In the same vein it s typically recommended that planks are installed parallel to the longest wall of the room.
Start installing luxury vinyl plank in hallway.
Laying the floor once you ve decided on the plank direction you can basically treat the whole house as a single room with obstructions walls in the way.
Compared to installing a hardwood floor or even a laminate one installing a vinyl plank floor is a walk in the park.
Lets watch this video so you can better understand what i am talking about on where to start installing my laminate or vinyl plank floor.
Measure the width of the room and divide it by the width of the exposed portion of the plank before you start installing vinyl plank flooring.
This is one of the most important steps in your installation and this article on how to start a laminate or vinyl plank installation.
So if 16 planks equal 96 inches then you would move the floor 96 inches away from the line.
Wide you d divide 123 by 5 75 which is 21 39.
For example if your room measures 123 in and your flooring is 5 75 in.
Instead of a tongue vinyl planks have a glue strip on one edge and one end.
Visually the flooring layout will be most pleasing if cut planks are of roughly equal lengths at the opposite side walls.
Start with a full plank at the center and work to either side so that cut planks at the ends will be of equal length.
That is it would take 21 39 planks to complete the floor.
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If the room is narrow such as a hallway a corridor or a long kitchen planks should run the length of the room.
The installation starts in the corner.
Test fit the first row of vinyl planks down the length of the wall.
Vinyl flooring costs a fraction of the price of hardwood making it a great option for beginner home improvers.
So if you re installing vinyl planks in a 12 foot by 18 foot living room run the planks parallel to the 18 foot wall.
Test fit the first row of planks.
Now that we have are floor in place we need to secure it from moving.
In this video i will show you how to install laminate and vinyl plank into multiple areas and i do this without using transitions.
Vinyl plank flooring has all the visual appeal of solid hardwood flooring.