Installing Lifeproof Vinyl Flooring Transition Pieces

A tapping block is super cheap buy one we found that it was much easier to get a tight seal when locking the planks in lengthwise when we lined a piece of scrap wood up along the back of the tapping.

Installing lifeproof vinyl flooring transition pieces.

I wasn t able to do that. If the two. Then cut the vinyl piece to size and snap it into the metal bracket. When you change from one flooring to another in a doorway you usually need a transition strip to form the border between them.

This video and desc. To find just the right product ask or search for them by flooring type such as tile transition strips or wood transition strips. Lifeproof vinyl flooring features an innovative wear layer made to resist scratches for long lasting beauty. It floats over your existing floor and can be used to cover wood a concrete subfloor or existing vinyl flooring planks.

Use a broom a rubber mallet a tapping block and a piece of scrap wood. I have seen many people who use a scrap piece of flooring to tap the pieces in to place. Fixed objects include walls pipes trim and transitions. To install them you simply cut the metal brackets that come with it to the size you need and screw them into the sub floor.

Doing your own lifeproof flooring installation is fairly simple. These are typically metal transition strips such as aluminum or lightweight steel but vinyl composite and wood are used as well. Floating floors will expand and contract with changes in the interior home climate. Installing the flooring too tight to the transition molding floating floors require an expansion gap around all fixed objects.