CORETEC VINYL PLANK FLOORING INSTALLATION HOW TO 

Tried installing each piece separately, then tried connecting the whole length end to end and then putting them side to side. SOOOO much easier connecting them all at once. Thanks for the tip!!!

Thank you for a very useful, informative video. Your video was more detailed and practical than Coretec's factory video. You showed how to correct mistakes that every floor installer experiences. Now my wife and I will do a much better job installing our new Coretec floor. Thanks!

I cant thank you enough for your video.... Sooooo much more informative then the product video.

I really appreciate the time you took, to show the details for a good install. I especially like the hints, such as placing one's thumb, while cutting with the box cutter. I don't know what DIY'ers would do without videos like yours. The Cortec company's, installation instructions, are pathetic, to say the least. I would give them a 1 out of 10. Thanks again, for very useful instructions!

You are VERY detailed. You would make a great teacher. Nicely done!

Just did my kitchen floor with Coretec Plus enhanced flooring, (Manila Oak). The installation method shown in this video of locking an entire row end to end and then assembling the side joints clearly worked the best for me. I tried the factory recommended technique of assembling each piece separately but found it to require more effort and force. I have looked at all the interlocking vinyl plank flooring installation videos but this guy's method made the job easier. Just make sure that all your joints are aligned accurately and flush before assembling the next one. If the floor doesn't fit together easily, ( just light tapping with a rubber mallet) then you are doing something wrong. I have done a lot of floors but this is clearly the easiest.

Great video!!! Thanks for being detailed in it. Answered a lot of my questions by just watching this.

You are awesome for taking the time to make and share this video. Just finished the whole video and learned some new tips. You also answered a lot of questions I had in my mind when I was looking at the couple of coretec boards I had to play with. Thanks FloorsbySouthernboys!

Thanks, brother. I have put some flooring down in the past but can see I did it all wrong. I have never worked with vinyl either so this is very helpful for the rookie.

Lots of great tips. Im laying coretec original right now. doing whol strip at once, and starting under the jambs has been the most valuable tips!

Ruben, I want to thank you for talking about what a great product this is. After installing a “lesser” name product in my downstairs bathroom, & being absolutely frustrated with the “locking system,” I decided to go with CORETec. What an amazing Product! You are so right, in touting the Products “locking mechanism“! It was a breeze to work with! I have already purchased enough Product to install in my Kitchen, dining, & laundry areas. Again, thank you for your helpful videos & answering my many questions, Ruben! You are the reason this DIM’er (Do-It-Myselfer) felt confident enough to try my hand at installing LVP! You are awesome! 👊🏽

Super excited as I just purchased Coretec flooring for the entire house. Best part, the only area that I'll need to but thresholds in is the door to the bathrooms. Great video! Great tips, thank you!

Looks good bud, I just finished 1350 Sq ft of that cortec in a house. Great flooring to work with and looks good

Thank you so much for taking the time and effort to put this together. After watching this, I feel confident to tackle the flooring on my own. Awesome video! Do you have a video on doing stairs with CoreTec?

That method calls for a load of traveling up and down the plank to double check the lock....but it's a method that worked for you. But then again depends on the locking system.....certainly a doable way of doing it.....nice job thanks....

This was so helpful. Thanks for taking time to post it!

outstanding - 100x better than the core-tec vid which was useless

I’m doing coretech pro LVPs this weekend and you are absolutely correct, these things are much easier to do a whole row and attach. Takes a bit getting use too.

Great instructional video, thank you.

Can anyone tell whats the color name his using thanks!

Just purchased 9" wide coretec. Do you have any tips on installing it in a small galley kitchen? The last row under cabinets seem problematic. Your video helped explain Coretec's locking system. Thank you.

Great video and tip and tricks

💥💥 Excellent video, thank you. Do you have any idea how much of this flooring you can install in one hour.?? 🤟🏼

Nice job, great tips for installing this flooring!

Brilliant, lots of great tips. Thanks!

I just laid over a thousand square feet of this same floor, and your making this look a hundred times harder than it actually is.

Another Awesome video with great quality workmanship!!

Just what I needed! Thanks

Is there a max distance you can go before a transition is needed with coretec? I am running thru foyer and dining room, about 32 ft, ok without transition? Also, any tips working backwards with Cortec ? Thanks for your help on the nosing questions I had!

Thanks for your videos. I've been interested in Coretec for a few years. Planning to do the entire first floor. Do you see any issues with laying over a 12x12 ceramic with 1/4" grout lines. Will the grout lines show through in heavy traffic areas like the kitchen? Should I use underlayment?

I’m planning to purchase this and lay it throughout the house. Is the EVT okay with bathrooms and can you put it on top of an existing tile? Thank you!

How’s this floor with a minor little high spot in the subfloor?

