Vinyl Plank Flooring Installation Decision ???

tpenfield

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Greetings,

I am doing a kitchen make-over and will be installing LVP (vinyl plank) flooring. I'm trying to decide the direction to run the flooring and am considering how it would/should look vs. the hardwood flooring in the adjoining room (foyer).

Option # 1 Run it in the same direction
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Option #2 run it cross-wise to the foyer flooring
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Not sure if there is a 'right' or wrong', but wanted to get some input before I start. I was thinking cross-wise to give it some contrast, but perhaps there is some foot traffic consideration. The flooring will arrive tomorrow. Probably will start laying the floor by the weekend.
 
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I like the cross grain look. In some of the older homes I've seen where there different generations of wood, they had a lot of cross patterns like that.

I've heard - don't know how true it is - that a general rule of thumb is to run the grain along the same path as the greatest source of light. So, if you've got a window in there, you may want to look at it with the grain running 90ª to the window glass.
 
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Run planks direction of the long way room runs, 1st pix

Running across the long way (2nd pix) makes space "feel" smaller/narrow.

Laid thousands of sqft of hardwood plank....
 
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Opinions are like A$$holes, everyone has one....so do what ever the Misses wants, that is how it will end up anyway.....lol....
 
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After some YT video watching, it appears that the planks should run either the major length of the room, towards a significant source of light (window), or towards a major feature of the room (probably the largest window).

So, it would be option #1. (I had a feeling) :LOL:
 
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The flooring arrived today. It is a bit lighter than the room visualizer pictures, but it will be fine.
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I got to finish painting the walls and trim, then get the floor ready for planking. Probably will be working it this weekend.
 
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