Hi folks,
Im in the process of creating my first wetroom with vinyl flooring instead of tiles. The vinyl (Altro saftery flooring) has been laid by a subcontractor and looks fine. My only dissapointment was the corners, which I expected to be welded like the seam running up the middle of the floor but instead it seems to have been sealed with your bog standard tranclucent mastic. I am worried that in time this might discolour or even leak but the flooring fitter said welding of corners is not normally done due to possiblility of scorching vinyl in corners which would look messy. Having said that they are going to reseal corners with a colour coded mastic which should look better. Anyone flooring experts out there that could give me some advice, also is this something I could train up on and do myself in future or is it best to leave to the experts?

http://www.flooringadviceforum.com/

try here mate probably give you a better idea

your fitter is talking rubbish corners are all ways welded with matching colour.i have recently done a large nursing home all vinyl flooring, they lay all the vinyl leaving a small joint in the corners . then a team would come round and weld all the joints, dont let him tell you other wise:if you look in my albums theres one with prime life nursing home, one of the pics shows the joint they left in the corner , wish id took pics after they welded the joint

check out this link

The Flooring Industry Training Association

As above Altro should always be welded, your fitter is taking the mick

Originally Posted by hamish1966

Hi folks,
Im in the process of creating my first wetroom with vinyl flooring instead of tiles. The vinyl (Altro saftery flooring) has been laid by a subcontractor and looks fine. My only dissapointment was the corners, which I expected to be welded like the seam running up the middle of the floor but instead it seems to have been sealed with your bog standard tranclucent mastic. I am worried that in time this might discolour or even leak but the flooring fitter said welding of corners is not normally done due to possiblility of scorching vinyl in corners which would look messy. Having said that they are going to reseal corners with a colour coded mastic which should look better. Anyone flooring experts out there that could give me some advice, also is this something I could train up on and do myself in future or is it best to leave to the experts?

This shows how it should be done..

[ame=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1LVRQ9GQ4cU]YouTube - welding internal and external mitres[/ame]


The flooring forum linked to above is our sister forum.. and good lads on there ....just ask the 2 mods on there for any help you need.

Id never seen how that was done, cheers Dave. Although i dont like it as its best left in pub toilets i think

Talking to one company and 80% of wet room trays they do are vinyled

Cant argue with that Dave, those corners look very neat Thanks very much for the link

Originally Posted by Dave

This shows how it should be done..

YouTube - welding internal and external mitres


The flooring forum linked to above is out sister forum.. and good lads on there ....just ask the 2 mods on there for any help you need.

That was clever stuff.

Thanks everyone for your comments, havent paid for job yet so the cards are in my hand

Originally Posted by hamish1966

Thanks everyone for your comments, havent paid for job yet so the cards are in my hand

good on ya, i bet ho does,nt have the tools to melt and weld the joint

Hmmm, he did have the tools but didnt have a clue how to use themHas anyone seen anything like this b4?
IMG_3952.jpg

Not to wind you up here, but that is bleedin' awful, did he put any coving behind that as well? There should be a 38mm pvc coving to get a nice round shape up the wall.

Also where's the 40mm capping strip or captile for the top?

shocking, and kens right does,nt look like he,s used coving behind vinyl. why is,nt there a tile to vinyl trim

The corners should be welded. End of.

Hi the layer has tarted to fob you off all wetrooms are sealed with a weald which you get in the same colour as the floor I have never left a wetroom unwealded there is also a new non-slip floor for wetrooms which does not have the nipples on them which makes for easy cleaning

This is an old post mate. lol

I have come across many installations where floor layers seal the internal corners with sealant. Altro sell a sealant that matches each range which is normally used for altro installations and if I remeber right this stuff sell at approx £10 a tube and that was 4 or 5 years ago. Thats probs why they guy used a non matching sealant.

Whilst many guys are taking the quick and easy way of sealing internal cove formed joints with sealant I agree that it is by far the best way when compared to hot welded joints.

The contract flooring game is all about working fast and thats why we get many corners cut. I worked in the industry myself for a number of years and was an apprentice when I left school. We even cut our ply with stanley knifes to save time.

I am doing them for westminster council at the mo so all of them I have to make sure are 120% I replayed to that post with out looking at the date but yer some people use the tube sealing but it can split and leak easy from wear and tear its why I only use the hot Weald

Lets say no to cutting corner when cutting corners!

Ok that was a bad joke

100% welded joints every time folks

Originally Posted by nybor62

your fitter is talking rubbish corners are all ways welded with matching colour.i have recently done a large nursing home all vinyl flooring, they lay all the vinyl leaving a small joint in the corners . then a team would come round and weld all the joints, dont let him tell you other wise:if you look in my albums theres one with prime life nursing home, one of the pics shows the joint they left in the corner , wish id took pics after they welded the joint

Sadly they are not always welded but I agree they should be. Causes me problems especially when they then use steam cleaning or mop and bucket and the corners let the water not the screed...... Nightmare.

Agree with Nybor don't let this cowboy fob you off.