ᐅ Installing Vinyl Flooring Yourself

It really looks like you’ll need to level that out again—or is the bumpy surface just an optical illusion?

We used silicone for this – so far everything is going well.

No worries, the floor installer has already been here. Everything is fine.
Silicone? I hadn’t even considered that yet.
Can you upload a picture? Which silicone did you use?

PCI, but I have now switched to Otto Chemie.

For the joints in particular, I used alcohol-crosslinked silicone and also apply a primer.

It is available in a wide range of colors.

I will give it a try. If I don’t like it, I’ll get some moldings from the hardware store.

Since there is already a nice large vinyl thread here:
We have planned to install solid vinyl flooring, floated on a Selitbloc underlay, in our new build’s living and dining area and wanted to place the order yesterday. However, the (alleged) specialist retailer now advises us against vinyl altogether, claiming it is generally unsuitable for direct sunlight exposure (living room on the south side with floor-to-ceiling windows). He mentions possible "blistering" (not warping) that, according to him, is unavoidable with vinyl exposed to direct sunlight, even when installed properly and professionally. There is no information about this online. What are your experiences with vinyl, direct sunlight, and "blistering"?
By the way, he recommends (oddly enough, more affordable) laminate instead.

So ours has been installed for a few weeks now. No problems at all. We have many floor-to-ceiling windows as well as a bay window. Even with strong sunlight, the floor hardly gets warm. No sign of blistering anywhere. I can’t imagine that Parador or Haro, for example, would sell a plank if that were the case.