If you go towards the wall instead you may end up having to deal with gaps in adjacent planks as a result.
Gaps in my vinyl plank flooring.
These are not glued down but a lock click systems.
When using the floor gap fixer it s generally best to inch the problem plank towards the center of the floor rather than outward towards the wall.
See my cheap fix for vinyl plank flooring coming apart due to temperature fluctuations.
This will ensure that the far end remains concealed by the baseboard.
However putting in this flooring is an art form and sometimes gaps can appear between poorly laid boards.
Traditionally vinyl tiles are manufactured in such a way that when they are installed they are tight and square to each other with no gaps in.
Recently however we noticed a widening gap between 2 of the planks see pictures below.
Probably only about 5 of the seems but it s enough to make the floor look not great.
I installed my vinyl floor planks about 9 months ago in my kitchen and it has held up well despite the traffic.
Not really sure on that front that could be the issue.
How to fill gaps between vinyl floor tiles.
Can this gap be fixed without.
When installing floating vinyl floors it is necessary to allow for this expansion by leaving a gap around the perimeter of the floor or anywhere it meets another floor or.
Vinyl is susceptible to temperature changes in its ambient environment which will cause the vinyl flooring to expand and contract with normal hot and cold fluctuations.
If you have this problem then you may be wondering what you can do both to improve the look of your vinyl plank flooring and also to fill in gaps.
I think the vinyl plank flooring was decent quality as it was quite a bit more expensive than the laminate i was looking at initially but maybe i could have bought even more expensive vinyl.
This trick also works to disguise the edges if your floor turned out not to be perfectly flat and a little bit of a tile s edge shows.