We were pretty settled on fitting or maybe getting fitted a howdens timeless oak click type LVT as it's got better water resistance than say laminate or engineered hardwood etc. Now speaking with a couple of places that do LVT they've both suggested going with glue down as the click systems can have issues due to weakeness in the design. Now I'm open to that, but they reckon that floor prep would be around £25 per sqm for getting a perfect level with a leveling compound and then around £25 per sqm to install, so looking at around £100+ per SQM for the glue down approach over click which would be about half that.
Just wondering if anyone has any experience in this space, I'm having a flow screed installed next Friday and that will be sanded the following Friday, so should be nice and level and smooth. They've said there is a chance the floor might be good enough, but just seems crazy to have a new floor down (screeded) and then have to install another £1200-1500 worth in self levelling compound before you even start with the LVT glue down.
Frustrating as we want it to be right, but £50 per sqm for prep and install seems pretty extortionate, or maybe I'm just becoming tighter in my old age!
Just wondering if anyone has any experience in this space, I'm having a flow screed installed next Friday and that will be sanded the following Friday, so should be nice and level and smooth. They've said there is a chance the floor might be good enough, but just seems crazy to have a new floor down (screeded) and then have to install another £1200-1500 worth in self levelling compound before you even start with the LVT glue down.
Frustrating as we want it to be right, but £50 per sqm for prep and install seems pretty extortionate, or maybe I'm just becoming tighter in my old age!
