LaCurandera Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 Hi In the early stages of build and one thing that is on my wife's "must have" lists is LVT throughout upstairs and down. Personally, I think it's where some value engineering might have to happen, but I could do with some rough guide numbers of m2 by flooring types. Ones we have so far : LVT - Quoted at £45 m2 - is that high/low? Tiles - Quoted at £25 m2 - is that high/low? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr Punter Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 LVT sounds about right. Tiles seem cheap. Make sure they are porcelain. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Thomas Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 Supply and fit, or materials only? I laid LVT throughout the last house at £25/M², and just did the downstairs here for the same, materials only. These were both the floating floor type with integrated underlay, dead easy to get down so DIY was a realistic option. I wouldn't trust myself with tiles. I vaguely recall a supply+fit quote for LVT in 2021 at around £50/sqm but they were precious about the finish work involved with a retrofit - they wanted us to handle all the skirting, cut the doors to match the new floor level, etc. They were only interested in the easy bit! 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Thomas Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 On the "value engineering" side, I found the recommended 10% allowance for cuts/wastage to be far too much on the first house. Ended up selling the excess on a online marketplace to someone who did a corridor with it. Dropped it to 5% for this one and didn't feel short of materials at any point. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LaCurandera Posted February 22, 2023 Author Share Posted February 22, 2023 Great tip on that, thanks. Hadn't actually thought about wastage as an increase of costs Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eandg Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 My flooring guy charges the same but says LVT easier to work with. From memory for labour he's £12/m2 for straight laid stuff and £20/m2 for herringbone. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nick Thomas Posted February 22, 2023 Share Posted February 22, 2023 Ah, supply and fit - it's in the title ^^ LVT is really, honestly, dead-simple enough to do yourself, assuming a nice flat floor to start with. If someone had been handing me a £10 or £20 note every time i got four of the planks down, it would have been a fun time. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Makeitstop Posted February 23, 2023 Share Posted February 23, 2023 On 22/02/2023 at 09:13, Mr Punter said: LVT sounds about right. Tiles seem cheap. Make sure they are porcelain. Depends what lvt I guess though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnMo Posted February 24, 2023 Share Posted February 24, 2023 On 22/02/2023 at 10:01, Nick Thomas said: 10% allowance I have been caught by that also. Nice easy money making scheme by wholesalers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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