete agreement....hallways are killlers. It always takes way longer than you think to do a hall. Great job.

[RJ-srdv]

Nice to see father-son team working well together. You guys rock

[kyleculbertson]

Pro tip from our installers, when cutting door jams for the floor to slide underneath, turn the board upside down so your saw rides the bottom of the board. Saves the floor and the blade doesn't get the small rubber stuck in the teeth 😁

[lizardgirl]

One of the first things I always do as a journeyman flooring installer, is pull baseboards when walls are being repainted. It offers a much cleaner look to lower them than it does to add or reinstall quarter round.

[dienekes]

22:26 _"Where did you find that kid?"_ -- This reminds me of a funny story. TLDNR

I moved to KC, Mo back in '87 (I was about 25) with nothing but a seabag and $20 (not even a car, I took the bus). The first day there, I was walking the neighborhood, scoping out where I could find a job. This pickup turned onto the side street in front of me and the driver stopped, leaned over the passenger, and yelled at me, _"Hey, are you going to work today or not?"_ I shrugged and said, _"Sure!"_ and jumped into the back of his truck.

We drove a few more blocks and joined a crew that was cleaning out a backyard. After an hour or so, I was carrying a concrete block to the dumpster when I passed the guy who had yelled at me (the owner of the company) and he stopped and looked at me and said _"Hey, you're not Steve!"_ I looked him in the eye and said, _"So, do I have the job?"_ After about a second of him trying to wrap his head around the situation, he said _"I've been watching you work. Hell yeah, you have the job!"_ Later he told me that he had been thinking that "Steve" was working harder than he had ever seen his work before, before realizing that I wasn't Steve. 🤣🤣🤣

I worked for that guy for another 4 months until he ran out of work and had to let most of his crew go.

[eyewitness]

You're channel is BETTER than any of the network shows such as those on HGTV, etc. Your skills as host/contractor & Jordan/assistant & cameraman are detailed and easy to follow. Love the humor. I enjoy watching the stuff I'm not even really interested in. Gosh, I'm gushing.

[Aepek]

I’m super impressed at how clean you guys work. Not only is that great for homeowners (and having to clean the entire house after a remodel), but also helps you work too. Staying clean and always prepping areas can save time and DEFINITELY helps during installation of anything really. Like you said, 1 little piece of “dirt” can ruin a floor, let alone other projects.
Great job, and wish more crews worked this way✌🏻

[Themasher]

Man I've been watching you guys for about a month now trying to get up some courage for a diy home remodel. Let me just say I wish I knew about you guys years ago. You're so easy to listen to, very knowledgeable, and a good instructor. Thanks for sharing.

[saulvigueria]

I'm 34 years old and have been laying floor since I was 17 and everyday you learn something new like this video showed me that I made a good investment on an undercut saw with add a diamond blade and I can undercut the chimney slide underneath and give it a way better looking finish than what he did here but they do good work. Thanks for the shout out to all floor installers it is some hard work

[c.garcia]

Great to see a father-son team working together AND getting along well!!
The tips and humor are priceless. Thanks for sharing 🍺

[CityShadow]

Thank you for being the dad my dad never was. Appreciate you guys for real!

[MrTimdtoolman]

Stud Pack, you should thank your lucky stars you have 2 good sons that are willing to help you, it is a true blessing. I'v been doing basically the same type work you do for 17 years and keeping a decent helper is next to impossible. Keep up the great work and the great videos. My oldest daughter worked with me for about a year when she was in collage but she graduated and got a job working for the Core of Engineers. She was one of the best helpers I have ever had.

[eats]

Much appreciated shout out to us flooring installers. Thank you!! It's always good to be recognized. Also, good to see someone else prep a floor like I do!!

[johnculpepper]

You gotta love it when the job is done right! I really enjoyed the 'detail' to the prep work and why you did it! Congrats to you and your son, working together and getting along as you do!