Hello everyone,
I want to cover a long, narrow room (1.40 m (5 feet) wide x 14 m (46 feet) long) with vinyl flooring. I have already purchased the vinyl, everything is fine.
However, it's generally recommended to install laminate/vinyl flooring in the direction of the sunlight. In my case, this would mean laying the planks across the width of the room. But the planks are about 1.2 m (4 feet) wide, while the room is 1.40 m (5 feet) wide. Considering the necessary 1 cm (0.4 inch) gap on each side, I would only have about 18 cm (7 inches) left for the piece from the second plank to create a staggered joint (a minimum of 30 cm (12 inches) is usually recommended).
My question: Should I really install the flooring this way with the short offset pieces? Or should I ignore the advice about the sunlight direction (there are many windows...) and lay the planks along the length instead? My concern then would be that the already narrow, corridor-like room might look even longer and narrower.
And if I cut the planks to get reasonable widths for the individual pieces, would that lead to a lot of waste or increased vinyl consumption?
But I’m sure you have some good tips for me.
Best regards,
KlyX
I want to cover a long, narrow room (1.40 m (5 feet) wide x 14 m (46 feet) long) with vinyl flooring. I have already purchased the vinyl, everything is fine.
However, it's generally recommended to install laminate/vinyl flooring in the direction of the sunlight. In my case, this would mean laying the planks across the width of the room. But the planks are about 1.2 m (4 feet) wide, while the room is 1.40 m (5 feet) wide. Considering the necessary 1 cm (0.4 inch) gap on each side, I would only have about 18 cm (7 inches) left for the piece from the second plank to create a staggered joint (a minimum of 30 cm (12 inches) is usually recommended).
My question: Should I really install the flooring this way with the short offset pieces? Or should I ignore the advice about the sunlight direction (there are many windows...) and lay the planks along the length instead? My concern then would be that the already narrow, corridor-like room might look even longer and narrower.
And if I cut the planks to get reasonable widths for the individual pieces, would that lead to a lot of waste or increased vinyl consumption?
But I’m sure you have some good tips for me.
Best regards,
KlyX
KlyX84 schrieb:
And if I cut the boards to get a reasonable width for each piece, will I end up with large leftovers or use much more vinyl... uff uff..No, why would that be?
120 cm (47 inches) divided into 60/40 gives two options to reach 120% (144 cm / 57 inches) with 3x 40% and 2x 60%. With six planks, you’d have 6x 60% (making three rows) and 6x 40% (making two rows). If you then cut some planks into five pieces, each 5x 20%, you can balance the layout (to avoid having two identical rows 40/40/40 one after another). This way, you achieve low waste (calculating with an effective width of 144 cm / 57 inches) for the possible splits: 60/60, 20/100, 40/40/40, and 100/20 (note: these are percentages, not centimeters!). You’ll have to figure out the alternating pattern yourself; it’s Sunday now, lunchtime – there’s rice, baby (to quote Helge Schneider).
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Hello everyone,
thanks for your feedback.
@11ant: I hope you enjoyed your lunch 😊 Your list made sense to me (after reading it four times) 🙂 You’re definitely right, using percentage distribution makes this quite easy.
The question I still have is: what would be a good way to vary the pattern? I’m a beginner when it comes to laying flooring.
So, should I lay each row with 60, 40, 20 (for example, for three rows: 60, 40, 20 / 40, 20, 60 / 20, 60, 40) to keep it varied?
Or should I do something like 40, 40, 40 / 60, 60 / 60, 40, 20?
Which option looks best visually?
Thanks
KlyX
thanks for your feedback.
@11ant: I hope you enjoyed your lunch 😊 Your list made sense to me (after reading it four times) 🙂 You’re definitely right, using percentage distribution makes this quite easy.
The question I still have is: what would be a good way to vary the pattern? I’m a beginner when it comes to laying flooring.
So, should I lay each row with 60, 40, 20 (for example, for three rows: 60, 40, 20 / 40, 20, 60 / 20, 60, 40) to keep it varied?
Or should I do something like 40, 40, 40 / 60, 60 / 60, 40, 20?
Which option looks best visually?
Thanks
KlyX
KlyX84 schrieb:
So, lay each row with 60, 40, 20 (so for 3 rows: 60, 40, 20 / 40, 20, 60 / 20, 60, 40) for variety?No, that wouldn’t work well because you would often have two joints directly aligned in consecutive rows. Using 20/100 – 40/40/40 – 60/60 – 80/40 – 100/20 and then repeating would create a regular pattern. In this setup, out of six planks, two remain uncut, two are split 60/40, one is split 80/20, and one is split 40/40/20. This way, you always have a proper “running bond” with the joints. Anyone who has solved this math problem is ready for fifth grade. Your calculation was basically incorrect: with your method, each row totals 100%, but your room is actually 116.66% of the 120 cm (47 inch) plank length wide. That’s why I based it on 120%—then you only have 4 cm (1.6 inch) waste per row. With a high school diploma from Bavaria, it should actually be possible without this, but it’s too complicated for me on a Sunday.
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