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Rolled Flooring: Years ago, rolled sheets of flooring were made of only one material - linoleum. Today the material is almost certain to be sheet vinyl, which is easy to maintain and install. Sheet vinyl comes in two basic types: inlaid, in which the pattern is pressed through the vinyl, and rotogravure, or "roto" for short, in which the pattern is printed on the surface. Both come in compositions of differing resiliency, some so flexible you can roll them into a ball and others so brittle they split if you try to press them into a corner. This is a commons issue when remodeling bathrooms in Bellaire and surrounding areas of Houston, due mostly to moisture and humidity concerns.
Of the two types, roto offers a greater variety of colors and patterns for your bathroom or kitchen. It is softer and more soundproof; its wear surface is thin and the vinyl sheet has a thick foam-rubber backing, called fatback. It is available in 6 ft intervals. As the first step in an installation of new flooring in a bathroom, make a plan of the floor, or get help from our contractors. Let the materials adjust to room temperature for an hour os so; then, if you are using more than one sheet of material, start unrolling the larger sheet from the longest and most nearly clear wall of the room. Leave 3 to 6 inches of overlap at each wall.
When you reach a large immovable object, such as a center island or a set of bathroom cabinets, reach under the roll and unroll the sheet backward towards the starting wall. Push the unrolled section of the sheet against the object and, about 6 inches above the floor, cut the sheet from its outside edge towards its center with a utility knife. Continue the cut about 6 inches short of the edge of the object, then cut back towards the starting wall for a distance at least 6 inches less.
Of the two types, roto offers a greater variety of colors and patterns for your bathroom or kitchen. It is softer and more soundproof; its wear surface is thin and the vinyl sheet has a thick foam-rubber backing, called fatback. It is available in 6 ft intervals. As the first step in an installation of new flooring in a bathroom, make a plan of the floor, or get help from our contractors. Let the materials adjust to room temperature for an hour os so; then, if you are using more than one sheet of material, start unrolling the larger sheet from the longest and most nearly clear wall of the room. Leave 3 to 6 inches of overlap at each wall.
When you reach a large immovable object, such as a center island or a set of bathroom cabinets, reach under the roll and unroll the sheet backward towards the starting wall. Push the unrolled section of the sheet against the object and, about 6 inches above the floor, cut the sheet from its outside edge towards its center with a utility knife. Continue the cut about 6 inches short of the edge of the object, then cut back towards the starting wall for a distance at least 6 inches less.
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When returning heavy appliances, such as the refrigerator, to the room after the vinyl flooring has been laid down, push them back on top of a sheet of hardboard to avoid making deep ridges in the vinyl. Leave a fitting of the vinyl to a threshold for the final step of the job. If there is no threshold, or if you are planning to replace it, use metal edging strips, which is the best transition from new vinyl flooring to the floor covering in an adjoining room. If you use a metal tuck-in strip as a threshold, leave the vinyl edge in the doorway unglued until the strip is installed. Lift the roll over the object and lower it to the floor on the other side. Holding the corner of the flap you have made in the sheet, complete the cutout for the object by cutting, if necessary, to a point about 6 inches from its far edge, then cutting at a right angle toward the outside edge of the sheet.