Luxury Vinyl Tiles (LVT) Edging Options and Adhesives

Luxury Vinyl Tiles (LVT) Edging Options

Our luxury vinyl floors come with 3 different edging options, bevelled, microbevelled and square edge. You may have heard the term "bevelled edge" before, but not been sure what it means. Well a bevel is one way to finish off the edges of the board. The kind of edging you should choose depends mainly on the kind of look you'd like to achieve in your home. The below guide will help you choose the right edging for you. To help you achieve an even more unique look find out more about using design strips with your vinyl flooring.

Square Edge Vinyl

Square edge vinyl tiles give a perfectly smooth, unbroken finish. The look tends to be seen as more modern, and allows for easy maintenance. Some straight edge vinyl tiles actually come with a "bevel impression" design which creates the illusion of a bevel, but is actually square edge.

Bevelled Edge Vinyl

Vinyl tiles with a bevelled edge aren't just wood effect, they can be stone and ceramic effect too. The bevelled edge gives each board distinction and help hide tiny gaps between the boards which might appear over time.

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Feature Strips

Vinyl flooring also has the unique option of feature strips, these are very thin strips of vinyl which can be laid in between your tiles. Typically these create the effect of grouting and can help create wonderful effects.

Vinyl Adhesives

General Use Vinyl Adhesive

Many of our adhesives are designed for general use throughout the house, but each has its own particular formula. Often, the adhesives will come with particular practical advantage, but they all create the same effect. Be sure to check that the adhesive is compatible with your floor before you buy.

High Temperature Vinyl Adhesive

These adhesives are ideal for any room which can get really hot. If you're installing in conservatories or over underfloor heating, these will hold together in the heat. Be sure to check that the adhesive is compatible with your floor before you buy.

Moisture Resistant Vinyl Adhesive

Typically 2 part, epoxy resins, these adhesives form an extra-strong bond which is designed for areas of excessive moisture such as bathrooms. Be sure to check that the adhesive is compatible with your floor before you buy.

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Important tip

Important tip: it's standard to add an extra 5% on to your area to allow for the usual wastage that occurs during installation. To calculate this, you'll need to multiply the total area by 1.05. However, parquet and tiled floors where the installation starts in the middle of the room require 7-10% wastage as it's likely you'll have to cut more boards than with a regular, strait-lay design.

Measuring for Carpet

First, you'll need to measure the length & width of your room. You'll also need to allow for extra material for the installer to "cut in". When carpets are fitted, they need to run at least 5cm up each wall so they can be trimmed more accurately to fit against your skirting boards.

The most common widths for carpets are 4 & 5 metres. The width always refers to the width of the carpet, and the length is the other measurement, be it longer or shorter than the width. For example, if your room is 2.7 x 3.9 metres, you would opt for a 4-metre width carpet and purchase 2.75 metres in length, giving you 11m2 in total. If you want the design of your carpet to be in a lengthways direction, you'd need to purchase 4 metres of the 4-metre-wide carpet, giving you 16m2 in total.

Measuring Carpet for Stairs, Hallways & Landings

Draw a detailed plan of all of the flat areas involved, including any rooms that you intend to do in the same quality and colour as your hall, stairs and landing (HSL). Write each measurement against each wall.

Make a note of how many straight stairs you have and measure the width of these stairs. We recommend allowing 50cm extra in length for each straight step.

Make a note of any ½ landings, winders & kites that you may have (kites and winders are triangular-shaped stairs that create a curve in your staircase). Measure the length and width of each of these steps remembering that the length is the measurement that runs over the nose of the step and the width is the measurement running from side to side as you look up the staircase.

You'll need to decide whether to use 4.00 or 5.00-metre width carpet. Make sure you check which widths are available in your chosen carpet before you make this decision as you don't want to work it out in 5.00-metre width to realise your carpet only comes in 4.00-metre width!

Now the fun part! Draw a rectangle on your piece of paper and write the width at the top of the page and then try and fit all of the pieces that you need into that rectangle, ensuring that all of your relevant measurements will work within the space you have allowed. Diagram 1 shows an example of a HSL plan.

Remember, if you are carpeting some rooms in the same carpet that you intend to put on your stairs then you can use waste material from the rooms to use on the stairs, this may mean buying less carpet for your HSL.

Luxury Vinyl Tiles (LVT) Edging Options and Adhesives