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Click LVT is a nightmare. The floor needs to be flat, the same prep as a glue down. Increasingly manufacturers are advising aginst installing weight ontop - specifically appliances in Kitchens! Personally I'd go with a good quality Laminate floor if you want a floating floor on a fiberboard...

The Amtico needs 10mm depth between itself and the UFH and you must use High Temp Adhesive. As for level, if the surface is smooth, the Amtico will stick ok, but obviously undulation is'nt really ideal and a well, self levelled floor should be pretty flat. Whatever self levelling you are...

A pro will still fit the stair runner with underlay and gripper. Start from the bottom as this helps with tension and bolster into the crease created where the two pieces of gripper on the tread and riser meet. If you choose to direct fix to the stairs, spray contact adhesive should work, bust...

You can’t Screed a chipboard floor. For Glue Down LVT you would need 6mm SP101 flooring grade ply, Feather the joints and screw heads and glue direct. If you were laying Herringbone or design floor, it would be best to Renovation Screed the Ply before installing the Herringbone LVT for a...

Yes You’ll want 6mm SP101 ply over the top, feather the joints and screw heads then direct glue the LVT Always best to use High Temp adhesive as belt and braces, Pressure Sensitive is ok but not as reliable.

A nightmare as it regularly fails. The floor needs to be billiard table smooth to lay it, so at that point you may as well fit a glue down LVT as it requires the same prep and doesn’t require expansion gaps, and is far more resiliant. You also can’t put heavy weights on vlick LVT like...

The floor does'nt need sealing, if the Caberdfloor is dead level it's ok to fit over what you have but best practice to flooring grade Ply the floor in 4mm or 6mm if possible. Avoid 'click' LVT, it's a nightmare.

A firm, dense underlay will not be soft, so no. Your budget probably wont stretch close to a 80/20 twist including underlay of any quality for £30m2 , you’ll be looking at an all man made fibre product and these will ALL crush and lose their appearance and feel fairly quickly especially in...

Avoid 100% man made carpets re: flattening. Get a 80/20 Twist pile carpet in a 40oz or 50oz pile weight. (80% Wool, 20% man made fibre) For underlay, the firmer the underlay the better, Ulster Axfelt65 is a fantastic underlay if it’s in budget. Great wear and durability and very insulating...

You seem pretty confident in your 65m2 but haven't taken into account that you can’t order the carpet in the sizes you plan to. Pile direction is different to hoovering the carpet against the pile. The Pile will lay in the direction on the roll in which it’s produced, if you lay adjoining...

Always parallel. Matters less if you’re just fitting a room, is more critical when laying stairs/landing and the direction of the pile may then influence how you choose to plan rooms off the Landing etc.

I’ve already explained in two seperate posts the basics of measuring, planning and how carpet is supplied. I’ve also detailed what you have to take into consideration when planning an installation, trying to explain how to measure stair cases correctly is a lot more difficult to explain...

Don't leave a gap for the gripper, it will cause an issue when hooking the carpet on for the fitters, fit the hardboard to the edge of the skirts with a slight gap to stop squeaks.

That is the net floor area, not the amount of materials you need to order. As per my previous post, you have not taken into account the widths that carpeting is supplied in, the fact that differing widths will not colour match, pile direction, wastage allowance per cut and you probably have not...

In that case, a good quality self levelling screed over the whole area, but concentrating depth in any dips etc is the way forwards. You won't get the subfloor perfectly level side to side or down the length of the room, you'll be looking for a smooth finish across the area to lay the LVT to...

What is the subfloor and how old is the property?

I'd say looking at the sizes, you maybe looking at around 80m2 carpet.

I'll have a look at it a bit later for you, as you can see, there are no sizes for the landing or any of the stairs and you have a lot of winders looking at the floor plan. As far as stairs go, whilst it's not unusual, it's also not a straight stair case. is the bottom step of the main...

as a rule, the trade will estimate underlay at the same m2 as carpet required to account for cutting wastage, same as gripper and also fitting will be charged pre m2 for the carpet that the fitter has to handle, not the net m2 of the floor space. Your floor plan, are you looking to measure St...

So much to consider, if you have a floor plan we may be able to guide you. Things to consider: The width the carpet is available - most ranges will come 4m and 5m wide but WILL NOT colour match between mixed widths Pile direction - all carpets have a pile direction, if you cross pile...