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INSTALLING
YOUR VINYL FLOOR

How to install your vinyl floors

Whether you opt for Vinyl Flex or Hybrid Vinyl, all Quick-Step vinyl floors are really easy to install. All it takes is a few tools and a little bit of patience and dedication.

INSTALLING HYBRID VINYL

Man installing vinyl plank flooring over existing tile floor in a bright, unfurnished room with a window and natural light.
Step-by-step Guide

INSTALLING VINYL FLEX

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Step-by-step guide

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Installing Hybrid Vinyl

STEP 1: Prepare your subfloor

First, you’ll need to inspect the subfloor. While Hybrid Vinyl can handle most irregularities, we highly recommend making sure the surface is level, stable and clean, and to remove all existing floor covering before getting started.

STEP 2: Collect your tools

Save yourself a few trips and make sure you have the following tools handy:

  • a hammer
  • a saw that’s suitable for vinyl
  • a mouth mask
  • a tape measure
  • safety glasses
  • a bevel to measure the corners
  • cleaning material
  • a thin piece of rope
  • gloves
  • a pencil
  • levelling compound
  • calculator
  • a Quick-Step installation set containing a pull-bar, spacers, and a tapping block
Tools laid out on a hybrid vinyl floor with a light wood grain pattern, ready for a hybrid vinyl flooring installation.

STEP 3: Start laying your Hybrid vinyl floor

  • First, check how many full rows of planks you will need by dividing the width of the room by the width of a plank.
  • Make a mark on the wall where you’ll be laying your last full plank. The last plank should be at least 5 cm wide to ensure easy installation.
  • Unpack your planks and mix them up to avoid laying identical patterns and colour variations too close together.
  • For best results, start laying your first row of Pulse Hybrid planks in line with the longest wall, but not flush against it (as walls are hardly ever perfectly straight).
  • Make sure to alternate your alignment so that end joints of successive rows are never in line. We recommend at least 30 cm between them.
  • Click the first plank of the second row into the first plank of the first row (see video) and keep going like that.

STEP 4: Cut your Hybrid vinyl floor

Inevitably, you’ll need to cut your Pulse Hybrid planks to complete your floor. Wear gloves and use a pencil to draw your cutting lines. Always saw your planks with the top surface decoration facing upwards.

Cutting hybrid vinyl flooring using a power tool.

Laying Vinyl Flex

STEP 1: Prepare your subfloor

With Vinyl Flex, it’s important to ensure that your subfloor is perfectly level and devoid of any irregularities to avoid problems later on. Also make sure that cement joints wider than 1 mm are smoothed out, and don’t forget to check for mould or moisture.

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STEP 2: Collect your tools 

Save yourself a few trips and make sure you have the following tools handy:

  • Tape measure
  • Safety glasses
  • Thin rope
  • Bevel to measure the corners
  • Tape to secure your underlay
  • Calculator
  • Gloves
  • Pencil
  • Levelling compound
  • Cleaning material
  • Concave cutter knife
  • Quick-Step Vinyl installation tool
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STEP 3: Apply glue to the subfloor

After dry fitting the first rows, draw a line to mark where the glue should be applied. Remove the planks, spread Quick-Step Vinyl Glue+ up to the line, and place the planks into the glue. Press down firmly and immediately remove any glue residue.

Person applying adhesive with a trowel to the floor surface in preparation for installing a vinyl floor, with a bucket of vinyl glue beside them.

STEP 4: Start laying your Vinyl Flex floor

  • First, check how many full rows of planks you will need by dividing the width of the room by the width of a plank.
  • Make a mark on the wall where you’ll be laying your last full plank. The last plank should be at least 5 cm wide to ensure easy installation.
  • Unpack your planks and mix them up to avoid laying identical patterns and colour variations too close together.
  • For best results, start laying your first row of Vinyl Flex planks in line with the longest wall, but not flush against it (as walls are hardly ever perfectly straight).
  • Make sure to alternate your alignment so that end joints of successive rows are never in line. We recommend at least 30 cm between them.
  • Click the first plank of the second row into the first plank of the first row (see video) and keep going like that.

STEP 5: Cut your Vinyl Flex floor

Inevitably, you’ll need to cut your beautiful Vinyl Flex planks to complete your floor. Wear gloves and use a pencil to draw your cutting lines. Always cut your planks using the concave knife and the vinyl installation tool, and make sure the top surface decoration is facing upwards.

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