LVT Flooring Exeter

LVT comes as individual planks and tiles, laid one by one like a wood or stone floor. That means real-looking board lengths, grout lines on stone designs and laying patterns such as herringbone. Sheet vinyl comes off a roll in one large piece. It's quicker to fit and usually costs less, but it can't match the realism of LVT.

Karndean has one of the widest choices of wood and stone designs, with surface textures that follow the grain of the wood. Its design strips can be laid between planks or around the edge of a room to frame the floor. Karndean is a popular choice for kitchens, hallways and open-plan rooms.

Amtico is at the top end of the market. Its designs and surface finishes are among the most realistic, and its laying patterns let you create herringbone, chevron and other layouts that would cost far more in real wood or stone. If you want a statement floor, Amtico is worth seeing.

Polyflor and Brampton Chase give you more choice at different price points, with hard-wearing ranges that suit busy family homes, rental properties and lighter commercial spaces. We'll bring samples from all four brands so you can compare them side by side.

Most of the LVT we fit is glued down. It's the most stable and hard-wearing option, but it shows every bump in the floor underneath, so the subfloor has to be smooth. We prepare it with F. Ball or Ardex smoothing compounds before the first plank goes down, and that preparation is included in your quote.

Click LVT locks together and floats over an underlay, like laminate. It can sometimes go over an existing hard floor and is quicker to fit. On the visit we'll tell you which suits your room and subfloor.

LVT is waterproof, so it's at home in kitchens, bathrooms, en suites, utility rooms and hallways. Most LVT also works over underfloor heating within the maker's temperature limit, which makes it a good choice for conservatories and garden rooms. For a fully waterproof wet room with a level shower, we fit slip-rated safety vinyl instead; see our wet room flooring page.

We're based at Shillingford Abbot, just outside Exeter, and fit LVT across the city and out to Topsham, Exmouth, Cranbrook, Dawlish, Teignmouth, Newton Abbot, Torquay, the Teign Valley and Dartmoor.