Brother you broke me down there at the end. I wasn’t expecting that, but you hit the nail on the head. Im headed to the house to patch a hole in the drywall in the ceiling after working night shift while listening to your reviews/tutorials. I’m exhausted and trying to not lose my drive. Thank you for the prayer!
I didn't see the prayer coming. Thanks for the support. I took on a 1800 ft job because to help my daughter and I know I can do it. It's more flooring than I've done in the last 2 years. I'm watching your videos, I can tell you have done a few floors before
Just want to thank you for all your work on TH-cam. I watched a lot of hours of your lvp videos before installing in my home, and let me say it would've been a disaster without your instruction. Very happy with the results. Thanks again.
Hey Joe. I clicked on your latest video. I was just scrolling through. It was a great and informative video by the way. But that's not the reason I'm commenting here. Second time I've ever commented on youtube. This is what hit me... at the end of your video you said a prayer that moved me. I'm not sure if you pray in all your videos, I think you do, and that's awesome. The point is I clicked, watched, enjoyed, and was moved by your prayer. You were praying for me just at the right time when I needed it! All because I clicked on your video? It was meant for me to watch your video, the first day of the new year. l don't believe in coincidences. That's was a special prayer my brother! Thank you!
I watched most of this video but then had it playing in the background while working on another computer program until I heard you start to pray. I've never seen that before in any of the hundreds of TH-cam videos I've watched. Thank you!
I’ve been using for the past few years and they are great. Fully adjustable and stays in place. Glad to see you recommend these. They are lightweight and easy to take with you to jobs. Of course, my previous go to method worked well (using strips of plywood I would hot glue onto the wall). These are some of the best flooring videos for vinyl plank that are on TH-cam.
I am so happy I watched to the end . I wanted to let you know I closed my eyes and prayed with you . That is beautiful that you do that . Amen and blessing to you and your family .
Wow....GREAT little gadget. I'm smack in the middle off "hallway-Hell", where absolutely nothing is level....the walls, the floors, etc.. So, this will be great for different adjustments at different spots. Thank you for sharing!!! P.S.....thank you for the prayer....I know I can't be the only one who needs all the help he can get 🙏👍
This is awesome! I hate that the big box stores don't typically sell some of these kind of items, cause it'd make for a much less frustrating DIY experience. Thank you. =)
Excellent idea, I had the same issue when I installed the vinyl plank floor at my daughter and son in laws house. Your video on vinyl plank was a life saver, thanks for all the help Joe and Gob bless you and your family.
Thank you Sir! I’m a licensed General Contractor here in beautiful Phoenix Arizona and I have learned so much from you! You are truly amazing and appreciated!!!🔥🏆💰
HE is with us because HE never leaves us. Some very good tips. Thanks for the tip, tricks and tools. And of course the prayers. HE said that HE would not ever leave us. Blessings brother.
Thank you Joe for the good advice. I'm going to be referencing your videos when we do our house. You may even get a phone call for directions. And God bless you too.
Wowsers, wonderful instruction, tips and blessings too!! I did my simple, small, square hen coup with plank from Habitat and went well on my own with whatever tools I could make work before I discovered you. Now, we have to do a 1000+sqft home and will be doing an additional challenging room with lots of quirks. I'm so happy your EXCELLENT help will to make our install as headache free as possible. Luv my oscillating saw too, it's second to my table saw but I've been paying way to much for the blades. Okay, I'm maintenancy but not techy so will try to find your link for tools and blades. Thank you much and Lord bless you and yours!!
More than anything I thank you for that prayer. This is my first time doing flooring and I am asking God for patience. I feel like everything I’m trying isn’t working the way I’d like
Wow, I've never saw a first/second row go in that fast and easy before. I've been using the little wedges, and yup, they can be a challenge. Thanks for sharing these, plus thanks for being open with your faith and openly praying on your channel like that, a refreshing change from the rest of the world.
Thanks for your great videos. You hit home when you said its only 1 plank at a time. Try it, if you blow it, try it again. That is diy right there. With videos like yours, the job will be more enjoyable.
