Our favourite vinyl flooring installation patterns

When laying LVT flooring, you can get creative with LVT flooring designs to create your desired aesthetic. However, compared to porcelain or ceramic tiles, LVT flooring is a little more restricted, so we’ll show you the best laying patterns and what to avoid when laying vinyl flooring designs.

The 5Gi and 2G click fitting systems provide a similar, straightforward fitting approach, which allows you to lay your flooring in a horizontal, vertical or diagonal laying pattern across your room. You’ll just need to remember your starting points and to keep a certain width expansion joint at the perimeter of the room (check each range’s individual requirements for this).

LVT requires each plank to be staggered when clicked together, because the finished floor will be classed as a floating floor, the LVT plank flooring need to be staggered ideally in a 70:30 ratio (depending on the length of the tile, shorter tiles can be 50:50) to avoid the risk of plank bowing, separating or warping by keeping the structural integrity of the floor intact.

But not to worry, as most LVT come in a wood design, a staggered or offset plank looks the most realistic, mimicking how a real plank wood floor would be laid. If herringbone is your preferred style, our Pronto range offers specially designed LVT herringbone flooring, making it quick and easy to lay in this classic pattern. To see how each of the Pronto ranges fit, you can view their individual fitting guides for a more detailed how to.

If you’ve opted for stone effect LVT then we’d advise dry laying the tiles out, like you would with natural stone tiles, to gauge how the variation in the design best fits together to create the most aesthetically pleasing finish.