How do I lay vinyl floor tiles?

There are essential two categories available for vinyl flooring which is 'sheet vinyl' or 'vinyl tiles'.

Vinyl is favoured over other types of flooring materials because of it’s durability, versatility, ease of maintenance and is 100% water proof, which is why vinyl is preferred for areas of the home like Bathrooms, kitchens and utility rooms.

Sheet vinyl generally comes in one complete piece to fit your room of choice. This is by far the most common category of vinyl flooring. Within this category of product there are some very common brands which we have understood to be different types of product, which they generally aren’t (much like Vacuum cleaners and the brand Hoover). Brands like Lino or Linoleum and Marmoleum, safety flooring also comes under this category. Depending on the product and location of sheet vinyl it can be laid loose over the subfloor but with tape around the perimeter to keep secure or glue down over the entire subfloor for more contract areas.

If allowed, nailing a timber floor is the most affordable and preferred way to install. For 100’s of years we have been fitting floors in this fashion and it is a tried and tested method. If you have a timber framed property this is the best method.

• Budget
• Ease of installation
• Availability
• Robust
• Easy to clean

• Scope of installation
• Uniqueness

Vinyl tiles come as describe in a tile form which have to be laid side by side to fit the room of choice. Vinyl tile are commonly called LVT (Luxury Vinyl Tiles) and are exceptionally robust and flexible on design requirements. Traditional vinyl tiles have to be glued down to the customer design. We would recommend a professional vinyl tile fitter particularly for the more complicated designs required. Saying this there is a new product available within this category which isn’t glue down – please read here for more details.

• Designs
• Unique
• Very robust
• Easy to clean

• Budget
• Fitting (Professional, except Spacia Easyfit)

• Detailed instructions of how to fit a vinyl tile floor