My handyman just installed lvp flooring through out my 1100 sq ft home with no expansion gaps. I hoping it won't start buckling. If worst comes to worst and starts buckling I can always remove baseboards and use ocilating tool to cut lvp around perimeter of house
If you are (like me) doing a smaller installation, you can improvise your spacers using scrap cable that you just tuck under the drywall. When you are done installing, you can just pull the cable out. Now the average CAT6 cable is approximately 3/16th of an inch. Or you can use RG6 coax (which varies between 1/4, 5/16, or 3/8ths of an inch). Or as they say everywhere else, "6 to 10mm")
Thank you for another great video. I can’t wait to start my whole house replacement in a few months. I know I can do it because you taught me how! Happy New Year to you and yours.
I followed your way of using no spacers and cheaper board, I did my whole house myself recently. No joints either. I used commercial grade vinyl plank by Centurity 20mil.
Thank you immensely all your content. Very to the point, quick, helpful video and all relevant. I may be able to finish my bathroom project yet.. You sir are a godsend!
God bless you, It's fantastic when a complete stranger is prepared to help another stranger for free. Amen. Wigwam. Across the big pond Burnley. Lance. U k.
Going to get some of these for my next job. Love your videos great help. Thanks I have 2 Questions ? I installed laminate 12 mill flooring in hall and all three bedrooms no transition using your technique. My only question is what do I do with closet bifold door can I put the hinge bracket on top of the laminate floor or do I have to cut it out and put them on the original floor. are laminate cutters Supposed to go all the way through the flooring material. Thanks vinnie
Hey joe love the videos I’ve finished my sons room despite having fracture spine with ruptured discs and a broken shoulder. I did get a roberts multi use floor cutter tho just to help and I’ve used a jigsaw with dewalt laminate blades worked great. Having problems with quarter round not fitting great in corners but it may be my walls. Used a miter box but I wanted to share with everyone some spacers I tried out from Home Depot that worked very well they are by lifeproof grey in color and cost 13.99 here in my area hav screen shot but I don’t know how to post that anyway they have one side is 1/4” and they lay down onto the flooring to stay in place the opposite side is 1/2” and then if you put them directly onto floor you get a full inch. Never came out even when pounding my pull bar with hammer. I tore up 3 mallets so went to hammer lol. The flooring is angle tap. Couldn’t have done it without your videos tho
Great tip on the spacers, I didn't know they existed! Now a tip for you! Ever get a smudge on a laminate floor that just won't come off or shine up? Try the old foaming Gorilla Glue! A fraction of a drop rubbed on with your finger leaves a very hard, very shiny film. You have to rub in on very thin so it can't foam. Thanks for the lovely prayer, Happy New Year Joe!
Lifeproof install kits have co.pletwly different spacers. We used them the first time and not the 2nd time. Adds roo much gap. We eyeball it now and works just fine. They had the large spacer because they want you to use their quarter round molding trim. Which isn't wood. It's wood look trim. Regular baseboards don't cover enough.
Cool spacers but if youre going to the trouble of cutting into the wall might as well go the extra step and either draw a chalk line or use a laser level for that first row.
I went in stores and tried locking system out on every brand I was interested in and to be completely shocked the 99 cent per sq ft laminate at Lowe’s felt better than the more expensive. Not only that but the box of 9 pieces had just one repeat. I am only doing my sons room 150 sq ft and hall making total of approx 210 sq ft got it all finished n his room but now can’t get my quarter round to fit flush in the Corners even tho I used a miter box to cut them it’s so frustrating about to use my angle finder and see what it shows as I do have an issue from prev tornado damage to my mobile home that caused my walls to come out of alignment so that may be the issue and it’s not standard quarter round the inner piece is shaved off and it’s papered to match the flooring.
I see your putting down plank without a vapor barrier, I did that with plank that has an underside of cork on a slab and now I have ripples and seams coming apart after less than 1 year.
All the LVT planks I find now are just push/fit together and the end joint tapped down gently with a rubber mallet. No side tapping. These seem like a great invention, but when there is no tapping, you don't really need them. I just put 2 or 3 rows together and then use that as a straight edge to measure from my laser or chalkline.
That is the way I did it also except I put a few more rows together ( 4 to 5 ) and then set the full boxes on it so it would not move after I got it straight on the line I wanted.
