Nice meeting the fam. A true blessing, Sir. I'm East of you right now over in Virginia renovating a duplex I bought in April. Been laying carpet for my first time ever in a few rooms here and I have to say it's more tiresome and exhausting than laying vinyl plank. Removing the old carpet and padding, pulling all the staples, laying new pad, then stretching fitting, cutting, trimming, tucking... all after hauling heavy rolls if carpet and pad up a flight of stairs, whew! Makes for a good night of sleep. Brings a deep appreciation for the skills and hard work of those who do this stuff for a living. It's nice to get done and then admire my handiwork, feeling like I made good money by saving money doing this all myself. Rock on! ✌🏼
I am getting ready to do a major install in my home of Vinyl Plank. I believe the Lord sent me to your videos to help me learn some of your secrets of the trade. I may need a little help with a difficult bedroom off the main hallway. Thanks for always praying for guys like us who want to install with a little help and advice from a friend. God bless you, Joe.
I appreciate this video soooooo much!! The mistakes made during installation was GOLD! Thank you so much for making this video. I am going to tackle my floors with confidence ❤️ God bless you and your family
Watching this guy video finally I finish my project installing my laminate floor, I didn’t have any knowledge about installation, but watching his videos I learned how to do it, my job looks like a professional job thanks to this guy, I wish that you guys could see my job already finish,
Knowledge is a form of awareness or familiarity. It is often understood as awareness of facts or as practical skills, and may also mean familiarity with objects or situations. " you have an awesome channel thank you."
Looking at doing my whole house, I've never done it but thanks to you guys I have a chance. Love the realism of the way you guys interact, funny as hell .
Watching you work with your guys on this floor has totally set the process in my mind to the point where I’m now confident that I’ll do a good job of our floor in what is our first house. I have the whole house to do on a concrete floor and want no door transition strips. I’ll start with a centre line in the central hallway, making sure to measure out so the boards land in sensible places at the doorways and against the walls, then go out from there. I I really appreciate your videos Joe. It’s fun watching you and your team do their thing.
Great video, Joe! It was fun to watch and to see you working with your family. Also, it was good to see a few variations on the installation techniques. Keep well!
I'm very very thankful for you posting these videos. I would love to be able to pay a professional and invest in my own community but I can't afford to yet. What I can't afford is a bunch of habitat for humanity vinyl, And my own time. I can't thank you enough for this post.
Absolutely love this video Joe. The bantering is great and I love how simple you make it look. Starting my new laminate floor with confidence, having never done this before. Keep it up. Lord bless you richly.
Joe, I have three rooms to put down vinyl plank for a total of about 600 square feet. I have been watching several of your videos. Very helpful and you are a great teacher. Thanks so much for them. Best to you.
This is one of my favorite videos I've watched of yours to date! Lots of new interesting methods shown. You taught your son well, he has confidence in trying what comes to him as a better, and probably most important to him quicker way of skinning the cat! Nice work, getting ready for my floor
I admired how the installation was done . DIY, neat work can't even see Where the joining with the Vinyl flooring was done, excellent job done waiting to see what is your next project.👍🏾👍🏾.
Excellent instruction and a little brand snob banter. 🤣I wish I would have had a good working relationship with my Father, great to see your Family getting along together. I watch your videos but just still don’t have confidence in my construction abilities 🤷♂️🤣. Should just dive in and quit worrying.
Nice work you all seem to have a good sense of pride in your work. I really like the cheater board. I will be teaching my son to fit a floating floor on his house I will definitely adopt the cheater board idea. It was good to see you helping out and the family spending time together.
