Vinyl flooring OK over bare cement?

[keith5064]

Would like to spruce up the floor in the office part of my shop, bought some vinyl ID like to use. Before I put it down I'm doing a couple moisture tests ...provided those turn out OK, am I able to just put the vinyl down, or do I need a sealer first?

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[Richard Cranium]

Well it looks like you are doing a moisture test. That is all I was thing.

 

[3sum]

I would emboss/skimcoat it first and then lay it.


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[TK-421]

Back when we lived in a 110+ year old house that had an unfinished basement, we just put vinyl tile down on the bare concrete, didn't seem to have any problems for the 8 or 9 years it was down there, and it was in the relatively high traffic of the laundry and video game areas.

 

[fastbike02]

In my house the vinyl in my laundry room is on bare concrete and I've never had a problem out of it

 

[keith5064]

One question I was wondering? Would the moisture test do alot of difference in results winter versus summer?

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[four.cycle]

one of the first vinyl floors I put in was in my bathroom in a little apartment up on Beach Drive SW at Alki, (right across the street from Puget Sound) on a concrete slab floor. only problem I had was grinding the old adhesive off the concrete to get a smooth surface.

 

[david86camaro]

Use sealer designed for putting vinyl on concrete and you should not have any issues.


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[keith5064]

Any recommendations on a sealer?

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[Todd.Brock]

I would look up the manufacturer and see what they recommend for sub floor prep. What kind of flooring was there previously? It looks like the baseboard was held off the floor making me think there was a previous flooring. Me personally , I would go with it. Won't the vinyl flooring- assuming it's a sheet good- act a vapor barrier?

 

[keith5064]

Would it hurt to use a product like rock solid moisture stop, just to be safe?

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[csp]

Countless thousands of square feet of vinyl tile have been laid over bare concrete in commercial applications.

Without any idea of your location, climate, soil conditions etc. nobody can tell if there would be a difference between summer and winter moisture. At the very least put your location in your profile for things like this.

 

[keith5064]

I am in Iowa thought I mentioned that..oops!

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[pauls340]

Your best bet would be to talk to a commercial flooring contractor and find out which non-VOC adhesive they use. And ask them what profile is required by that mfg before you glue anything down. What you are thinking about doing with a "sealer" is also a major bond breaker. All adhesives are now required by law to be almost VOC free. That old adhesive, that smelled so good, was full of VOC's and that's why some of that old vinyl is still glued down. Good luck

 

[Deschodt]

Just thought I'd mention I once jacked one side of a car over vinyl tile - and the pressure of the car resting on the 2 outside tires caused the tile to slip (glue and all - the tire grip moved the tile off the floor despite the glue, onto another tile) and the car to fall - thankfully not over me, I heard it and bailed. I'd never use them in a work environment.

 

[Bluedodge]

If I lived in Iowa and my name was keith5064, I would use a glueless vinyl flooring. Some manufacturers call this Loose-Lay vinyl.

Example: http://professionals.tarkett.com/products/luxury-vinyl-tiles/loose-lay

 

[Garage Flooring]

Based on the information I have seen vinyl flooring can be laid directly over clean, dry smooth concrete. In many cases they suggest a different glue.