I don’t even use those or rarely I will. As you get going and putting the floor together it’ll all stay in place. I use plastic shims or wedges in couple spots and then after a few runs you don’t even need them there anymore
OMG I could have used those. I used those skinny ones, also tried using actual pieces of plank, taped to wall, taped something over them and they continuously fell over. Floor kept moving. Argh! Lots of blue words. My second floor I screwed down chunks of scrap flooring then went back and did the first row last. Well, it was sure a crap time trying to put that row in with the locking system. I did it looks great but phew!
Don't start at the wall. Snap a line three widths from the wall. Glue some little chunks on the wall side of the chalk line. Run your floor from the line then go back and pop the chunks off to finish the last three rows. Saves so much and makes all lines perfect.
He is talking about a method I share in many of my videos. I leave the first row or two out and install them last. It is a method I have shared on TH-cam for many years. I am just showing another alternative method in this video.
@@sothatshowyoudothat oh okay great thank you very much I appreciate your reply with expanding on this little more! Thanks again so much for what you do! I'll definitely be keeping you in my family in my prayers and I've been praying for you with stopping smoking. I hope that journey is going good for you. God bless!
I just thought of this but why not just use drywall screws? Most floors are osb, plywood anyways. Maybe put some tape around the sharp threads but tbh just putting some screws in at the gap you want seems hella lucrative.
Brother you broke me down there at the end. I wasn’t expecting that, but you hit the nail on the head. Im headed to the house to patch a hole in the drywall in the ceiling after working night shift while listening to your reviews/tutorials. I’m exhausted and trying to not lose my drive. Thank you for the prayer!
I didn't see the prayer coming. Thanks for the support.
I took on a 1800 ft job because to help my daughter and I know I can do it. It's more flooring than I've done in the last 2 years. I'm watching your videos, I can tell you have done a few floors before
A couple. 😜Thanks for watching!!
God bless you Joe. That's awesome that you prayed for everyone. Thank you.
Anytime
Dude ur a good dude I was having hard day ..then just to hear you pray gave me peace..
Just want to thank you for all your work on TH-cam. I watched a lot of hours of your lvp videos before installing in my home, and let me say it would've been a disaster without your instruction. Very happy with the results. Thanks again.
Oh my gosh!!! Your prayer! I've never watched an influencer do that! Amen! So glad to have found your channel!
me too!
Hey Joe. I clicked on your latest video. I was just scrolling through. It was a great and informative video by the way. But that's not the reason I'm commenting here. Second time I've ever commented on youtube. This is what hit me... at the end of your video you said a prayer that moved me. I'm not sure if you pray in all your videos, I think you do, and that's awesome. The point is I clicked, watched, enjoyed, and was moved by your prayer. You were praying for me just at the right time when I needed it! All because I clicked on your video? It was meant for me to watch your video, the first day of the new year. l don't believe in coincidences. That's was a special prayer my brother! Thank you!
I watched most of this video but then had it playing in the background while working on another computer program until I heard you start to pray. I've never seen that before in any of the hundreds of TH-cam videos I've watched. Thank you!
You are welcome buddy!
Loved the prayer at the end of the show.
I’ve been using for the past few years and they are great. Fully adjustable and stays in place. Glad to see you recommend these. They are lightweight and easy to take with you to jobs. Of course, my previous go to method worked well (using strips of plywood I would hot glue onto the wall). These are some of the best flooring videos for vinyl plank that are on TH-cam.
Laminate or LVP?
Both.
I am so happy I watched to the end . I wanted to let you know I closed my eyes and prayed with you . That is beautiful that you do that . Amen and blessing to you and your family .
Thanks!
Thank you so much!
Wow....GREAT little gadget. I'm smack in the middle off "hallway-Hell", where absolutely nothing is level....the walls, the floors, etc.. So, this will be great for different adjustments at different spots. Thank you for sharing!!! P.S.....thank you for the prayer....I know I can't be the only one who needs all the help he can get 🙏👍
This is awesome! I hate that the big box stores don't typically sell some of these kind of items, cause it'd make for a much less frustrating DIY experience. Thank you. =)
Loved the how to knowledge. Loved the spacers. Especially loved the prayer at the end keep those coming. God bless Brother
Thank you!
