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The fear with any flooring quote is that the price moves once the old floor comes up. So here is what actually happens — and it depends entirely on what you are having laid.
Carpet asks very little of the floor beneath it. Carpet and a good underlay sit happily over floorboards that are not perfectly flat, over the odd settled patch, over the ordinary imperfections of a house that has been lived in. In practice we very seldom have to prepare a room before carpeting it.
If yours is one of the rare rooms that does need something doing, we will see it at the home measure and tell you then, with the cost, before you order anything. What we will not do is discover it on fitting day and hand you a revised bill.
Luxury vinyl tile is a different proposition. It is thin, it is rigid, and it telegraphs whatever is underneath it. A board edge, a settled dip, a ridge of old adhesive — you will see it and you will feel it underfoot. Which is why LVT needs a flat, sound base and carpet does not.
So we prepare it. And rather than leave you guessing at what that means, here is the standard:
That is covered by a flat fee alongside the fitting. Not an hourly rate, not a day rate, not a figure that depends on how the morning goes. A flat fee, quoted before you order.
Work beyond that standard is charged separately — a floor needing more than 3mm to bring it level, a timber floor with boards that have to be replaced before anything can be screwed down, or damp that has to be dealt with first. These are uncommon. When they do come up we identify them at the measure and price them then.
Most flooring retailers will not publish a subfloor standard. They say it depends, and then it depends on fitting day, which is when you have the least power to do anything about it.
We can be specific because our fitting teams are employed by Carpet Style rather than booked in job by job. The person who assesses your subfloor and the person who prepares it work for the same business, to the same standard, and the same people come back if anything needs attention afterwards.
You can see LVT, Karndean, laminate and SPC set out properly at Netherfield, Wollaton, Duffield and Ashby-de-la-Zouch. If you are having carpet, what is included when we fit your floor covers the rest of the job.
Does my floor need preparing before carpet?
Almost certainly not. Carpet and a good underlay cope with floors that are not perfectly flat, and we very seldom have to prepare a room before carpeting it. If yours is the exception we will see it at the measure and tell you then, with the cost.
Does LVT need a flat floor?
Yes. LVT is thin and rigid and shows whatever is underneath it, so it needs a flat, sound base. Standard preparation is 6mm plyboard over timber floors or a 3mm levelling screed over concrete.
How much does subfloor preparation cost?
Standard preparation to that specification is a flat fee quoted alongside the fitting, before you order anything. Work beyond the standard is priced separately and identified at the measure, not on fitting day.
What counts as work beyond the standard?
A floor needing more than 3mm to level it, timber boards that have to be replaced before ply can be fixed down, or damp that needs addressing first. All uncommon, and all identified before you commit.
Why do you put plywood down before LVT?
Existing floorboards move independently of each other and their joints show through a thin, rigid floor. A 6mm ply overlay gives one continuous flat surface for the LVT to sit on.
Will the price change on fitting day?
No. Anything your floor needs is identified at the home measure and priced before you order. That is the point of measuring properly.
Can I lay LVT over my existing floor?
Sometimes, if it is sound, flat and well bonded. More often it comes up and the base is prepared properly, because LVT laid over a poor surface will not stay looking right.
