Is it any good? Waste of money? I cant find a lot of good reviews on
it, but my Menard's says they arent even going to carry glue-on vinyl
anymore because everyone ncluding contractors love the no glue.
Anyone have experience with either the sheet type or the tongue &
groove tile type? Which kind?

Joe wrote:
Is it any good? Waste of money? I cant find a lot of good reviews on
it, but my Menard's says they arent even going to carry glue-on vinyl
anymore because everyone ncluding contractors love the no glue.
Anyone have experience with either the sheet type or the tongue &
groove tile type? Which kind?

Totally no-glue, or the type where you put just a dab at the edges and
at doorways? I'd have trouble trusting totally no-glue, unless it was
super-thick and stiff. Does it have a tacky no-slip backing like
commercial carpet tiles or something? (I note that at work, they
sometimes have to cheat and add dabs of glue to those, where the keep
moving around, like in doorways and where people make sharp turns on them.)

But having said that- 60-70 years ago, when poor folk had painted wood
floors, linoleum 'area rugs' for kitchens were quite common. Even as a
kid in the 60s, I saw a lot of them demoted to garage floor duty when
the kitchen got redone.

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Is it any good? Waste of money? I cant find a lot of good reviews on
it, but my Menard's says they arent even going to carry glue-on vinyl
anymore because everyone ncluding contractors love the no glue.
Anyone have experience with either the sheet type or the tongue &
groove tile type? Which kind?


My kitchen floor is no-glue sheet vinyl, I've had it going on 20 years
and it is fine. All I did was staple it around the edges where the
molding would hide the staples.

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Dennis

DT wrote:
In article
,
says...

Is it any good? Waste of money? I cant find a lot of good reviews on
it, but my Menard's says they arent even going to carry glue-on vinyl
anymore because everyone ncluding contractors love the no glue.
Anyone have experience with either the sheet type or the tongue &
groove tile type? Which kind?


My kitchen floor is no-glue sheet vinyl, I've had it going on 20 years
and it is fine. All I did was staple it around the edges where the
molding would hide the staples.

What do you do if the room is too wide for a single-roll-width? Not
being snarky- a new kitchen floor is one of the things on the list for
this place, once more-urgent stuff gets done. I'm lousy at pattern
cutting, so I'll probably hire it out, just want to know what to expect.

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Joe wrote:
Is it any good? Waste of money? I cant find a lot of good reviews on
it, but my Menard's says they arent even going to carry glue-on vinyl
anymore because everyone ncluding contractors love the no glue.
Anyone have experience with either the sheet type or the tongue &
groove tile type? Which kind?

Totally no-glue, or the type where you put just a dab at the edges and at
doorways? I'd have trouble trusting totally no-glue, unless it was
super-thick and stiff. Does it have a tacky no-slip backing like
commercial carpet tiles or something? (I note that at work, they sometimes
have to cheat and add dabs of glue to those, where the keep moving around,
like in doorways and where people make sharp turns on them.)

But having said that- 60-70 years ago, when poor folk had painted wood
floors, linoleum 'area rugs' for kitchens were quite common. Even as a kid
in the 60s, I saw a lot of them demoted to garage floor duty when the
kitchen got redone.

I used 'Loose Lay' vinyl to cover my computer work station desk. If it's
made to walk and drag chairs around on, what can go wrong on a desk:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joearno...02734/sizes/o/

I also put it on my wet bar on the other side of the same room:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/joearno...73544/sizes/o/

Then I used scraps for kitchen cabinet and drawer liners. Great stuff.

On Wed, 6 May 2009 10:43:09 -0700 (PDT), Joe
wrote:

Is it any good? Waste of money? I cant find a lot of good reviews on
it, but my Menard's says they arent even going to carry glue-on vinyl
anymore because everyone ncluding contractors love the no glue.
Anyone have experience with either the sheet type or the tongue &
groove tile type? Which kind?

Sheet vinyl or vinyl tile?

On May 6, 10:36*pm, mm wrote:

Sheet vinyl or vinyl tile?

Both. Either one. Both are economical compared to other options..

On May 6, 12:43*pm, Joe wrote:
Is it any good? Waste of money? I cant find a lot of good reviews on
it, but my Menard's says they arent even going to carry glue-on vinyl
anymore because everyone ncluding contractors love the no glue.
Anyone have experience with either the sheet type or the tongue &
groove tile type? Which kind?

I used a good brand from HD, I forgot the name but it looks like
stone, for 10 kitchens in 07, its been fine. Mine needed the floor
primed and you had to use the 100lb steel roller to break the seal and
activate the 2 part Epoxy. If you dont roll what I bought the warranty
is void. 2 part glue - epoxy that you break a seal seems to be the way
to go, the apts are abused with excess washing water and have held
fine.

"1D10T" wrote:

I used 'Loose Lay' vinyl to cover my computer work station desk. If it's
made to walk and drag chairs around on, what can go wrong on a desk:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joearno...02734/sizes/o/

I'm shocked, just shocked. You only have nine monitors. How can
you possibly work with so few?
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They were all gourmands!

On Wed, 6 May 2009 22:51:46 -0700 (PDT), Joe
wrote:

On May 6, 10:36*pm, mm wrote:

Sheet vinyl or vinyl tile?

Both. Either one. Both are economical compared to other options..

Ask at HD about tape down sheet vinyl. I learned about it a couple of
years ago. They use a double-sided clear tape. The trick is the floor
prep and install, so you must have an installer that knows his
business. It was a nice install, at a condo belonging to a neighbor.

Someone that installs floor goods every day would be a good place to
ask.

On Thu, 07 May 2009 14:00:23 -0700, Daniel Prince
wrote:

"1D10T" wrote:

I used 'Loose Lay' vinyl to cover my computer work station desk. If it's
made to walk and drag chairs around on, what can go wrong on a desk:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/joearno...02734/sizes/o/

I'm shocked, just shocked. You only have nine monitors. How can
you possibly work with so few?

Maybe he has picture in picture in a few monitors. My question is what
does Joe do, when he is not installing no glue vinyl.

te:

On May 6, 10:36*pm, mm wrote:
you must have an installer that knows his
business.

I am the installer. I'm asking for advice on a newsgroup from a bunch
of people I dont even know. Does this sound like someone who knows his
business?

On May 7, 5:00*pm, Oren wrote:

Maybe he has picture in picture in a few monitors. My question is what
does Joe do, when he is not installing no glue vinyl.

I tear out my water damaged OSB floor and replace it with plywood so i
can lay no glue vinyl, if I decide to.

On May 6, 9:36*pm, aemeijers wrote:

What do you do if the room is too wide for a single-roll-width?

Good question, because my dining room is 14 feet wide where it turns
into a hallway and the rolls are only 12. I may use one of the tongue
and groove vinyl types for the dining room because of that...