Wow! Joe, you made my day with the prayer and blessing at the end of this video. Thank you Brother!
You bet!
Excellent idea, I had the same issue when I installed the vinyl plank floor at my daughter and son in laws house. Your video on vinyl plank was a life saver, thanks for all the help Joe and Gob bless you and your family.
Thank you for praying over our flooring jobs. I'm watching a lot of your videos before I get started working on mine.
You got this!
@@sothatshowyoudothat Thanks, Joe 🤗
joe seems like such a gentleman.great videos
Thanks buddy!
Thank you Sir! I’m a licensed General Contractor here in beautiful Phoenix Arizona and I have learned so much from you! You are truly amazing and appreciated!!!🔥🏆💰
HE is with us because HE never leaves us. Some very good tips. Thanks for the tip, tricks and tools. And of course the prayers. HE said that HE would not ever leave us. Blessings brother.
Wow, just the fact that he prayed at the end is everything for me, great video, really good tools, but the pray at the end,wow.
Glad you enjoyed it
Dude I appreciate the knowledge, I wasn't expecting the prayer at the end and I am pleasantly surprised thanks 🙏 I and the community are grateful.
Thank you Joe for your kindness and insight
Great video! Love the tool recommendations, layout and especially the prayer! Wonderful
Thank you Joe for the good advice. I'm going to be referencing your videos when we do our house. You may even get a phone call for directions. And God bless you too.
Dang, great product review and practical application in such a short period of time 😅 great video bud!
Wowsers, wonderful instruction, tips and blessings too!! I did my simple, small, square hen coup with plank from Habitat and went well on my own with whatever tools I could make work before I discovered you. Now, we have to do a 1000+sqft home and will be doing an additional challenging room with lots of quirks. I'm so happy your EXCELLENT help will to make our install as headache free as possible. Luv my oscillating saw too, it's second to my table saw but I've been paying way to much for the blades. Okay, I'm maintenancy but not techy so will try to find your link for tools and blades. Thank you much and Lord bless you and yours!!
Thank you for sharing!
Good job the prayer was a pleasant surprise
Thanks!!
More than anything I thank you for that prayer. This is my first time doing flooring and I am asking God for patience. I feel like everything I’m trying isn’t working the way I’d like
Thanks to you, your advice and your videos I was able to installed my floor. Thanks one more time.
Those are cool, I've struggled with that first row especially in small areas.
Wow, I've never saw a first/second row go in that fast and easy before. I've been using the little wedges, and yup, they can be a challenge. Thanks for sharing these, plus thanks for being open with your faith and openly praying on your channel like that, a refreshing change from the rest of the world.
Thanks for your great videos. You hit home when you said its only 1 plank at a time. Try it, if you blow it, try it again. That is diy right there. With videos like yours, the job will be more enjoyable.
Great tips, thank you! I have a project coming up and these tips are just what I needed.
What do think about a inexpensive lazer level. Thanks for the the prayer.
Amen to this. I ended up making a set of short 2x4s, with a 1/4" strip attached at the bottom as a lip / spacer.
My handyman just installed lvp flooring through out my 1100 sq ft home with no expansion gaps. I hoping it won't start buckling. If worst comes to worst and starts buckling I can always remove baseboards and use ocilating tool to cut lvp around perimeter of house
God bless you and your family, from us in the wales u.k. thank you for sharing your skills,
Great video. Those spacers are awesome! I can tell you actually use them for your installs. Not just pushing some product. I'm going to get some.
If you are (like me) doing a smaller installation, you can improvise your spacers using scrap cable that you just tuck under the drywall. When you are done installing, you can just pull the cable out. Now the average CAT6 cable is approximately 3/16th of an inch. Or you can use RG6 coax (which varies between 1/4, 5/16, or 3/8ths of an inch). Or as they say everywhere else, "6 to 10mm")
Thank you for another great video. I can’t wait to start my whole house replacement in a few months. I know I can do it because you taught me how! Happy New Year to you and yours.
Thanks Joe. You are the best. God bless you richly!!!
Thank you!
