Cost to Install Vinyl Plank Flooring: A Contractor's Pricing Guide

Vinyl plank (often sold as LVP, SPC or WPC) is popular because it is durable and quick to install. For contractors, the challenge is pricing the work around the plank. This guide explains what drives the installed cost and gives a checklist for pricing vinyl plank jobs. For the step-by-step calculation method, see our LVP installation cost calculator guide.

Material: What Changes the Price

Installed Cost by Room Type

• Bedrooms and living areas: open, simple layouts; lowest labor per square foot.
• Kitchens: cuts around cabinets and islands; appliances may need to be moved.
• Bathrooms: small areas, toilet removal and reset, and many cuts.
• Basements: moisture testing and vapor barriers on concrete.
• Stairs: priced per step, with stair nose or treads.

Labor and Subfloor Work

Labor is usually priced per square foot, with extras for:

• leveling low spots or grinding high spots,
• repairing or replacing damaged subfloor,
• removing and disposing of old flooring (tile and glued-down floors take longest),
• undercutting door jambs and casings,
• moving furniture and appliances,
• installing base, quarter round and transitions.

On many jobs, preparation takes as long as installing the plank.

Pricing Checklist for Vinyl Plank Jobs

1. Measure each room and closet.
2. Add waste by room shape and layout.
3. Price the specified product and underlayment.
4. Add removal and disposal.
5. Add subfloor prep and moisture mitigation.
6. Count transitions, stairs and base.
7. Add appliance and toilet removal and reset.
8. Apply labor by room type.
9. List exclusions such as furniture moving or subfloor replacement.

For Multifamily and Commercial Work

On larger projects, quantities come from the room finish schedule and unit plans. See our flooring cost estimating guide, SPC flooring takeoff guide and finishes estimating services, or send your plans.