Love your approach to teaching. Asking the questions why you're doing something causes the viewer to think. Thanks so much I've done floating floors before only a few small jobs . So I learned some excellent little tricks for my entire house job am about to undertake.
wow thanks for videos... all the obstacles awesome to see outcome in different situations. really appreciate advice. working on my sons bedroom and mine after in Ca. thanks
Honestly love this video I install slot of these floors I struggled with them till I found your videos only thing that’s driving me crazy is your guys use of there speed squares n cheater blocks cut your cheater block square an use that as your square wasting time an energy reaching for tools few other things but I’m mainly a carpenter an a bit picky so I won’t bother with that but all an all very great information
I put the same flooring in my house lol. Also a installer. 1 question, y the tap blocks. I always make a “tap block” out of the flooring I’m using. Cur a strap down a few inches by a foot and tap with a hammer then you know you’ll never break a lip off. Like your videos.
I resorted to a jigsaw as my utility knife scoring sucked. Did a whole double wide and now can tell where I started vs finished. Learn along the way that it ain't something I'm good at....
Good.effort.. always use the multi-tool to cut mains to meet your knife guide. If you must, cut the hack at 45 from a corner to break it inward to avoid a runner Crack. I'm something else at flooring. Adhd and a vape with a bit of coffee and dam. It is clean and I'd go anyways in math. Jigsaw can be clean as well. Spray joint if you need it to slide a bit
Great video! I have a question about a sliding closet door track in a bedroom. Should I uninstall the closet track and put the LVP under it and remount the closet track on top of the LVP?
Hey, thank you for your detailed videos. I'm currently installing LVP over a hardwood floor in a 100-year-old house that is has warped and separated boards. Neither Ardex nor 745 is available in my area. Can polymer modified thinset be used instead? Have any other ideas for me?
Hi Joe, You provide very good content and give confidence to DIY”er who want to tackle flooring job. I am in the process of installing vinyl plank on basemen floor. The problem I have is the drain in the middle of the floor. The floor slightly slope towards the drain. How do I deal with that? It’s not constant slop. It’s start just around 1-2 ft from drain. Let me know what I should be doing?
Do you happen to have a video showing plank installation going straight through a doorway (instead of side to side)? I'm assuming I can do this but I'm a little nervous about it having not seen any videos showing any unique challenges I might want or need to consider. I'm planking my hallway, bathroom and kitchen and want the planks to go all in the same direction which means planks will run forward through the bathroom door instead of left to right)
No matter the specific job requirements, there are several items that need to be addressed and followed during any floating-floor installation” When available, the flooring manufacturer’s instruction on preparation, installation, or use of the wood floor. Where manufacturer instruction are unavailable, lack information, or they reference NWFA Guidelines, use NWFA guidelines. Important things like minimum tolerance of 1/8” in 6’ or 3/16” in 10’ ( subfloor Flatness) Any doorway less than 4 ft in width, and within any flooring system that spans are greater than 20 feet in width or greater than 40 ft in length ( in comparison to flooring installation direction), unless otherwise directed by the flooring manufacturer.
I've always enjoyed your videos and have learned a lot from you. I would have liked to seen you install in a door way working backwards. Might not be much more difficult
I'm still trying to understand fully how you use the cheater board. If i understand this correctly you're setting up the vinyl planking so that it is a specific distance away from the wall of your choice so that it centered in the room. Then the first she of vinyl planking behind the Pieces that you screw into the floor are the pieces that you cut? I kind of get it on a kind of don't i'm so sorry i'm struggling with the concept. If there's a very specific video where you show how to use a cheater board I would love a link to that. I will also look around on youtube and see if I can find some different explanations. But I really like your videos. Thank you for the post.
at 13:05 you are talking about the guillotine cutter, I have 7mm laminate lock and lay flooring, the scoring didnt work, and my skill saw chips the ends so badly... I started my sons closet because it has to be done first since I am building his custom closet... I made the first mistake by cutting first (not realizing the young vs lip side) thank the lord I bought so many extra boxes since they were on close out... but I am wondering, is there a way to use those scrap ends? or are they just now extra cheater pieces?
Enjoy the knowledge you instill in your videos. One question when you pull to place planks Do you pull from three different boxes or you use each box as they are put in the box?
So I am doing a long run in a semi open floor plan that spans 3 rooms, Living dining and kitchen. the issue I am running into is I don't want transitions and want the planks to line up through the entry way from living to dining.