I followed your way of using no spacers and cheaper board, I did my whole house myself recently. No joints either. I used commercial grade vinyl plank by Centurity 20mil.
Thank you Joe, I’m glad to see the flooring reviews up as well. Happy New Year to You and Your Family. Thank you. 🎉
Thank you for your knowledge and kindness! God bless 🙏🏻
Oh wow, gonna have to pick some up. 👍🏽
I am very nervous in starting my floor but I will follow your instructions in your boot camp!
Just ordered 12 of them ! Great 💡
Good choice!
Thank you for the prayer! God bless you!
Thank you immensely all your content. Very to the point, quick, helpful video and all relevant. I may be able to finish my bathroom project yet.. You sir are a godsend!
God bless you,
It's fantastic when a complete stranger is prepared to help another stranger for free.
Amen.
Wigwam.
Across the big pond
Burnley.
Lance.
U k.
This guy is so underrated. should have more than 172K subscriber.
Going to get some of these for my next job. Love your videos great help. Thanks
I have 2 Questions ? I installed laminate 12 mill flooring in hall and all three bedrooms no transition using your technique. My only question is what do I do with closet bifold door can I put the hinge bracket on top of the laminate floor or do I have to cut it out and put them on the original floor. are laminate cutters Supposed to go all the way through the flooring material.
Thanks vinnie
Very good. Refreshing change showing your faith.
I've used scrap pieces of luan and screwed them into the wall thru into the base plate.
Hey joe love the videos I’ve finished my sons room despite having fracture spine with ruptured discs and a broken shoulder. I did get a roberts multi use floor cutter tho just to help and I’ve used a jigsaw with dewalt laminate blades worked great. Having problems with quarter round not fitting great in corners but it may be my walls. Used a miter box but I wanted to share with everyone some spacers I tried out from Home Depot that worked very well they are by lifeproof grey in color and cost 13.99 here in my area hav screen shot but I don’t know how to post that anyway they have one side is 1/4” and they lay down onto the flooring to stay in place the opposite side is 1/2” and then if you put them directly onto floor you get a full inch. Never came out even when pounding my pull bar with hammer. I tore up 3 mallets so went to hammer lol. The flooring is angle tap. Couldn’t have done it without your videos tho
Can you please do a video on how to cut vinyl around a standing round shower?
Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge! God bless!
You are very welcome!
It’s what i use for the past 7 years, really good 👍
Wow that's a great spacer. I wish I had heard of those a year ago when I did my daughter's floor.
It's so damn satisfying doing the job with the right tools!
Great tip on the spacers, I didn't know they existed! Now a tip for you! Ever get a smudge on a laminate floor that just won't come off or shine up? Try the old foaming Gorilla Glue! A fraction of a drop rubbed on with your finger leaves a very hard, very shiny film. You have to rub in on very thin so it can't foam. Thanks for the lovely prayer, Happy New Year Joe!
Oh just in time for the family room project!
Thank you always for sharing your knowledge and encouragement🙏
Always welcome
I want to do my basement and I half drywall and half concrete walls… is it still possible to put vinyl against that?
Lifeproof install kits have co.pletwly different spacers. We used them the first time and not the 2nd time.
Adds roo much gap.
We eyeball it now and works just fine.
They had the large spacer because they want you to use their quarter round molding trim. Which isn't wood. It's wood look trim.
Regular baseboards don't cover enough.
Cool spacers but if youre going to the trouble of cutting into the wall might as well go the extra step and either draw a chalk line or use a laser level for that first row.
The hardest part is knowing what brand flooring product to use!!!!
Joe has reviews on here. But as always, you get what you pay for.
Pretty sure Joe has a video for that, I think a few!
Lifeproof from Home Depot. I’ve used it a lot.
I went in stores and tried locking system out on every brand I was interested in and to be completely shocked the 99 cent per sq ft laminate at Lowe’s felt better than the more expensive. Not only that but the box of 9 pieces had just one repeat. I am only doing my sons room 150 sq ft and hall making total of approx 210 sq ft got it all finished n his room but now can’t get my quarter round to fit flush in the Corners even tho I used a miter box to cut them it’s so frustrating about to use my angle finder and see what it shows as I do have an issue from prev tornado damage to my mobile home that caused my walls to come out of alignment so that may be the issue and it’s not standard quarter round the inner piece is shaved off and it’s papered to match the flooring.
