How much does Amtico LVT Cost?
- Floor Design Wetherby
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The Floor Design Guide to Amtico Luxury Vinyl Tile Costs
Every year thousands of people from Wetherby, Boston Spa, Collingham, Harrogate, North Leeds, Boroughbridge and Ripon visit our showroom to speak to our team about Luxury Vinyl Tile, or LVT. As specialist Amtico installers, it's one of the products we're asked about most - and one of the first questions is always the same: what does it actually cost?
There's a wide range in price depending on the Amtico range you choose and the complexity of the installation. This guide walks through what goes into and Amtico LVT project so you know exactly what you're paying for.
To get a personalised, no obligation quotation visit us in store or contact us and one of our team of flooring experts will be happy to help.
What is Amtico LVT?
Amtico LVT is a durable, low-maintenance flooring made from tough vinyl, suitable for every room in the home, with many ranges also carrying a commercial wear classification. It's designed to look like a wide range of natural woods and stones, and comes in individual planks or tiles rather than a single sheet - giving a lot of flexibility over style and laying pattern.
Amtico's three core ranges sit at different price points:
Spacia - A key entry point in to LVT, with a strong colour bank and specification for the price.
Form - the mid-range collection, stepping up in specification and design detail
Signature - Amtico's top range collection with the highest specification and widest choice of design detail.
LVT is different to sheet vinyl, lino or cushion floor - it's far more durable, and each plank or tile is laid individually by the installer rather than rolled out as a sheet.
How is Amtico LVT installed?
Amtico LVT tiles are 3mm in thickness and need to be fully bonded to the sub-floor, so the sub-floor needs to be very smooth - otherwise lines or bumps can show through after installation.
Concrete sub-floors are smoothed with a liquid smoothing compound
Timber sub-floors (floorboards or chipboard) are first overlaid with 6mm flooring grade plywood, then smoothed at the joints.
Moisture under the tiles is one of the main risks to longevity, particularly on concrete sub-floors without a working damp proof course, or new concrete slabs still carrying residual construction moisture. These need to be treated to suppress moisture before the smoothing compound is applied - otherwise the adhesive can fail and the tiles can lift.
How much does Amtico LVT cost?
The overall cost of an LVT installation is more than just the headline cost of the tiles themselves. Much of the cost is in the installation and floor preparation. Here we break down as separate line items - product, materials and fitting - so you can see exactly where your money is going.
Product
Range | Price |
Amtico Spacia | £49.99m² |
Amtico Form | £69.99m² |
Amtico Signature | £83.00m² |
Materials (floor preparation) - one or the other depending on your sub-floor
Item | Price |
Standard 3mm smoothing compound (concrete sub-floors) | £10m² |
6mm flooring-grade plywood (timber sub-floors) | £14m² |
Amtico Adhesive (all installations) | £3m² |
Fitting labour - includes applying the smoothing compound or fitting plywood as part of standard floor preparation
Pattern | Price |
Straight lay plank or tile | from £25m² |
Herringbone or parquet | from £35m² |
Small rooms - for example bathrooms and WCs are priced at a fixed rate rather than per m², typically £250-£300, since labour costs don't scale down proportionally on very small areas.
Worked example
A 20m² room, Amtico Spacia, straight lay, over a concrete sub-floor:
Item | Price |
Amtico Spacia (£49.99 x 20m²) | £999.80 |
Smoothing compound (£10 x 20m²) | £200.00 |
Adhesive (£3 x 20m²) | £60.00 |
Fitting labour (£25 x 20m²) | £500.00 |
Total | £1,759.80 (£87.99m² all in) |
Choose a herringbone parquet laying pattern in the same room and the fitting line becomes £700 (£35 x 20m²), bringing the total to £1,959.80 (£97.99m² all in).
Move up to Amtico Form or Signature and the product line increases accordingly - everything else in the calculation stays the same.
Extra costs to be aware of
The worked example above covers a straightforward installation, but every sub-floor is different and it's common for one or more of the following to apply. We won't know if any of these are needed until we've seen your sub-floor, so we can't put a figure on them here - but it's worth knowing they exist so your final quotation makes sense.
Grinding concrete sub-floors — new concrete slabs often develop a weak surface layer called laitance as they dry, which needs mechanically removing before smoothing compound can be applied properly, similar to sanding down woodwork before painting. The same applies where an old ceramic or tile floor has been lifted, leaving old tile adhesive behind.
Moisture suppressants — if moisture readings in a concrete sub-floor come back too high, a suppressant needs to be applied before the smoothing compound goes down, to protect the Amtico tiles.
Uplift and disposal of existing flooring — removing and disposing of your current carpet, laminate or tiles is charged as an extra.
More complex laying patterns — borders, design strips and other decorative details beyond a standard straight lay or herringbone pattern.
Transition trims — trims fitted in doorways where LVT meets another floor covering are an additional item.
Equalising floor heights between rooms — where more than a standard 6mm plywood or 3mm smoothing compound build-up is needed to bring a floor level with an adjoining room, this can add to the cost.
Is Click LVT any good?
We're often asked about Click LVT, favoured by builders, DIY stores and discount flooring stores. It looks like normal stick-down LVT once installed but is a bit thicker and has a click mechanism on each plank and is fitted as a floating floor - a bit like laminate. It's marketed as a quicker, easier install without the level of floor preparation normal stick-down lvt needs.
We don't recommend it. After more than 40 years in the flooring industry we've seen a wide range of products come and go, and we've experimented with Click LVT over the years - but we can't be confident in it's long-term performance, so we don't recommend it to customer and won't install it.
The click mechanism is often not strong enough to withstand the expansion and contraction of a floating floor, which means a higher failure rate. To avoid that, you still need a good amount of floor preparation - at which point you may as well install the real thing. If you do the correct preparation for Click LVT, there's usually not a significant price difference between the two products anyway.
How do I compare LVT quotations?
At Floor Design Wetherby we have been supplying and installing carpets and flooring for 40 years to customers across Yorkshire and most of our business comes from repeat customers and recommendations. If you've had a very different price elsewhere, it's usually because it isn't a like-for-like quotation - and we're always happy to talk you through why.
The difference in price between quotations is often in the labour charge or the sub-floor preparation. Not all smoothing compounds or plywoods are the same, and to qualify for the ongoing protection of a manufacturer's warranty, the materials and preparation need to meet certain standards. We only use materials that meet or exceed the minimum requirements.
Installation quality matters just as much. Amtico installations are often complex and need a skilled, experienced installer. Every Floor Design project is carried out by one of our approved fitting partners. So if a quote elsewhere has a markedly different fitting charge, that's worth asking about.
Need more help? To get specific advice on your project visit us in store or send us a message and one of our team of flooring experts will be happy to help!
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