Cutting Laminate Vinyl Planks

You use the utility knife to score the hard wear layer on the top surface of the flooring then you simply.

Cutting laminate vinyl planks.

Place the laminate flooring board on a sturdy surface saw horse and lock it into position with several c clamps or with the help of a friend. Cutting luxury vinyl actually involves more breaking than cutting. Place the plank on a surface you won t mind cutting on such as the subfloor or a piece of waste flooring with the bottom side up. Determine how wide the last row is.

See my flooring install playlist. If you re cutting your vinyl flooring on the floor put an extra piece of flooring underneath the section that you re cutting so that you don t ruin the floor underneath. Keep your vinyl plank in place by resting a free knee on it. In order to get accurate cuts clamp the straight edge or a laminate flooring plank to your board making sure the blade of the jigsaw goes exactly over the cut line at both sides.

If the width is less than of a plank cut roughly of the plank in the first row. Useful tips on preferred methods and tools should help you understand the best way to cut vinyl plank flooring. These cuts make the plank shorter. Set the first plank in place on the starting line with the cut side toward the wall maintaining the expansion gap.

All it takes is a sharp utility knife and for most cuts a straightedge. Measure and mark the plank on the waste side of the cut line. How to install vinyl plank flooring as a beginner. Score and cut the tongue off the first row of vinyl planks using a utility knife.

Determine the width of the last row of vinyl plank flooring. Vinyl tile cutting boards will also cut laminate tile material since vinyl and laminate are similar. Lay your vinyl flooring flat on the floor or table. They are made on planks as you complete a row and as you cut planks to stagger vinyl plank flooring.

The blade on the tool is essentially a large razor blade installed on a board that has a.