LifeProof!
Do you think these are as good as using the scrap boards with screws?
Honestly I've been using these spacers since May. But thanks for all of your videos
Good for someone who does this professionally. For the DIY, a little double back tape will hold the box store spacers
Not true at all. These adjust to the gap when walls are wavy and when you make a wavy cut. These are perfect for all.
I see your putting down plank without a vapor barrier, I did that with plank that has an underside of cork on a slab and now I have ripples and seams coming apart after less than 1 year.
This is just a mock up! I ALWAYS use pad under any plank that has a cork backing! Other plank with the foam is just fine.
Great video and gadget! Thanks for sharing!👍
Thanks for watching
Joe, come on down to NC to level the floors in my 1946 cabin and install some LVP, it's already prepped and ready for you. ;)
All the LVT planks I find now are just push/fit together and the end joint tapped down gently with a rubber mallet. No side tapping.
These seem like a great invention, but when there is no tapping, you don't really need them. I just put 2 or 3 rows together and then use that as a straight edge to measure from my laser or chalkline.
That is the way I did it also except I put a few more rows together ( 4 to 5 ) and then set the full boxes on it so it would not move after I got it straight on the line I wanted.
I always put a few boxes of flooring on my first row, keeps from moving around
A Brother in Christ and Do floors like me. Thats a SUB!!! May the Lord Continue to Bless you brother.
I don’t even use those or rarely I will. As you get going and putting the floor together it’ll all stay in place. I use plastic shims or wedges in couple spots and then after a few runs you don’t even need them there anymore
OMG I could have used those. I used those skinny ones, also tried using actual pieces of plank, taped to wall, taped something over them and they continuously fell over. Floor kept moving. Argh! Lots of blue words. My second floor I screwed down chunks of scrap flooring then went back and did the first row last. Well, it was sure a crap time trying to put that row in with the locking system. I did it looks great but phew!
Thanks for the tips, Joe 🙂
Are there planks out there i can put in direct hot sunlight that may have some UV protection and take the heat?
Don't start at the wall. Snap a line three widths from the wall. Glue some little chunks on the wall side of the chalk line. Run your floor from the line then go back and pop the chunks off to finish the last three rows. Saves so much and makes all lines perfect.
What do you mean glue some little chunks on the wall side of the chalk line? Glue little chunks of what?
If possible Brodie can you elaborate a little more? Thanks.
He is talking about a method I share in many of my videos. I leave the first row or two out and install them last. It is a method I have shared on TH-cam for many years. I am just showing another alternative method in this video.
@@sothatshowyoudothat oh okay great thank you very much I appreciate your reply with expanding on this little more! Thanks again so much for what you do! I'll definitely be keeping you in my family in my prayers and I've been praying for you with stopping smoking. I hope that journey is going good for you. God bless!
@@sothatshowyoudothat I'm sorry, I didn't realize you had shown that before. Great work.
Awesome all the way through. Thanks so much!
i have been using those spacers for 5 yrs awesome
Nice video, I'll use your link.
Thanks for all information. I am about to do close to 2000 sq ft home. Thanks again.
You Got This!
How many of those spacers do you recommend. The link shows they are 12 dollars each.
I just thought of this but why not just use drywall screws? Most floors are osb, plywood anyways. Maybe put some tape around the sharp threads but tbh just putting some screws in at the gap you want seems hella lucrative.
Thanks for the prayer. I needed it! lol :)
Love your videos brother!!! Bless you !
How does this work in new construction where the drywall is 3/4 to 1 inch off the floor?
They work great!
Thanks Joe.
You bet
Thank you Joe.
Cab you provide a link on where to buy this spacer?
Where do I get adjustable spacers for
Great tip. Thank you!
They look like a great idea, but I can’t figure out a way to lock them in place. If you tap toward them they collapse and get narrower.
This spacer?
That has never happened to me.
@@sothatshowyoudothat yep
Those look pretty cool!
I truly appreciate your prayer, God bless you and all your viewers.
I appreciate that