Selecting Your Floor

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Selecting Your Floor
As with any other flooring product, your main considerations are matching your decor, staying within your budget and knowing what the installation requirements will be. First select a color and grain that suits your space. Start with the existing woodwork. If it is stained rather than painted, select a floor that matches the color and grain, or a contrasting floor that complements it. Next decide which type of floor best suits your budget and installation abilities, and select the flooring you like best in that product.
Installation
For roll flooring, the entire area is covered at once. Measure the room carefully and cut your floor to fit. Spread adhesive over the entire installation area and roll the floor out starting from one wall. Press the floor into place with a weighted floor roller. Install trim around the outside edge of the floor to cover any gaps. For tiles, start by marking a T through the center of your room, running both directions. Lay tile along the lines of the T working out from the center toward the wall. Tiles will either be self-adhesive, or adhesive needs to spread on each tile. Cut tiles to fit along the wall. This is readily done with a miter saw or a rotary tool and a cutting blade accessory. Roll the floor with a weighted roller when you are finished.
How to Lay Vinyl Plank Over Existing Flooring One of the evolutions of the do-it-yourself industry has been the creation of easy-to-use and easy-to-install products, such as vinyl plank flooring. Similar to laminate plank flooring, it is a wood look-alike product that is much easier to install but still provides durability and flexibility. Unlike tile floors, which have a very specific series of underlayment requirements, vinyl plank floors can be installed over existing flooring so long as it is clean of debris, in good repair and completely flat.With luxury vinyl, the flooring adheres to itself, not the subfloor, leaving it to "float" much like laminate flooring. Rather than having a locking joint along the long edges of the planks, each edge has an adhesive strip. Planks are placed started along one wall, with the adhesive strip away from the wall. Each plank is adhered end to end along the wall, with subsequent rows added on along the long edge. A weighted floor roller can be used to press the floor into place upon completing the installation.