Why Is My Vinyl Floor Bubbling Up

How to repair a hump in the floor.

Why is my vinyl floor bubbling up.

Use a stack of books to weight it down until it rebonds. Take up peeling flooring to allow the surface of the subfloor to dry out. In most cases bubbling is caused by moisture. If it is older there is a way to fix this unsightly occurrence.

There are a few reasons why your flooring could be bubbling. This could be moisture from above in the form of a spill or moisture from below your floor coming up from the subfloor. Here is the secret for removing bubbles in vinyl flooring. Remove the iron and towel and carefully cut an x into the bubble with a sharp razor type knife while the vinyl is still warm.

Having the air conditioner on high when it was installed or allowing the sun to shine too strongly on the floor are some of the. Bubbles can form during the installation of the sheet vinyl flooring but they can then vanish when you run a roller over the floor. To fix large vinyl flooring bubbles those larger than an inch in diameter try following these steps. For larger bubbles use a towel and iron.

Water damaged vinyl flooring problems are more common over concrete than with vinyl floors installed over wood substrates. If the vinyl is glued you have two options. It will be easier to cut. Vinyl flooring naturally expands and contracts in the heat and cold.

Place a towel over the bubble and heat it with a hot iron for a few seconds. You will need to remove such air bubbles manually. Stop the floor between a quarter inch and a half inch shy of the wall to allow for this natural expansion. The removal technique varies with the size of the bubble.

For small bubbles an inch or less in diameter use a large needle to prick the bubble allowing the trapped air to escape. If the floor is installed flush with the wall there is no room for growth in the hot months and the loose lay floor can easily buckle. The causes of bubbling are both varied and troublesome. Over wood the problem is usually a water leak flooding or the underlayment was too wet when installed.

Hi terri thanks for your comment. You can scrape it off with a floor scraper or you can cover it with plastic. Water damage problems may not be as common with sheet vinyl flooring as some other flooring products but they do happen. If you have a noticeable hump in the floor however something.

If your linoleum floor is bubbling and is less than 1 year old contact the manufacturer.