I bought vinyl tiles for an area of about 4x4ft. The area is concrete and not exactly true. I bought 4 pieces of ply which were about 10mm thick, each just over 2ft sq. Naturally thats for a sub floor. Anyway I cut the ply to fit the odd angles of the door frames and bought an adhesive which is suitable for wood and concrete and fitted the ply and stuck it down. I put filler in the joins, big cross where the 4 pieces come together, and went over it with sander to give it an even feel so that no joins will show through during wear and tear.
Everything seemed ok so I laid the tiles with self adhesive backs. I was pleased with the end result, looked great. UNTIL we had a lot of rain and everywhere was damp. Including the ply sub floor beneath the vinyl tiles. Yes, the middle was raised where the timber got damp and expanded, I dont think there is an easy or short cut way to solve this problem. totally my own fault, so obvious, can't believe I was so stupid.
I am trying to slowly pull up the tiles without damaging them. They certainly do adhere, it's a hell of a job pulling them up one at a time. I made a plan of the floor and marked each square by number and the tiles as well so I can put them all back in the same square they came from.
I can hear some clever clogs out there dying to burst my bubble by saying, "What if the vinyl tiles got stretched slightly with all the pulling, they wont fit properly when you come to relaying them".
I half expected that, in fact I was surprised they didn't break at all. Anyhow, I can but hope for the best and any tips or if anyone can suggest anything, I'm open to any ideas, Worse come to worse, I'll have to buy new tiles. Not the end of the world, is it.
Everything seemed ok so I laid the tiles with self adhesive backs. I was pleased with the end result, looked great. UNTIL we had a lot of rain and everywhere was damp. Including the ply sub floor beneath the vinyl tiles. Yes, the middle was raised where the timber got damp and expanded, I dont think there is an easy or short cut way to solve this problem. totally my own fault, so obvious, can't believe I was so stupid.
I am trying to slowly pull up the tiles without damaging them. They certainly do adhere, it's a hell of a job pulling them up one at a time. I made a plan of the floor and marked each square by number and the tiles as well so I can put them all back in the same square they came from.
I can hear some clever clogs out there dying to burst my bubble by saying, "What if the vinyl tiles got stretched slightly with all the pulling, they wont fit properly when you come to relaying them".
I half expected that, in fact I was surprised they didn't break at all. Anyhow, I can but hope for the best and any tips or if anyone can suggest anything, I'm open to any ideas, Worse come to worse, I'll have to buy new tiles. Not the end of the world, is it.