How To Lay Vinyl Flooring Herringbone
The result is STUNNING.
How to lay vinyl flooring herringbone. Just use your square to make sure the angle of the tile is 90 degrees. We used a chalk line to snap a guide for us to follow. Once the tiles are in place a heavy roller is used over the vinyl tiles to minimise air bubbles and maximise the adhesion to the screeded floor.
Use a mallet to hit the flooring nailer and ensure the slat is secure. Then to give it a unique and high-end look we laid the tile in a herringbone. Also like wood LVP planks may be installed in sophisticated patternsbrick lay diagonally parquet pattern chevron or herringbone.
If you start in the center and put your tile together in the herringbone pattern it will form a natural 90 degree angle. Add subsequent slats to create the herringbone pattern taking care to position two slats at a time. We cut down all of our tile into strips and then measured to find the center point of the floor.
When youre ready to start working on the design use the tape measure to find the center of the room. This is where you will start laying your herringbone pattern. Installing Herringbone Pattern Find the Center and Establish the Field.
Use a square at the point where to the lines intersect at the middle of the floor to make sure theyre 90 degrees off each other. Click here to see my slate herringbone inlay. Using the set square to get the correct angle I aligned the top corner of the first plank with the mid point line and once satisfied I had placed it correctly stuck it down and used its edge to lay the next board.
If the subfloor is damaged repair works will need to be carried out. Lay out the rectangular field that the herringbone pattern will occupy. I used it in my entry way too if you recall.