Luxury Vinyl Plank Over Osb

Installing a glue down vinyl floor sheet or tile directly over oriented strand board osb subflooring has become a hot topic for me of lately i have had people asking about installing sheet lvt and vct directly to the osb subfloor without the use of an underlayment.

Luxury vinyl plank over osb.

When he was done i noticed a few spots of unevenness that are bothering me. Luxury vinyl flooring lvp is similar to sheet vinyl but it s thicker more durable and easier to install. Some people choose to install luxury vinyl flooring over an existing floor to save both time and money. We need the level of the floor to be increased by approximately 1 16th of an inch to come up to the same level of the floors surrounding it.

Given that most luxury vinyl tile is only 2 4mm in thickness and not indicated for use over uneven subfloors my options were going to be quite limited. Because of its thinness it s critical that existing floors be level and smooth since any raised portions will cause uneven wear on the vinyl surface ruining the effect. One thing to consider when using a vinyl underlayment. Much to my delight however i was able to find the perfect balance of form and function when i stumbled upon this modern yet classic collection of click and lock lvt plank flooring from.

Buy the product recommended by the tile manufacturer. Plywood particleboard osb ceramic tile sheet vinyl or painted cement. Vesdura vinyl planks 6 5mm spc click lock xl jumbo collection in brown sawn french oak sku. Others have already commented about this.

It comes in tiles and planks but this article covers planks only and uses a product called adura locksolid. We are going to install a 7 5mm luxury vinyl click lock plank floor that comes with underlayment pad attached on the bottom of the planks. I had stainmaster vinyl floating planks installed but the guy i had do it put the floor right over osb. Vinyl material that s in place as well as tile flooring are generally the easiest to work with.

It s a floating floor which means it isn t fastened to the subfloor it just lies there. The second is that osb degrades with contact with a floating floor. I am wondering if someone can recommend a product to put as a sublayer between the subfloor and the floating floor to even out these issues. The tile is adhered to the vinyl but the vinyl is not attached to anything else so the floor will.

Over time the telegraphed bump will accelerate wear of that portion of the vinyl floor plank as well as attract attention highly visible.