That grinder with the shroud attachment is awesome! Btw why do you need to be so precise underneath the floor? What would happen if you floored over without the fill and stuff?
Note* 9:14 be careful here when cutting over your finished floor that your knife does not slip off the end of the cut and scratch your floor, I like to take a scrap piece and place it under my cut so I know I'm good or flip a plank upside down to cut over, but you should cut over the bare floor until you can't any longer to avoid any accidents as some flooring is harder to score than others and once your blade dulls, blade control or not it could slip at the end of the cut.
Do you have any suggestions for a great room that has wood and tile…and I want to put engineered vinyl floor over the tile only, how could I deal with the transition and make it as flat as possible?
I am sorry if I missed this answer/explanation somewhere but is the "cheater" anything more than a short scrap or has a strip been ripped off to facilitate the gap along the wall? Great videos!!
Hello, do you have any recommendations on how to match existing vinyl floors? I want to replace the carpet in my bedrooms but I don’t know how to match it to existing floors. I pulled out a lose piece there’s a code on the back, can I use that?
Have another question? I have a friend that did a project but I see the dreaded patterns they say to avoid. The dreaded H and the stair step patterns etc. do you have a video link, you might have talked about this. 🙏🤓
No matter what you will get some stair stepping when looking at the floor from certain directions. The plank is all the same size and because of this it is impossible not to see stair stepping. As far as the H goes, that is pretty simple to avoid. Just always try and be sure butt joints never line up and you are golden!!
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Thanks!
Thank you very much Oscar!! My family and I really appreciate this!!
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Nice meeting the fam. A true blessing, Sir.
I'm East of you right now over in Virginia renovating a duplex I bought in April. Been laying carpet for my first time ever in a few rooms here and I have to say it's more tiresome and exhausting than laying vinyl plank. Removing the old carpet and padding, pulling all the staples, laying new pad, then stretching fitting, cutting, trimming, tucking... all after hauling heavy rolls if carpet and pad up a flight of stairs, whew! Makes for a good night of sleep. Brings a deep appreciation for the skills and hard work of those who do this stuff for a living. It's nice to get done and then admire my handiwork, feeling like I made good money by saving money doing this all myself. Rock on! ✌🏼
Thanks brother! If you ever see me on that side of the range, say hi!
You sir are the best at your craft. May God always bless you and your family. More people like you are needed on this earth.
Thank you kindly!
I loved this video because it showed me the actual problem solving process you guys come up with to find solutions to issues. Thank you
I am getting ready to do a major install in my home of Vinyl Plank. I believe the Lord sent me to your videos to help me learn some of your secrets of the trade. I may need a little help with a difficult bedroom off the main hallway. Thanks for always praying for guys like us who want to install with a little help and advice from a friend. God bless you, Joe.
Thank you for the video, especially for your prayer! That is the most powerful and beautiful piece! Good job, Joe
Thank you very much! I really appreciate you!!
I appreciate this video soooooo much!! The mistakes made during installation was GOLD! Thank you so much for making this video. I am going to tackle my floors with confidence ❤️ God bless you and your family
You're welcome!
Watching this guy video finally I finish my project installing my laminate floor, I didn’t have any knowledge about installation, but watching his videos I learned how to do it, my job looks like a professional job thanks to this guy, I wish that you guys could see my job already finish,
Great to hear!
Thanks! Super confident starting my Coreluxe 850 SF project!
Thank you so much Karen!
Knowledge is a form of awareness or familiarity. It is often understood as awareness of facts or as practical skills, and may also mean familiarity with objects or situations.
" you have an awesome channel thank you."
Another great video Bud. I wish I was just 20 years younger. I'd be having so much fun building things.
Looking at doing my whole house, I've never done it but thanks to you guys I have a chance. Love the realism of the way you guys interact, funny as hell .
As a father of two boys, I LOVE this!! Great job.
