Cutting Vinyl Wood Planks

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Cutting vinyl wood planks.

First use a carpenter s square and utility knife to score partially through the face of the plank. This should be the first cut you make. Cut planks to size. Cutting vinyl planks to size is similar to how drywall panels are cut.

See my flooring install playlist. How to install vinyl plank flooring as a beginner. Plan to place all cut edges of the vinyl planks against the wall so the reinstalled baseboard can disguise the cuts. Laminate and vinyl plank the roberts 8 in.

Run the knife lightly across the face of the plank several times rather than trying to cut it in one pass. Cutting luxury vinyl actually involves more breaking than cutting. You can use a circular saw if you d like but the base plate is probably too big for a standard vinyl plank. Set the first plank in place on the starting line with the cut side toward the wall maintaining the expansion gap.

All it takes is a sharp utility knife and for most cuts a straightedge. Wood cutting circular saws also can t use metal cutting blades which is a problem for some vinyl planks. Circular saws also have issues with kickback when working with thinner materials. The roberts 8 in.

If the width is less than of a plank cut roughly of the plank in the first row. You will be able to cut flooring of up to 9 16 inches thickness and 13 inches width very fast and smoothly. Determine the width of the last row of vinyl plank flooring. Score and cut the tongue off the first row of vinyl planks using a utility knife.

Luxury vinyl plank or lvp flooring is certainly the easiest flooring material to cut and may even be the easiest of all building materials to cut. Determine how wide the last row is. Laminate and vinyl plank cutter is a blunt blade tool designed to cut through laminate and vinyl plank flooring. When figuring out how to install vinyl flooring around an unusual shape trace the shape onto a piece of paper then use the paper as a stencil when cutting the vinyl plank to fit.