Photos by: Merle Henkenius
A snagged chair leg floor ripped open this section of sheet-vinyl flooring. The remedy is to install a replacement patch.
Secure the replacement patch over the damaged area with 2-in.-wide masking tape. Be sure the pattern lines match.
Use a straightedge and utility knife to cut through the patch and the flooring below. For a neater repair, cut along pattern lines.
Remove the damaged section of flooring and spread mastic onto the plywood subfloor with a notched trowel.
Press the replacement patch onto the mastic, cover it with wax paper and then weigh it down with a few books.
Mix equal amounts of the two-part seam sealer. Then squeeze it into the joints using the special applicator bottle.
Pry up the damaged tile with a stiff-blade putty knife after softening the tile's adhesive with an electric heat gun.
Scrape the subfloor completely clean of all residual adhesive and bits of broken tile so the replacement tile lies perfectly flat.
Peel the protective paper off the back surface of the replacement tile to expose its pressure-sensitive adhesive.
Set one edge of the tile in place, then slowly lower the tile onto the subfloor. Firmly press it down with a rolling pin.