Watching you work with your guys on this floor has totally set the process in my mind to the point where I’m now confident that I’ll do a good job of our floor in what is our first house. I have the whole house to do on a concrete floor and want no door transition strips. I’ll start with a centre line in the central hallway, making sure to measure out so the boards land in sensible places at the doorways and against the walls, then go out from there. I I really appreciate your videos Joe. It’s fun watching you and your team do their thing.
Great video, Joe! It was fun to watch and to see you working with your family. Also, it was good to see a few variations on the installation techniques. Keep well!
This video made me chuckle because of how realistic it was to me. Great job
I'm very very thankful for you posting these videos. I would love to be able to pay a professional and invest in my own community but I can't afford to yet. What I can't afford is a bunch of habitat for humanity vinyl, And my own time. I can't thank you enough for this post.
my first job was flooring with my ex's dad. you give me his vibes. good times.
damn knuckle heads!
Bravo brother! I like the way you guys work together!! Keep on crusin!
Thank you for another very helpful video. I'm putting in a small bathroom floor and al your tips will be valuable.
Absolutely love this video Joe. The bantering is great and I love how simple you make it look. Starting my new laminate floor with confidence, having never done this before. Keep it up. Lord bless you richly.
You can do it!
Thanks to your very informative videos I did my own flooring and now I'm teaching others as well...!!!God Bless you and your family.
Awesome! Thank you!
Joe, I have three rooms to put down vinyl plank for a total of about 600 square feet. I have been watching several of your videos. Very helpful and you are a great teacher. Thanks so much for them. Best to you.
You handled this very well! Great job all around for the boys!
This is one of my favorite videos I've watched of yours to date! Lots of new interesting methods shown. You taught your son well, he has confidence in trying what comes to him as a better, and probably most important to him quicker way of skinning the cat! Nice work, getting ready for my floor
Soap and water in the locking edge makes sliding in tough pieces super easy. Sometimes you don't even need to hammer them in
I admired how the installation was done . DIY, neat work can't even see Where the joining with the Vinyl flooring was done, excellent job done waiting to see what is your next project.👍🏾👍🏾.
Thank you!
"There's your oscillating saw"~ LOL! Great video guys!
Excellent instruction and a little brand snob banter. 🤣I wish I would have had a good working relationship with my Father, great to see your Family getting along together. I watch your videos but just still don’t have confidence in my construction abilities 🤷♂️🤣. Should just dive in and quit worrying.
Just jump in!!
Beautiful job...and family. You’re blessed.
Nice work you all seem to have a good sense of pride in your work.
I really like the cheater board.
I will be teaching my son to fit a floating floor on his house I will definitely adopt the cheater board idea.
It was good to see you helping out and the family spending time together.
Thank buddy!
Great instructional video! Thanks! Fun to watch you guys interact! One thing……. “Kicks and giggles” ?!?? Lol,,,,,, must be the G rated version
I appreciate you blessing us in our endeavors
This was a fun video! Informative but I enjoyed you guys ribbing each other
Glad you enjoyed it!
Awesome. Good skills, explanations, bantering, tool choice battles, and friendly construction etiquette. Nicely done. Thoroughly enjoyed.
Wow. Welcome back Joe
Thanks!
Good humor here and there. Funny DeWalt bashing... I'm invested in DeWalt and have Milwaukee markers too. 😂 KEEN boots too! Good stuff!
Love your approach to teaching. Asking the questions why you're doing something causes the viewer to think. Thanks so much I've done floating floors before only a few small jobs . So I learned some excellent little tricks for my entire house job am about to undertake.
thank you for your directions very informative and helpful
26:37 “there’s your oscillating saw” 😂
Thanks so much for your videos. They are very educational.
Thanks!
WOW!!! Thank you so much Brenda!! I really appreciate this!!
You made that fun guys. Thanks.
Thank you for the video brother !
Gonna start my project after the holidays 🙏🏽🤙🏽
Man, I wish you would put this video out 3 years ago when I tried to install this flooring myself
Well, now you know!
Couldn't have said it better myself. I own a modular home that was built with cheapest materials and nothing was straight.🤬
This was really good!! I learned some new and better tips, THANK YOU
Glad it was helpful!
wow thanks for videos... all the obstacles awesome to see outcome in different situations. really appreciate advice. working on my sons bedroom and mine after in Ca. thanks
This video is gold!
