Browse Forums Flooring & Floor Covering 1 Aug 05, 2009 10:02 am Can anyone let me know what is involved after removing Floor Tiles to get the concrete floor ready to have Vinyl professionally laid. We are looking at getting the floor ready so that the professionals need to just come in and lay it thus saving us money???? We will also be ripping up carpet so that it can be replaced as well. Is there much to the preparation process for new carpet?? Thanks from Kim Re: Floor Preperation After Removing Tiles To Then Lay Vinyl??? 2Aug 05, 2009 11:00 pm Hi, I would assume you are taking up ceramic tiles. For a vinyl floor to be laid you will need to provide a flat smooth floor. After the tiles have been removed you will almost definitely have to sand or grind the floor to remove the tile glue left on the floor. After that you may need to apply a feather finish to the floor to level and smooth it out. A basic rule of thumb when laying vinyl is, whatever the slab looks like is what the vinyl will look like. For the carpet areas you will probably just have to sand the slab. The carpet will be a lot more forgiving on a rough slab then vinyl will. good luck Re: Floor Preperation After Removing Tiles To Then Lay Vinyl??? 3Aug 05, 2009 11:58 pm Is it 'handy h!re' @ HB? They might have a terrazo grinder (concrete grinder) to use. Pretty sure they got one in for us ages ago (6-7 years ago) all you need to do is remove the lumps, hollows will be filled by the guys doing the laying Grab a pulse vac while you are there It's not much fun but you can't wreck (the machine) or the floor Prolly cost you 170/day something like that Wear steel capped boots no open shoes or thongs Onc_Artisan edited to add h3rv3y bay h!re Where you are coming from is where you are going to... Can someone please offer some advice? Im DESPERATE. Because I'm completely and utterly exhausted. How long are variations taking with other companies at the moment? We… 0 18249 Levelling compound Ardit is the best but buy a bag of sand and make sand dam to protect your wood floor 2 15227 6 11118 |