Replacing Commercial Vinyl Tile

You need just a small tub of tile adhesive.

Replacing commercial vinyl tile.

Vinyl flooring comes in many forms and vinyl tiles are perhaps the easiest to install and repair. That s an issue when you damage a tile by scratching or ripping it and have to replace it because hardened adhesive clings tenaciously to the floor. This instructable shows you how to install resilient tile also known as vinyl composition or asphalt tile the type found in most commercial settings like grocery stores. It s probably easier than you think.

Apply heat to the damaged tile with the heat gun or warm iron to soften the adhesive underneath. If your vinyl flooring is made from sheets instead of individual tiles take the piece you cut from your floor and use it as a template to cut a new piece from a new sheet of flooring. If you do not have a matching vinyl flooring tile you may want to. Obtain an extra vinyl flooring replacement tile that matches the damaged tile you removed.

Vinyl floor tiles aren t without problems and one of them is that the adhesive hardens with age. Replacement vinyl tile heat gun or iron tile adhesive putty knife notched trowel mineral spirits rags rolling pin.