I had some water damage and my vinyl floor lifted in a small area.
there are 2 layers benieth that need to be cut out and built back up
(ideas on this would be helpfull). the seem where the floor lifted
seems to have seperated (shrank?) is there anyway to bring it together
or make it less noticible.

getting a new floor is an option but my wife seems to like our
existing floor more than any new ones she can find.

On Mar 30, 8:26 am, " wrote:
I had some water damage and my vinyl floor lifted in a small area.
there are 2 layers benieth that need to be cut out and built back up
(ideas on this would be helpfull). the seem where the floor lifted
seems to have seperated (shrank?) is there anyway to bring it together
or make it less noticible.

getting a new floor is an option but my wife seems to like our
existing floor more than any new ones she can find.

Gosh, you could try to glue it back down but I don't think it will
work well. You could cut out the failed material and put in a
patch. That' your best repair option.

As far as the layers underneath. If they have not failed then you can
leave them. If they have failed as well then you could cut them out
as well. You can build up the thickness with different layers of
plywood. You should be able to work out a combination of thicknesses
to achieve the desired total.

Best idea of all. Skip the repairs and ignore the problem until you
can manage to replace the floor. It is bad enough situation to have
multiple layers of flooring. Trying to repair it is even worse.

You can either tear it up or cover it over depending on your exact
situation. If you cover over with more vinyl then don't make the
mistake of glueing it down to the existing material. Instead install
1/4" plywood first. This gives you a good surface to glue to and make
the install more easily reversible.

to achieve the desired total.

Best idea of all. *Skip the repairs and ignore the problem until you
can manage to replace the floor. *It is bad enough situation to have
multiple layers of *flooring. *Trying to repair it is even worse.


its not that I cant. really my wife simply likes our floor better than
existing patterns which all look like fake tile

No one is buying vinyl floors these days. That is why you can't find a nice
pattern. The market has switched to laminate flooring.


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to achieve the desired total.

Best idea of all. Skip the repairs and ignore the problem until you
can manage to replace the floor. It is bad enough situation to have
multiple layers of flooring. Trying to repair it is even worse.


its not that I cant. really my wife simply likes our floor better than
existing patterns which all look like fake tile

No one is buying vinyl floors these days. That is why you can't find
a nice
pattern. The market has switched to laminate flooring.
.

problem is my wife likes our floor pattern and is not big on tile.
Laminates like vinyl seem to all be tile or wood lookalikes. I dont
want tile and have enouph wood

On Mar 30, 3:38 pm, " wrote:
No one is buying vinyl floors these days. That is why you can't find
a nice
pattern. The market has switched to laminate flooring.

problem is my wife likes our floor pattern and is not big on tile.
Laminates like vinyl seem to all be tile or wood lookalikes. I dont
want tile and have enouph wood

Believe it or not there are now vinyl planks that can look like vinyl,
like wood or like anthing else for that matter. It is installed
exactly the same way as laminate flooring and can be floated over the
existing floor. They actually call it vinyl plank. It is still
pretty new and probably hard to find but here is an example. Link:

http://www.blair.com/webapp/wcs/stor...L-_-DDI%20Link

You can do your own search at Blair.com if that link don't work for
you.

Congloneum has an interesting laminate with vinyl surface too for people
that want very high end vinyl.


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On Mar 30, 3:38 pm, " wrote:
No one is buying vinyl floors these days. That is why you can't find
a nice
pattern. The market has switched to laminate flooring.

problem is my wife likes our floor pattern and is not big on tile.
Laminates like vinyl seem to all be tile or wood lookalikes. I dont
want tile and have enouph wood

Believe it or not there are now vinyl planks that can look like vinyl,
like wood or like anthing else for that matter. It is installed
exactly the same way as laminate flooring and can be floated over the
existing floor. They actually call it vinyl plank. It is still
pretty new and probably hard to find but here is an example. Link:

http://www.blair.com/webapp/wcs/stor...L-_-DDI%20Link

You can do your own search at Blair.com if that link don't work for
you.