Lvt over existing lvt?

Hi, no professional floorlayer ever would. However, if you wanted to risk your new LVT & void your warranty, which seems a bit silly, you MAY possibly `get away with bodging it`. Hope this helps, Chris M-W.

Although not strictly ‘by the book’, it is possible. The existing LVT may need some additional preparation such as a priming or a screed to ensure the new adhesive fixes well. Obviously to ensure any manufacturers warranty is upheld a fresh sub floor preparation would be required.

you could use a product called softlay which can be laid over the existing flooring and new lvt installed.

Hi, a genuine and professional floor layer will never do this or anything similar. Doing this or anything similar will void all warranties. It will also cause a tradesman a loss of reputation which isn’t worth it in my opinion! It will also cause a loss of money for the customer and inconvenience due to having to rip both layers of LVT up and start it all again from the subfloor up how it should of been done from the start. Long story short…always have work done properly no matter what trade it is. I hope this clears things up for you! Thanks, Michael

Hi, when laying LVT you should always try to get all old floor coverings up and back to the original subfloor so that it can be corrected whether that be plyboarded and feather finished or primed, DPM if required and smoothing compound. Sometimes this isn’t possible for example in a listed building where a product such as Jumpax could be used to create a new floating subfloor to protect what’s underneath. However in general domestic jobs, I would always advise to rip out and redo correctly. Not only will it uphold the manufacturers warranty it’s also less likely to cause issues further down the line. Hope this helps!