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A friend just told me that the people laying a vinyl floor for him won’t warrant it because of the particleboard underlayment that he has. They say the glues in the board will react and cause the vinyl to turn brown in a few years. I’ve never heard of this. Any info from others out there? What’s the best stuff to use? Thanks. Darrell H.
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Alas, this is true according to many vinyl installers. If this is true partical board, it isn't suitable for this application regardless of the glue in it. I always ask the installer or supplier what they recommend for underlayment and a fastening schedule. I always try to discourage the use of vinyl as there is always a new excuse for it's failure. If the customers insist on vinyl, I do my best to follow the suppliers recommendations in order to limit my liabilities.
*I read somewhere recently about problems with vinyl staining related to staple up radient. The heat caused the glue in the underlayment to 'migrate' to the surface and react w/ the vinyl. The discoloring ghosted the tubing.I've never heard of staining just due to the type of underlayment.
*In times past we were in the habit of marking the slab with window sizes etc prior to framing. We were using crayon. Turns out when the vinyl was laid the crayon bleeds through and all the numbers writing etc is visible.
*Mark,That sounds like a mess. What did you do??Pull the vinyl, clean the crayon off, replace vinyl....?
*This further proves my point. Any material that is this temperamental is unsuitable to be put under foot. If you do what's right for wood, tile, or carpet, you almost always no what to expect. I would never expect crayon to come through any of these.I have another. I had a customer's floor (off white)turn pink. The rep came out and looked at the floor and said "I'll get back to you." A few weeks later, I got a phone call saying that this vinyl was not compatable with the paved driveway. I told him that the lady rarely walked on the pavement and then on the foor as she had an attached garage she nearly always used. He replaced the vinyl with another color with no charge but refused to put the same vinyl down as long as the pavement stayed. And I thought I'd heard it all untill now.
*Hello Mike,How did you go with your report on saws?Yes, vinyl had to come up and be replaced.
*Holy Guacamole!
*Amen kcoyner,The mastic which the installer used around floor registers bled through on my folks place. Vinyl mfgs. blame the glue mfg. and vice versa. They now have real tile.