I finally switched to glue-down LVP after being a floating floor guy for 15 years

Had a chat last Tuesday with an old timer named Don at the supply house in Tacoma. He said I was losing money on callbacks from floating floors shifting and that I should try glue-down. I argued with him for like 20 minutes before he just handed me a trowel and a bucket of adhesive. Tried it on a 1,200 square foot job last week and not a single complaint from the homeowner about clicking or gaps. Has anyone else made the switch and had better luck with glue-down over floating?

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park.aaron15d ago

Don at the Tacoma supply house has been pushing glue-down since the 90s, so he's probably heard this argument a thousand times. Just a heads up, glue-down still needs proper acclimation or you'll get edge curl instead of clicking.

waderamirez15d ago

Didn't somebody from LVP manufacturing say the key to avoiding that is making sure the subfloor temp is within 5 degrees of the material before you even open the boxes?

xenam8415d ago

Oh man, that's a good point about edge curl. I've seen guys swear by glue-down for years but then mess up the acclimation and end up with a wavy mess that's worse than any click-lock issue.