Services
LVT / LVP installation
When does LVT or LVP make more sense than hardwood?
Luxury vinyl plank (LVP) and luxury vinyl tile (LVT) are the honest answer whenever moisture, budget or a landlord's rules put real hardwood out of reach. They install fast, take water in stride, and top-tier products read as convincing wood at floor level. Arpa installs LVT and LVP as a companion service to hardwood — for basements, bathrooms, laundry rooms, and for apartments where the building specifically bans real wood.
- Wear layer
- 12 mil residential, 20 mil commercial minimum
- Substrate
- Concrete slab or plywood, flat to 3/16" over 10 ft
- Method
- Click-lock float or full-spread adhesive per product spec
- Best fit
- Basements, bathrooms, laundry, rental units
Not every space wants hardwood. Basements below grade, bathrooms with real shower splash, and rentals where the landlord specs vinyl are three cases where LVT/LVP is not a compromise — it is the correct product.
The subfloor rules do not go away. A vinyl plank floor over a wavy slab telegraphs every dip and shows every seam within a season. We prep and level to the same NWFA flatness tolerance we use for hardwood before laying a single click plank.
Wear-layer thickness is the number that matters most on a spec sheet. A 20-mil wear layer is commercial-grade and takes rolling luggage; a 12-mil wear layer is fine for residential; below that is disposable. We do not install products with wear layers under 12 mil.
Click-lock and glue-down both have a place. Click-lock is the right choice for floating installations over intact slabs; glue-down for high-traffic commercial or over uneven substrates. We use the method the product data sheet requires — a floated plank glued down voids the warranty.
Where we do this work
LVT / LVP installation is available throughout New York County (Manhattan), Kings County (Brooklyn), Queens County, Bronx County, Richmond County (Staten Island), Westchester County, Hudson County, Essex County, Union County, Bergen County, Passaic County, Monmouth County, Middlesex County, from the showroom at 1809 NJ-35, Oakhurst, NJ.