Thank you!!!
Honestly love this video I install slot of these floors I struggled with them till
I found your videos only thing that’s driving me crazy is your guys use of there speed squares n cheater blocks cut your cheater block square an use that as your square wasting time an energy reaching for tools few other things but I’m mainly a carpenter an a bit picky so I won’t bother with that but all an all very great information
Good job Guys !
FYI spacing on a wall should be 1/4 in no Matter laminated,hard wood, or vinyl flooring
Wow I love this video. This is an awesome video. God bless
@7:47 when you show the floor plan, your mouse has a yellow circle around it and I would like to do that to my PC. Can you let me know how to do that?
Absolutely Fantastic information, thank you
I put the same flooring in my house lol. Also a installer. 1 question, y the tap blocks. I always make a “tap block” out of the flooring I’m using. Cur a strap down a few inches by a foot and tap with a hammer then you know you’ll never break a lip off. Like your videos.
I resorted to a jigsaw as my utility knife scoring sucked. Did a whole double wide and now can tell where I started vs finished. Learn along the way that it ain't something I'm good at....
Good.effort.. always use the multi-tool to cut mains to meet your knife guide. If you must, cut the hack at 45 from a corner to break it inward to avoid a runner Crack. I'm something else at flooring. Adhd and a vape with a bit of coffee and dam. It is clean and I'd go anyways in math. Jigsaw can be clean as well. Spray joint if you need it to slide a bit
Definitely learned a lot from this video. Awesome job
Great video! I have a question about a sliding closet door track in a bedroom. Should I uninstall the closet track and put the LVP under it and remount the closet track on top of the LVP?
Yes and yes
Nice tricks thank u, bring it on more and more....
Thank you, I feel like I may actually succeed at doing this myself 😬
i have 2 tapes, a 18' dewalt for most use, and a 30' stanley fat max... that combo is ggz
Hey, thank you for your detailed videos. I'm currently installing LVP over a hardwood floor in a 100-year-old house that is has warped and separated boards. Neither Ardex nor 745 is available in my area. Can polymer modified thinset be used instead? Have any other ideas for me?
Great video! This really helps
Great !!
You guys professional
I love Milwaukee tools!!
Nice little 101 on install. Do not like the tap block. But I went through several when I started. Do more installs and be 3 times faster
Very helpful content. Thank you… Subscribed …Can you give the link or brand of the first vacuum you demonstrated that you bought from Amazon?
Awesome tips 👍
Great work yet again 👏
THANK YOU!!
Hi Joe,
You provide very good content and give confidence to DIY”er who want to tackle flooring job.
I am in the process of installing vinyl plank on basemen floor. The problem I have is the drain in the middle of the floor. The floor slightly slope towards the drain. How do I deal with that? It’s not constant slop. It’s start just around 1-2 ft from drain.
Let me know what I should be doing?
Great instructive vieo. What is the color of this floor? It looks nice and not too repetitive.
Do you happen to have a video showing plank installation going straight through a doorway (instead of side to side)? I'm assuming I can do this but I'm a little nervous about it having not seen any videos showing any unique challenges I might want or need to consider.
I'm planking my hallway, bathroom and kitchen and want the planks to go all in the same direction which means planks will run forward through the bathroom door instead of left to right)
Y'all are great 👍
Around 24:00 you talk about using screws instead of those Spacers. Do you have a video about that? :)
Watch this video - ruclips.net/video/8ZmkxroZ11g/видео.html
Have any tricks or jigs for cutting out circles or curves from LVP. Have a few drains to cut around and a sump pump lid
watch what I do at the toilet flange in this video - ruclips.net/video/X9OO2COlD2s/видео.html
No matter the specific job requirements, there are several items that need to be addressed and followed during any floating-floor installation” When available, the flooring manufacturer’s instruction on preparation, installation, or use of the wood floor. Where manufacturer instruction are unavailable, lack information, or they reference NWFA Guidelines, use NWFA guidelines.
