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Which direction should this flooring go?

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Hi everyone, I will be installing LVP flooring that is 9" x 72" size. It will be installed in the living room, kitchen/dining, hallway, and the four bedrooms. The front entrance door is in the bottom middle (to the left of the bay window).

I need help to figure out how to orient the flooring. Contractor suggested I do horizontal in living room and dining room/kitchen, then switch to vertical at the hallway, and have the bedrooms also be vertical.

Do you think this is the most optimal? I will have a transition strip right at the edge of the hallway... Or should I do all vertical? Or all horizontal? I'm not sure if the hallway looks strange with planks going the long way.

Thank you!











Pics of the hallway


(horizontal with transition to vertical)


(all horizontal)


(all vertical)


Comments (14)

  • last month

    Hallway would look strange being horizontal since it seems to be not very wide.


    I have solid hardwood floors - site finished. They are all installed perpendicular to my floor joists = it all runs the same direction.


    For LVP, my understanding is that the general rule is to install the flooring lengthwise along its longest (and straightest) wall or in the direction of the room's main source of natural light. However, I've never had LVP - but that's what I've read on Houzz in other discussions.

    xilex1 thanked dani_m08
  • last month

    Without considering @dani_m08 's input about the light rule for LVP (I've never had LVP, and never heard this rule), I would say everything should run "left to right" in your floor plan above. I think that would have the flooring running the length of your hall.

    xilex1 thanked kempek01
  • PRO
    last month

    Even with LVP, floor joist determines direction of flooring, for rooms and hallways. Lay it continuos whenever possible.

    xilex1 thanked G & S Floor Service
  • PRO
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    Unless a reason?




    xilex1 thanked JAN MOYER
  • PRO
    last month

    Would advise not to run the flooring in a hallway perpendicular. It will look odd to have so many short segments of flooring that runs from side to side.

    xilex1 thanked Norwood Architects
  • PRO
    last month

    To me layed exactly like real wood is best and that usually means think of the joists and the planks layed lengthwise in a hallway for sure not short little pieces across the hall. The flooring sometimes needs to be in a different direction in rooms off the hall, I see not reasomn for transition strips in the spaces seen all at one time so as Jan posted is what is best.

    xilex1 thanked Patricia Colwell Consulting
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    I would run it front to back everywhere if that will be perpendicular to the floor joists.

    xilex1 thanked millworkman
  • PRO
    last month

    Bet me he's on a slab ? : )

    xilex1 thanked JAN MOYER
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    I am on slab, you are correct @JAN MOYER

    Can you explain why you had two lower bedrooms horizontal but the two upper bedrooms vertical? Thank you.


    Thanks, @Patricia Colwell Consulting . I am trying to figure out if there is logic behind deciding which bedrooms you would choose to run in a different direction.

  • last month

    Jan, I'm actually glad you said that bc I'm on a slab over here wondering wtf floor joists are and are my floors installed correctly lol

  • PRO
    last month


    ^^LOL !!!!!!

  • last month

    @JAN MOYER I will write you a good review lol!


    So Jan, if I decided to just have everything go horizontal it would not look too bad?








  • PRO
    last month

    It would definitely NOT look "bad" : )