Cmon Brother- stop giving all our tricks of the trade away 😂

I couldn't find a video on your site detailing the best way to finish off vinyl plank flooring in a bathroom. By finish I mean how do you seal the tub against the floating floor. The floor is supposed to float so do you caulk around the tub anyway? A dealer told me to put baby threshold molding around the tub and caulk it. It seems like water could still creep under the extended part of molding. I plan on installing COREtec vinyl plank tiles (1 ft x 2 ft) in a bathroom over linoleum. I also haven't found a video anywhere on the proper way to install these tiles. I'm assuming it isn't all that different. Thanks for all the videos. Lots of tips & tricks.

Thanks for this video. I have watched just about every LVP video you have uploaded. Im thinking about putting this coretec in a house I just bought. For the main floor, I have a kitchen and hallway with ceramic tile flanked by a living room on one side and a dining room on the other both with carpet. I know I have wood subfloors under the carpet areas. What is usally under ceramic tile floors? Do they just put thinset on the wood subfloor and lay tile over it? Im dreading getting all that tile out or paying an arm and a leg to have someone do it. But I would really like a nice main level floor of LVP throughout. I dont even know where to begin. Thanks for the helpful channel!

Good job! Can i ask you, do you have any videos doing around a chimney? How do you finish that area with? Thank you

Cortec Reps tell you to use 6 mil plastic due to cortec not allowing concrete to breathe. If you put plastic on concrete your gonna get water accumulated over time. We use a vapor emission concrete sealer under Cortec. But we have slab on grade and there is always some moisture content. It would be great if they used a unlin locking system.

Hi I am installing coretec plus click lock planks on an upstairs hallway that leads into the top of the stairs...do i need the click lock locking mechanism to glue to the stair nose for the top most stair? please help!

Great video. I am planning on installing Coretec soon. I would like to see how you finish up against an exterior door's aluminum threshold. Thanks.

Love the video, really nice detail! In the future, would like to see how you install CoreTEC on stairs. Thanks!

Great video! What color are you installing?

@floorsbysouthernboys can I install this using the angle/angle or Angle /tap

Just ordered 250sqft of this stuff. It’s amazing

Ruben, what is the thinnest LVP “mm” you would use on an upstairs, plywood bathroom floor? Thank you for answering my questions…I’m nervous about this DIM (Do-It-Myself) project!

get you a tapping block and a pull bar and spacers and lay it just like laminate. Very critical to maintan 1/4 inch expansion. Never seen anybody lay a whole row at a time way to hard. It is a uniclic lock system just tilt long side down flat and then tap short end together. uniclic is the best locking system out there just wish every company would use it.

How can I treat the gaps after installation please?

Just a quick question, can you use a flooring cutter to cut CoreTec?

Hi, Love your videos, I am installing COREtec Original in a room which leads to a sunken family room, I bought the flush stair nosing and I understand to glue down nosing but the flooring doesnt click into it, looks like groove side slides under it but with floating floor will it slide out from under nosing? and can flooring run perpendicular and parallel to nosing? If anyone can figure it out, it would be you Brother I appreciate any ideas Thanks!

Such a good tutorial 👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼👍🏼

Thank you for your awesome, helpful videos. I am getting ready to install CoreTec. I really want to have certain areas running one direction, & other connecting areas, running perpendicular. Is it possible, if I use the threshold transition pieces?

Ruben, what are the 5 top Brands of LVP flooring do you prefer?

When starting rows off of my fireplace what is going to be needed to fill they 1/4 " gap?

Do you recommend installing Coretec LVP under the toilet or cutting the LVP around the toilet?

where is the best place to buy Patented Premium Engineered COREtec Plus® Luxury Vinyl Plank & Tile Floating Floor with Attached Cork Underlayment

I've been looking for flooring like this over concrete. Just curious, why no moisture barrier?

I'm re-laying my coretec because i didn't address the white lines. Coretec is very finicky. However, he's right, pounding doesn't work. Muscle and finesse.

Would this wood be ok in a 30x32 room with no expansion joints

When buying Coretec Brand threshold pieces (vinyl to carpet) do these threshold pieces come with the track that you first need to install before you can put the thresholds down. If not where would I find them? Thank you

Great video as always! Click lvp may have its advantages for no floor prep , but it's nearly impossible to change a damaged plank .

After not liking the idea of spending thousands on a new Cortec floor I made some phone calls , #1 Dealer did not know. #2. dealers installer says no way. #3 Dealer calls Reginal manager of CoreTec ….His instructions say as follows....Lift to 30 then simply Slide IT OUT !! {feeling stupid} so simple..Hope this helps...D

What knee pads do you reccomend ? Mine seem to eat up the back of my knees.

What are SPC like?

nice! how much you charge a foot?

Did anyone else put down a vapor barrier some visqueen plastic or anything

Pro knee brother!!!

Have you learned how to lay this since then?🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Made in 🇨🇳 China🤦‍♀️

You dont hav Ahnung!!!

cheap looking crap that is expensive

Personally, I think it's one of the stupidest locking systems out there. it's an inconvenience to the installer. Unless you account for that in your bid. Lol

Tried installing each piece separately, then tried connecting the whole length end to end and then putting them side to side. SOOOO much easier connecting them all at once. Thanks for the tip!!!