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If your kitchen floor is sheet vinyl and the dining room is carpet, don’t forget that the sheet vinyl will have a 1/4-inch underlayment beneath it, but the carpet won’t.

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Sheet vinyl flooring comes in 12-foot-wide rolls, resulting in seamless coverage in all but the very largest rooms. Prices start at about $2 per square foot.

The sheet vinyl material itself has very little strength. If cheap underlayment, like low-quality plywood is used, it may result in spongy spots where there are voids between the layers.

The sheet vinyl material itself has very little strength. If cheap underlayment, like low-quality plywood is used, it may result in spongy spots where there are voids between the layers.

The spongy areas of your floor might be traced to substandard or unapproved underlayment. Many lumberyards sell overlay-grade lauan plywood for sheet vinyl underlayment.