Installing vinyl plank flooring

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I am about to lay a Vinyl plank floor in my kitchen similar to Amtico Spacia,
I also purchased a tub of F44 floor adhesive. I was going to rip up the existing flooring and lay onto the concrete sub floor. My problem is that there is 3 previous floor coverings to tear up,2 vinyl floor coverings,one of which is stuck,then there is the hard vinyl tiles under them which were probably the original floor tiles from when the house was built and are stuck down well.
Do i need to take all these flooring up before installing the new floor, or
can I stick to the tiles using the adhesive i have.
Thanks
Andy
 
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If you want to do it properly then yes rip up all the old floor covering back to the base sub floor.
Then the floor will need a smoothing compound screed over the concrete.

Also you need to find out if your base has a dpm under it.
 
I take it by DPM you mean damp proof membrane,in which case yes it does have as i saw that when i did the conservatory floor which flows from the kitchen. Do you recommend and screeds, preferably quick setting if that's possible and ate these the self levelling ones that you simply pour on the floor?
Thanks for your help.
 
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A good one to use is stopgap 300 HD. Easy to work with.
You will need a good screeding trowel and a spikey roller.
You will need to prime the floor too before applying the screed.
 

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