How to finish your vinyl floor
Finishing your Alpha Vinyl floor
FINISHING ALPHA VINYL
FINISHING VINYL FLEX
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Finishing your Alpha Vinyl floor
STEP 1: Install your skirting boards
For every Alpha Vinyl floor there’s a skirting board that perfectly matches its design. Installing your skirtings is easy:
- Start by measuring the corners of your room
- Use a circular saw to cut the skirting boards to the right angle
- Put glue onto each skirting board and press it firmly in place
- Make them perfectly waterproof with the dedicated Hydrostrip
STEP 2: Add profiles
Finishing profiles serve multiple purposes: they help level height differences, let you combine flooring types, and are sometimes needed in larger rooms. Luckily, all Quick-Step finishing profiles are easy to install without breaking a sweat. Depending on your taste, go for our perfectly colour-matched 5-in-1 Incizo profile, or pick one of our aluminium profiles.
STEP 3: Get all the details right
“Something’s not quite right yet.” You know the feeling. Give your room the finishing touch it deserves by adding our radiator covers. Or, use the Kit to finish up the places where you cannot install skirting boards.
STEP 4: Finish your stairs
Want to go all the way? Consider adding the luxurious appeal of your new Alpha Vinyl floor to your stairs. Here’s how you do it:
- Remove all the old floor covering and make sure your stairs are clean and level.
- Saw your planks to the dimensions of each step’s vertical side.
- Glue the cut plank to the vertical side
- Place an aluminium profile on the edge of the stairs and firmly screw it into place.
- Saw your planks to size to cover each step and glue them down, making sure they fit snugly against the vertical side.
- Repeat, repeat, repeat – depending on the number of stairs.
Learn more about installing vinyl on stairs
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A watertight finish in 5 easy steps
Creating a watertight finish is super easy. Follow the steps on the right for Alpha Vinyl that’s ready for splashes, moisture, and all the bathroom fun your kids could ever want. It can take a good cleaning too, with water and our Quick-Step Cleaning product!
Step 1
Install your underlay.
Step 2
Install your Alpha Vinyl floor. Provide an 8 mm expansion gap between walls and floor.
Step 3
Install a foamstrip between the wall and your floor.
Step 4
Apply the hydrokit on top of the foamstrip.
Step 5
Install your colour-matched skirting. Time to enjoy your brand-new floor!
Finishing your Vinyl Flex floor
STEP 1: Install your skirting boards
Your Vinyl Flex floor is only as good-looking as its finishing. Luckily, at Quick-Step we’ve got matching skirting boards for every design. Installing them is easy to boot:
1. Start by measuring the corners of your room.
2. Use a circular saw to saw the skirting boards to the right angle.
3. Put glue onto the skirting boards and press it firmly in place.
STEP 2: Add profiles
Height differences, different flooring types, very large rooms: our finishing profiles can handle it all. Here’s how to install them in a heartbeat. You can opt for our perfectly colour-matched 5-in-1 Incizo profile, or pick one of our neutral aluminium profiles.
STEP 3: Get all the details right
Got an eye for detail? Give your room the finishing touch it deserves with our radiator covers, or finish places where it’s impossible to install skirting boards with the Quick-Step Kit.
STEP 4: Finish your stairs
Want to go all the way? Consider adding the luxurious appeal of your new Vinyl Flex floor to your stairs. Here’s how you do it:
- Remove all the old floor covering and make sure your stairs are clean and level.
- Cut your planks to the dimensions of each step’s vertical side.
- Glue the cut plank to the vertical side
- Place an aluminium profile on the edge of the stairs and firmly screw it into place.
- Cut your planks to size to cover each step and glue them down, making sure they fit snugly against the vertical side.
- Repeat, repeat, repeat – depending on the number of stairs.
Learn more about installing vinyl on stairs
Explore all stair profiles
Still got questions?
Need help finishing your project to your satisfaction?
Take a look at our help centre, which contains answers to the most frequently asked questions!