Vinyl flooring cracked. How to fix?
Over a very cold winter, the vinyl flooring in my ‘07 Surveyor cracked almost all the way across right where my heat register is in the floor. Has this happened to anyone else? How did you fix it, and...
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B.O. Plenty wrote:
See these posts every spring. Big temperature swings cause expansion/contraction of floor and floor coverings. Because they are different materials they move at different rates. Floor covering gets stretched, is brittle from the cold and cracks. They are not glued down. Glue won't hold with these big changes in temp. Easy solution. I've done several this way.
Cut around perimeter of old floor and lift it out to use as a pattern. I usually cut it across under the bathroom door and make a splice there covered with a strip. Lift the metal trim strip under the entry door and slip the new under it. Place the new sheet down after you have cut it to size using the sheet as a pattern. Hold it down around the edges with quarter round. Open beer.
B.O.
Great plan, although sometimes hard to get out in one piece around slides.
Currently replacing carpet and vinyl on main level of our 5er with interlocking vinyl planks. It works great and easy to work with.
