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Can I install sheet Vinyl directly onto tarmac?

Anonymous user 28/02/2024 - 4.06 PM

For context: We have an integrated garage which we wanted to convert into living space. There's a covenant on the property that we have to "maintain available parking spaces" or somesuch. Essentially, we want to make it as habitable as possible (a home office) without losing the "capability" to drive a car in. Currently the floor is straight-up tarmac, which runs in from the driveway out front. Can I just stick down some underlay and sheet vinyl on top of the tarmac to make it a bit nicer (so "technically" we could drive on it, but we never will!!)

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4 Answers

Anonymous user

If the floor is level enough, then I see no reason not to. My only thoughts would be about any weather issues, like water coming in during rain, etc. It might be better to have some kind of weather strip and then put a wooden floor down, then vinyl/lino/carpet. It's all removable for the sake of a few minutes with a screwdriver.

Answered21 April 2023

RMG Flooring

Rating: 5 out of 5

Stockton On Tees

maybe plastic sheet to stop any damp, then underlay and laminate? Or plastic sheet, 9mm or 12mm plywood loose laid but joined together somehow then vinyl? Or you could batten it out, plywood fixed to the battens then vinyl? Or just get some thick felt back vinyl and chuck that straight over the tarmac? (probably wouldn't last very long)

Answered29 April 2023

Wayne Mackins

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Ramsgate

Unfortunately tarmac is an outside product that expands and contracts with the hot and cold weather so the issue would be that anything you cover it with will eventually not be able to be removed if you use the area as an office and use heating it will warm the floor and become stuck also in the summer it would be suffocated by the floor covering and would also become stuck . The only real option would be to construct a floor out of timber that you could essentially fold in half and stand up out of the way when needing it as parking .

Answered2 May 2023

Craig taylor floors ltd

Rating: 5 out of 5

Coventry

No it won’t be suitable. Vinyl sheet isn’t damp tolerable and the bitumen will eat through the flooring turning it black. Also as there is no damp liner protector either it will bubble and start to miss shape within a few weeks.

Answered9 May 2023