BEFORE Luxury Vinyl INSTALLATION
Follow these valuable considerations before your luxury vinyl installation to ensure a smooth process:
- Remove all furnishings, electronics, wall hangings, and doors from the rooms and closets receiving new floors.
- Since many luxury vinyl products offer floating floor installation capability over an existing floor, the current floors may not need to be removed and disposed of!
- Complete all painting and touch-ups in the room before installation begins.
- Make sure that your subfloor is professionally assessed before installation, and if needed, any repairs are made.
DURING Luxury Vinyl INSTALLATION
When your luxury vinyl installation day is here, take these steps for safety and efficiency:
- Plan to be home to answer any questions for the installation crew.
- Designate an area in the home for workers to keep installation tools, keep boxes of luxury vinyl before they are installed, and saw pieces as needed.
- Keep kids and pets away from the rooms receiving new flooring and the worker’s area.
- Establish appropriate ventilation in the home as directed.
AFTER Luxury Vinyl INSTALLATION
Once your new luxury vinyl installation is complete, make sure to observe the following:
- Wait for the specified amount of time before walking on your new luxury vinyl floors and returning furnishings. Many floating floors are ready for light foot traffic right away!
- When bringing furniture back in, always lift or use moving equipment with rollers to avoid scratching the surface.
- We recommend using felt protectors under the legs of heavier furniture to reduce impact.
- You may need to shave down the bottom of doors to ensure full range of motion with the new flooring height.