VCT Floor Teaser Pic

[kartracer23]

Don't want to show the whole room until I have a chance to do a full write up after a couple more things are done, but here's a teaser pic of my Armstrong VCT floor that we put down this weekend. This will be my kart workshop. It's right at 500 sq. ft. and it took my wife and I 8 hours. There were a lot of cuts (5 doors in the room, plus 6 places where the wall juts out), but it went pretty well. I bought a VCT cutter at Menard's and that was a big help. Even with a brand new blade, and a tile that felt like a wet noodle, cutting with a utility knife was a PITA. I would have hated to do that many straight cuts with a utility knife. Overall, it's not a difficult job - just takes some time.

My wife is now looking at VCT to redo our bathroom at home (currently press-n-maybe stick), so I think she kind of liked doing it.

The funniest thing is that everyone who sees it says 'Wow, that looks like a professional did it!' WTF-did they think we'd have tiles laying on top of each other or something?

 

[wagonmaster]

Looks great! I'll bet the finished product is worth the wait.

 

[rickairmedic]

Kartracer that floor looks great . The more I see VCT the more I think thats the way I will go with my 45 year old floor .


Rick

 

[joecaver]

Looking good. I can't wait to see the whole thing.

 

[DaMaN]

that looks damn ****!!

 

[kartracer23]

Thanks guys...
Here's a little 'before' of the floor. Concrete slab. Some of it was just paint, some had one layer of linoleum (the old, tar based kind), some areas had two, and some areas had two layers + stick on vinyl. Probably close to 100 man hours in taking that **** up.

 

[SimpleManLance]

Kartracer that floor looks great . The more I see VCT the more I think thats the way I will go with my 45 year old floor .

whats the floors condition?


Rick

Thanks guys...
Here's a little 'before' of the floor. Concrete slab. Some of it was just paint, some had one layer of linoleum (the old, tar based kind), some areas had two, and some areas had two layers + stick on vinyl. Probably close to 100 man hours in taking that **** up.

what an imporvement. i always hate those jobs where you have to demo the floor first. but it always comes out looking 100% better in the end.

looking forward to seeing more pics. how much did that cost you a sq ft if you dont mind me asking? i might have to do some research on this type of floor.

 

[svtcobra]

did you clear the top?

 

[kartracer23]

did you clear the top?

It's got about 6 coats of the Excelon polish on it.

As far as cost, by the time you get the tile, extra tile, adhesive, polish, tools, etc., I'd figure on a buck a square foot.

It got the ultimate water test yesterday. Went back to the office after a break and there was a river of water coming out of the bathroom beside it. Water supply to the toilet had broken. Not sure how much water total, but I took out about 200 gallons with two 5 gallon shop vacs. So I'd guess maybe 400 gallons total? I did the carpeted areas first (maybe 2000 sq. ft. soaked - some puddles an inch deep) and then went back and did the tile area. Even after water standing in puddles for 2 hours, everything seems to be stuck down fine-even with the adhesive only a few days old. Five hours of sucking water up on my hands and knees and I'm a bit sore this morning. I've got 5 fans running on the carpeted areas now, so hopefully everything will be ok. Fortunately, it just flooded the hallway and 2 of my unrented offices so I don't have to deal with tenant problems.

 

[stok2]

looks great, i'm thinking about doing the same in my garage. I live in the Chicago area, and I'm worried about it being slippery in the winter when the snow melts of the cars. Have you had any issues with slipperiness. Thanks for any and all help.

 

[kartracer23]

looks great, i'm thinking about doing the same in my garage. I live in the Chicago area, and I'm worried about it being slippery in the winter when the snow melts of the cars. Have you had any issues with slipperiness. Thanks for any and all help.

Well, I can tell you that it's slicker than snot with about an inch of water standing on it. I could walk on it, but it wasn't easy-even with treaded shoes. I mean like, you couldn't walk normal-you had to take little short steps. Pretty much like ice. After that experience, I don't think I would personally use it in a wet situation except if I used a no-slip wax.

 

[stok2]

thanks for the info...........