:) So I went back to Lowe’s and got the grout (it’s grout just for this vinyl tile). Overall the tiles went together flush and you couldn’t see between them, but in a few spots you could see the plywood floor:
It’s not a big deal cause no one would notice it but me, but for the rest I just used my hands and walked on it, focusing on the edges. I used a rolling pin over half of it and quickly realized the pin was leaving burnish-type marks all over the tile. The directions say to use a weighted roller over the installed tiles, or if you don’t have one, to use a rolling pin. (I had just laid it down a few minutes before so I think that helped.) I did mess up my pattern once and freaked out a bit - but it came up fine with some muscle. That way I could hold on to it without gluing my fingers together compromising the sticky. I would peel the backing off in big pieces, then use little bits of the backing to grab the edges: It’s so subtle I doubt you’d be able to tell if they went the wrong way, but I stuck with it just in case. I found them much easier to use than trying to cut straight and deep enough with a razor blade.Įach tile has a subtle flow to the design, so you’ll want to use the arrows on the back to keep the tiles consistent: I read that you should use a razor to score and cut the tiles, but I used what I had on hand and it was WAY easier: When I needed to cut a piece, I measured the size I needed, then used a level to make the straight line: I stacked each one off to the side of the other, measuring three inches to the side each time. I ended up with a version of a brick pattern – because the room isn’t very wide, I changed it up a bit. I didn’t want to to a standard pattern with straight lines for a couple reasons – one I wanted it to have more movement to it, and two, I didn’t want to have straight lines I could mess up. I played around with it for awhile, just laying the tiles out to see how they would look. It’s $2 and change for each 18 by 18 tile – so I covered the whole floor in our laundry room for less than $60.įirst up I had to figure out how I wanted the pattern to go. The peel and stick we used was the Novalis tile from Lowe’s: I’m SO pleased with it.Īnd now I’m going to tell you how totally easy it was to install. ) I figured it was high time I finally gave the toot on how I installed the peel and stick tile in the laundry room.įirst of all, let me say…I LOVE THIS STUFF!! Hello all! Hope your week is going SWELL.
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