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Vinyl flooring refers to the flooring produced with PVC materials. Specifically, it is produced by taking polyvinyl chloride and its copolymer resin as the main raw material, adding fillers, plasticizers, stabilizers, colorants and other auxiliary materials on sheet continuous substrate through coating process or calendering, extrusion or extrusion process
Other name: PVC flooring, homogeneous & heterogeneous vinyl flooring.
Categories included: Vinyl sheet flooring, vinyl tile, vinyl plank, WPC and SPC.
Vinyl flooring is so popular because it is affordable price, easy to maintain and durable. According to the Resilient Floor Covering Institute, from 1990 to 2022, about 100 million square yards of vinyl flooring have been installed for new homes in USA, which also means there is vinyl flooring in at least one of its room for each house.
Lots of people will wonder: How much does it cost to install vinyl flooring?
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When you see the price range from USD 2 to USD 20, you may wonder why they are big price difference. In this article we will talk about 8 facts affect the vinyl flooring installation price, and the installation cost of Vinyl Sheet, VCT, plank, LVT, LVP, SPC and WPC.
It’s an in-depth article that takes 30 minutes to read.
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1. Material
When we are walking in a flooring store, we will see:
Budget vinyl flooring ($1 to $2 USD per sq. ft, with basic flooring function)
Standard vinyl flooring ($2 to $4 USD per sq.ft, with good flooring function)
Above average vinyl flooring ($3 to $6 USD per sq.ft, with good flooring function and beautiful pattern)
High end vinyl flooring ($6 to $15 USD per sq.ft, with superior quality and stylish pattern)
2. Labor Cost
The labor cost is so different between different area, the installation labor cost is from $1.50 to $5 USD
3. Flooring Style
Normally you can see below vinyl flooring in the market:
Loose Lay
Click Lock
Peel & Stick
Glue Down
As you know Loose Lay and Click Lock are the easiest in installation, just need to make sure it is tidy and flat, and everything is good.
Peel & Stick is easy too, but you need to pay more attention in positioning to avoid misposition.
Glue Down is more complicated, you need to glue it, and then pave the flooring. So the installation cost will be the highest for Glue Down.
4. Removing Old Flooring
Some of the subfloors are clean, flat and tidy, so you don’t need to do anything but lay the vinyl flooring directly.
But sometimes if you need to remove the old flooring, that will cost extra time, and you also need to move the flooring trash out of the room.
5. Self Leveling & Underlayment
Some of the subfloor is very good and can lay the vinyl flooring directly without any treatment. While in some other rooms, we will need to do self leveling or underlayment, this is definitely extra cost.
6. Trimming
It is not the same if you want to install the vinyl floor in one large room or a few smaller spaces, although the area is the same.
The installation in open space is much faster and requires less time, effort and material. While installation rooms with non-standard angles includes trimming more flooring is more costly.
7. Stairs
Stairs are very difficult job, it takes much longer time and lots of work such as measuring, cutting, paving. This is a big cost.
8. DIY
If you can DIY, then you can save all the labor cost, DIY for vinyl flooring is not difficult, especially if it is vinyl tile, vinyl plank, LVT, LVP, SPC and WPC.
Think about if you need to hire somebody who is professional; of course you will need to pay more for vinyl flooring installation.
Vinyl sheet flooring material cost is not that high when comparing to LVT and LVP, but the sheet vinyl installation fee might be higher cause normally it is glue down.
The total cost is $3 USD per sq.ft of Low end vinyl sheet installation.
The total cost is $8.1 USD per sq.ft of Average vinyl sheet installation.
The total cost is $19 USD per sq.ft of High end vinyl sheet installation.
Note: Installation job supplies cost including: underlayment, self leveling, adhesives and surface sealants.
VCT (Vinyl Composite Tile) installation cost might be the lowest in all vinyl floorings. For it is lowest material cost and installation cost.
The total cost is $2 USD per sq.ft of Low end VCT installation.
The total cost is $4.6 USD per sq.ft of Average VCT installation.
The total cost is $13 USD per sq.ft of High end VCT installation.
Note: Installation job supplies cost including: underlayment, self leveling, adhesives and surface sealants.
The total cost is $2.5 USD per sq.ft of Low end vinyl Plank installation.
The total cost is $5.1 USD per sq.ft of Average vinyl Plank installation.
The total cost is $16 USD per sq.ft of High end vinyl Plank installation.
Note: Installation job supplies cost including: underlayment, self leveling, adhesives and surface sealants.
LVT (Luxury Vinyl Tile) & LVP (Luxury Vinyl Plank) are with the highest installation cost among all the vinyl floorings.
The total cost is $3 USD per sq.ft of Low end LVT & LVP installation.
The total cost is $8.1 USD per sq.ft of Average LVT & LVP installation.
The total cost is $20 USD per sq.ft of High end LVT & LVP installation.
Note: Installation job supplies cost including: underlayment, self leveling, adhesives and surface sealants.
SPC (Stone Plastic Composite) is rigid core vinyl flooring
The total cost is $3.5 USD per sq.ft of Low end SPC installation.
The total cost is $8.6 USD per sq.ft of Average SPC installation.
The total cost is $14 USD per sq.ft of High end SPC installation.
Note: Installation job supplies cost including: underlayment, self leveling, adhesives and surface sealants.
WPC (Wood Plastic Composite) is rigid core vinyl flooring
The total cost is $5 USD per sq.ft of Low end WPC installation.
The total cost is $9.6 USD per sq.ft of Average WPC installation.
The total cost is $19 USD per sq.ft of High end WPC installation.
Note: Installation job supplies cost including: underlayment, self leveling, adhesives and surface sealants.
When you check the cost list of installed vinyl flooring, it is still a lot of money even though it is much cheaper than hardwood, laminate, rubber, carpet, and porcelain flooring.
So people will still want to ask: Can I still save money in vinyl flooring flooring installation? Can I still cut the cost?
The answer is YES, you can DIY cause vinyl flooring is the easiest DIY flooring. When you take out the labor cost from the total cost, you will find the final total installed vinyl flooring price is very affordable.
Below you can find videos of vinyl sheet flooring installation and vinyl plank flooring installation.
We understand that different countries and different area will have big difference in vinyl flooring installation cost. But at least we hope this article can still give you some ideas of the installation cost before you want to buy it.
This article is written by Longda Flooring (www.longdaflooring.com), the largest vinyl sheet flooring manufacturer from China.
Please contact Longda flooring for a free quote on your vinyl flooring needs. We have quick response, efficient communication, quality products, on time delivery, and competitive price.
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