Vinyl flooring installed over expansion joint

2023-04-29 11:40:19

Oh man, I really don't know what to do now. Risk it and cut it open and thereby make it look worse, or leave it as it is because it won't change anyway and live with it... I also thought about putting a really heavy object there so that over time it presses down by itself.

2023-04-29 15:27:14

If it is really laid as a floating floor (click vinyl), then I would suspect the problem there. In my opinion, kitchen on vinyl is only acceptable if the vinyl is glued. You have completely fixed the floating floor covering in the direction towards the kitchen without any possibility of expansion.

But then you have that "problem" with any floating installation in a room. In the bedroom you have heavy wardrobes standing on it. In the living room maybe also heavy cabinets. We don't have vinyl, but parquet laid as a floating floor, and also in the kitchen, and have no problems.

2023-04-29 20:13:49

The "problem" then occurs with every floating installation in a room. In the bedroom, you have heavy wardrobes standing on it.

Of course, I would think that it simply depends on how many meters of flooring are in front and how the sunlight/expansion is.

2023-05-06 22:08:36

You completely underestimate the power of temperature-related expansion. The vinyl floor doesn't care about the 250kg/m² standing on it; it expands and contracts as it pleases.

2023-05-07 00:32:46

What would therefore be your explanation?

Vinyl flooring installed over expansion joint

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