underlayment material for Tarkett sheet vinyl in kitchen

12 years ago

I stripped the floor down to 3/4" sub-floor (some of it is 2" hardwood planks) already. We will be using 1/4" plywood for new Tarkett sheet vinyl this weekend.

I went to the stores and couldn't find recommended material by Tarkett to attach and level new 1/4" underlayment plywood. The sheet vinyl is in my house waiting to warm up to house temp already.

I am looking for divergent point staples. Our local Lowe's doesn't even sell sheet vinyl or staples for staple gun. Menards has regular staples only. We will be using Rigid R150FSA stapler. What name brand of staples could be used with it? Bostitch is one, correct?

We have Bostitch 7/8" 18ga staples available to cover the recommended 75-90% depth. I found on the internet that 9/16" divergent point staples should be used for a 3/4" sub-floor with 1/4" underlayment plywood. Would the 9/16" divergent point staples be long enough? Or is it because of the divergent point?

I donÃ¯Â¿Â½t know what to do, it is very cold as of yesterday in here; our cats are playing with the temporarily floor cover, I can feel the cold seeping through.

I purchased a Henry 547 Unipro Universal Patch & Skimcoat together with Hendry 546 Patch Additive. I am not sure if this is the correct product to use as a self-leveler for the underlayment. I have to use latex reinforced portland cement per Tarkett.

I found Mapei Planipatch (Fast-Setting, Polymer-Modified, Cement-Based Patching Compound) on the internet today in the morning. I can order it to be delivered to local Menards. Mapei is recommended by Tarkett.

I have also trouble finding self-leveling latex reinforced portland cement.

Thank you very much for any advice or comment.

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Floortech
12 years ago
Bostich staples is correct...What type of Tarkett Vinyl..That is the critical thing here and what installation method are you doing. 1/4 inch MULTIPLY is always a safe bet. Mapei plani patch is fine...It is not a self leveler though...You dont want a self leveler per say. Patch and sand the joints. We use a longer staple than what you state. A crown staple and then the glue itself fills the void. You do not patch the staple marks, only the joints. You add latex additive to the patch. It is sold separate to the patch. Sold in quarts normally. It will slow down how quickly the patch pulls the water out of the glue I believe. Good Luck. If it s a loose lay vinyl, all the specs can lessen. Good Luck.
icefox
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12 years ago
I have this sheet vinyl: www.tarkettna.com/Default.aspx?tabid=71&sku=38041

It is a Tarkett FiberFloor LifeTimeÃ¯Â¿Â½ with Urethane finish, no paper on the bottom, all solid 0.120" plastic.

We already progressed in the work. We nailed down with 2" ring shand nails in some loose higher levels of hardwood planks, than laid down a 1/4" Luan underlayment from Lowes to even up leftover small differences. It was not my idea, however I agreed to it in order to speed up trogress time. We stapled the Luan down with Bostitch 7/8" 18ga staples about 6" apart. The staples went through the luan layer (should be a hawaian mahagony...), but stopped at the middle layer of the underlayment. We also added a second 1/4" layer of IntegraPly, which is recommended by Tarkett. We nailed it down with 1-1/4" ring shank nail about 4" apart with abouth 2" @ edges. Oh mine, I can't move my thumb today, not speaking about the whole hand and part of my arm being so sore, I can't do anything on the floor right now. I will be checking the nails with spatula in the evening. I don't want them to stick out, which they shouldn't, however with so many nails, we could miss some. The floor is 9x21 feet large.

I mid be using the Henry 547 Unipro Universal Patch & Skimcoat together with Hendry 546 Patch Additive tomorrow as I did not order anything from the web. I have too much of the Hendry patch, the smallest bag they sold. It was $50 together, however I can't find a small container of already pre-mixed patching to cut on the cost of material and ease of use.

I should start purchasing the material much longer than one week ago. I am frustrated with the material limitations of our local hardware stores. It takes time to drive from store to store plus we experienced some very unhelpufull folks at Lowes more than once. I also checked our local flooring stores, however didnÃ¯Â¿Â½t even carry the special divergent point staples. And they told us they use Luan for underlayment.
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