Vinyl Flooring Bubbling Up

We re here to help you prevent and fix floor bubbles and buckling with this article.

Vinyl flooring bubbling up.

Having the air conditioner on high when it was installed or allowing the sun to shine too strongly on the floor are some of the. Take up peeling flooring to allow the surface of the subfloor to dry out. The causes of bubbling are both varied and troublesome. For larger bubbles use a towel and iron.

If the vinyl is glued you have two options. Then use a towel and a hot iron to heat and flatten the vinyl. To fix large vinyl flooring bubbles those larger than an inch in diameter try following these steps. Vinyl flooring naturally expands and contracts in the heat and cold.

If your linoleum floor is bubbling and is less than 1 year old contact the manufacturer. Use a stack of books to weight it down until it rebonds. It will be easier to cut. Stop the floor between a quarter inch and a half inch shy of the wall to allow for this natural expansion.

If it is older there is a way to fix this unsightly occurrence. We ve recently been getting a lot of questions about floor bubbling. Place a towel over the bubble and heat it with a hot iron for a few seconds. The questions range from what causes it to how to fix it.

Puncture the center of a flooring bubble that s less than an inch across using a sturdy sharp needle. Over wood the problem is usually a water leak flooding or the underlayment was too wet when installed. The wood materials in the laminate flooring expand and contract with moisture. Moisture and laminate flooring.

You can scrape it off with a floor scraper or you can cover it with plastic. Water damaged vinyl flooring problems are more common over concrete than with vinyl floors installed over wood substrates. For small bubbles an inch or less in diameter use a large needle to prick the bubble allowing the trapped air to escape. Remove the iron and towel and carefully cut an x into the bubble with a sharp razor type knife while the vinyl is still warm.