Vinyl plank flooring: install in more than one direction?

12 years ago

I need some advice on aesthetics. As part of the renovation of a small twenty-year-old rancher we recently bought, we are about to have luxury vinyl flooring (Adura Locksolid Essex Oak) installed in three neighboring but non-continguous areas. Our contractor wants to know whether he should install the planks in the same direction in all three areas (either north-south or east-west), or whether instead he should install in different directions depending on room and hallway dimensions.

I hope my crude sketch will make the situation clear. One area to be floored is the office and adjacent hallway, another is the family room, and the third is the living room. These three areas (shown in beige) are separated by existing sheet vinyl in the foyer (blue), but each area is visible from the others. The contractor feels it would look strange to have the planks in one area running at ninety degrees to the planks in the other two areas, but I'm not so sure that it matters.

So my question is: in which direction or directions would you install the planks? I'd be grateful for any advice.

Howard

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glennsfc
12 years ago
Run the flooring the way you will like it.

My opinion based on your sketch is this:

1. If you want it all run in same direction, then front to back. I think that would look best all around.

2. If you want the flooring to run the length of the living room, then do that, but still run the rest of it front to back.

3. Have the contractor...or yourself...dry lay some of the floor to give you a visual clue of how the installed floor might look.
hdevoe
Original Author
12 years ago
Thanks, glennsfc. Sounds like good advice. Anyone else care to comment?
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glennsfc
12 years ago
Duplicate deleted.

This post was edited by glennsfc on Sat, Oct 26, 13 at 1:10
User
12 years ago
This is a rare occasion I disagree with glennsfc. I would run it all left to right. In either the living room or hall it will carry your eye into the room and make each look wider. It will make the family room look deeper. Running it all the same way will aid a look of continuity even though the three areas are separated by the foyer.
When there's a debate about floor direction I encourage the customer to lay out a box of material in the doorways in either direction to gauge the look.
hdevoe
Original Author
12 years ago
Thanks, JFCWood. We decided just yesterday to do what you suggest --- to run the flooring left to right in all three areas.