Installation Instructions for Vinyl Sheet Flooring

INTRODUCTION

Here are a few tips to help you prepare and install your floor.

The Armstrong Guaranteed Installation Kit has everything you need to cut and fit. If you make a mistake when you cut or fit, Armstrong will replace the floor and the kit...FREE* (26-yard max.). If you are having your floor professionally installed, click here for some tips on what to expect.
What you may need:
Tools: Materials:
  • Straight-blade utility knife
  • Hammer
  • Short nap paint roller
  • Rolling pin
  • Household scissors
  • Screwdriver or putty knife
  • Carpenter's saw
  • Correct trowels
  • Metal straightedge
  • Medium grit sandpaper
  • Tape measure
  • Guaranteed Installation Kit
  • S-185 Latex Primer and Additive
  • Once 'n Done® Floor Cleaner
  • Armstrong Floor Protectors
  • S-199 One-Part Embossing Leveler
  • S-254 Adhesive or S-235 Adhesive
  • New Beginning® Extra Strength Cleaner and Wax Remover
  • S-184 Fast Setting Patch
  • S-595 Seam Coating Kit or S-564 Low Gloss Seam Coating Kit
  • Shinekeeper® Long-Lasting Floor Polish
Subfloor preparation:
  • Store flooring in the room in which you plan to install for 48 hours. Keep room at minimum of 65° F (18° C) during that time and during installation. After installation, temperature should not fall below 65° F  (18° C) for the first 48 hours, and not below 55° F (13° C) after that.
  • If room is heated by radiant coils in the subfloor, the temperature of the floor surface should not exceed  85° F (29° C).
  • Install over smooth, well-bonded resilient floors; dry concrete; and wood floors with a plywood overlay.
  • Subfloor must be level, clean, and free of wax, grease, oil, or dust.
  • If necessary, patch or fill any cracks with S-184 Fast-Setting Patch and Underlayment.
  • Use Armstrong One-Part Embossing Leveler to smooth any texture or embossing on the old floor.

What You Should Know About Existing Resilient Floor Covering Structures
Some flooring materials and adhesives contain asbestos fibers. The presence of the asbestos in these products is not readily identifiable. Unless absolutely positive beyond any doubt that the product is a nonasbestos-containing material, always assume it does contain asbestos.

Alternatives to the Removal of Existing Resilient Floor Covering
Armstrong recommends that whenever possible you leave the existing resilient floor covering in place and go over the top with your new floor. Alternatives to the removal of an unsuitable resilient floor over approved subfloors are:

  1. Installing directly over a single layer of existing resilient flooring.
  2. Filling the embossing of the existing resilient flooring with S-199 Embossing Leveler or S-194 Patch, Underlayment and Embossing Leveler mixed with S-195 Latex Additive before installation (residential only)
  3. Covering existing resilient flooring on an approved susupended wood subfloor with a recommended wood underlayment.