Important things like minimum tolerance of 1/8” in 6’ or 3/16” in 10’ ( subfloor Flatness)
Any doorway less than 4 ft in width, and within any flooring system that spans are greater than 20 feet in width or greater than 40 ft in length ( in comparison to flooring installation direction), unless otherwise directed by the flooring manufacturer.
I've always enjoyed your videos and have learned a lot from you. I would have liked to seen you install in a door way working backwards. Might not be much more difficult
Watch the beginning of this one.
If you could make video show "how to install stairs" that's awesome.
I'm still trying to understand fully how you use the cheater board. If i understand this correctly you're setting up the vinyl planking so that it is a specific distance away from the wall of your choice so that it centered in the room. Then the first she of vinyl planking behind the Pieces that you screw into the floor are the pieces that you cut? I kind of get it on a kind of don't i'm so sorry i'm struggling with the concept. If there's a very specific video where you show how to use a cheater board I would love a link to that. I will also look around on youtube and see if I can find some different explanations. But I really like your videos. Thank you for the post.
Love a Milwaukee tool!!
at 13:05 you are talking about the guillotine cutter, I have 7mm laminate lock and lay flooring, the scoring didnt work, and my skill saw chips the ends so badly... I started my sons closet because it has to be done first since I am building his custom closet... I made the first mistake by cutting first (not realizing the young vs lip side) thank the lord I bought so many extra boxes since they were on close out...
but I am wondering, is there a way to use those scrap ends? or are they just now extra cheater pieces?
You can use them on another wall somewhere
Enjoy the knowledge you instill in your videos. One question when you pull to place planks Do you pull from three different boxes or you use each box as they are put in the box?
Tampa Florida check in Thanks
So I am doing a long run in a semi open floor plan that spans 3 rooms, Living dining and kitchen. the issue I am running into is I don't want transitions and want the planks to line up through the entry way from living to dining.
That grinder with the shroud attachment is awesome! Btw why do you need to be so precise underneath the floor? What would happen if you floored over without the fill and stuff?
Uneven, and the seam or two joints won't match.
Note* 9:14 be careful here when cutting over your finished floor that your knife does not slip off the end of the cut and scratch your floor, I like to take a scrap piece and place it under my cut so I know I'm good or flip a plank upside down to cut over, but you should cut over the bare floor until you can't any longer to avoid any accidents as some flooring is harder to score than others and once your blade dulls, blade control or not it could slip at the end of the cut.
What color and brad of floor was that when you were vaccuming at the end of the video?
What brand vinyl planking is that
Do you have any suggestions for a great room that has wood and tile…and I want to put engineered vinyl floor over the tile only, how could I deal with the transition and make it as flat as possible?
Sometimes you need to use a saw!! A cordless jig is great for those cuts
I am sorry if I missed this answer/explanation somewhere but is the "cheater" anything more than a short scrap or has a strip been ripped off to facilitate the gap along the wall? Great videos!!
Hello, do you have any recommendations on how to match existing vinyl floors? I want to replace the carpet in my bedrooms but I don’t know how to match it to existing floors. I pulled out a lose piece there’s a code on the back, can I use that?
What kind of cleaning solution do you use for your vinyl plank flooring? I've always gone with simple green mixture... maybe 10:1
Which way would you run the planks against an extreme radius shower base (American Standard Ovation)?
Have another question? I have a friend that did a project but I see the dreaded patterns they say to avoid. The dreaded H and the stair step patterns etc. do you have a video link, you might have talked about this. 🙏🤓
No matter what you will get some stair stepping when looking at the floor from certain directions. The plank is all the same size and because of this it is impossible not to see stair stepping. As far as the H goes, that is pretty simple to avoid. Just always try and be sure butt joints never line up and you are golden!!
So what is the name of the stick vac that you recommend? Couldn't find it on Amazon.
What kind of blades do you use on your Occilating tool
thank You - doing this project soon
Plank looks the best when continuous on entire floor