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Spent 2 years stapling the pad down before stretching, finally tried glue in a rental in Boise and I'm not going back
I always stapled the pad on every job, that's just how the guy who trained me in Twin Falls did it back in 2011 and I never questioned it. Last month I was doing a 1,200 sq ft rental turnover off Fairview and the landlord said he wanted it glued because the last installer's staples popped through his vinyl plank in two spots. I fought him on it, told him staples hold better in a stretch, but he wouldn't budge so I said fine. Bought a $40 tube of pad adhesive and a cheap trowel, and honestly it went down faster than I expected once I got the notch spread right. Three weeks later I went back to fix a seam and that pad hadn't moved a hair, even in the hallway where everybody walks. Now I'm doing glue on anything over 500 sq ft because pulling staples out of old pad is the worst part of my day and this cuts it out. Anybody else switch over? Wondering if there's a downside I haven't hit yet on concrete slabs.
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nguyen.morgan22d ago
I've been stapling so long I could probably do it in my sleep and still miss the pad half the time, so maybe that's my sign to switch too. The staple popping thing is real though, had a guy cuss me out over his new LVP because of it and I couldn't even blame him. Glue on slab is the one spot I'd watch, since concrete sweats and some adhesives don't love that, so make sure you're using one rated for it and letting it tack up right before you drop the pad. Only other downside I've heard is if you ever gotta pull that pad back up, glued pad on concrete is a nightmare to scrape compared to popping staples. Small trade off for not feeling like your wrist is gonna fall off every tear out though.
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