How Much Does Vinyl Plank Flooring Cost to Install in Phoenix Metro?

What Changes Your Price

Most professionally installed vinyl plank flooring in the Phoenix metro commonly falls between about $4.50 and $9.50 per square foot installed. The items below explain why your vinyl plank flooring installation cost may land near the lower end, middle, higher end, or above that planning range. Every figure covers flooring materials plus professional installation, and the final written price comes from an in-home measure.

Comparing more than one material? See flooring options, installation, and costs for how vinyl plank lines up with carpet, tile, laminate, and hardwood.

• Total square footageMore floor means more material and labor, but one large open area often installs more efficiently per square foot than several small, disconnected rooms.Impact: can be significantPrice effectOpen, connected layouts help stay near the lower end and are usually middle of the range. Many small, chopped-up rooms can move toward the higher end.
• Product line and wear layerBasic vinyl plank sits at one end of the scale. Thicker luxury vinyl plank with a heavier wear layer, wider boards or a stronger waterproof core sits at the other.Impact: can be significantPrice effectEntry-level product helps stay near the lower end. Premium LVP can move toward the higher end and, on the heaviest lines, above the typical planning range.
• Subfloor conditionWhat is under the old floor decides how much work happens before a single plank goes down.Impact: can be significantPrice effectClean, flat subfloors help stay near the lower end. Uneven or damaged subfloors add prep and can move toward the higher end.
• Floor prep and levelingDips, humps, slab issues or high spots have to be corrected first, or the planks may not sit flat and lock together correctly.Impact: can be significantPrice effectLight prep is usually middle of the range. Heavy leveling can move above the typical planning range.
• Old flooring removal and haul-awayPulling up the old floor and disposing of it takes labor and time, and not every floor comes up the same way.Impact: moderatePrice effectSimple carpet removal is usually middle of the range. Glued-down vinyl, tile or multiple layers can move toward the higher end.
• Stairs and landingsEvery tread, riser and landing is measured, cut and finished by hand rather than laid in a simple run.Impact: can be significantPrice effectStairs can move toward the higher end, and a full staircase can move above the typical planning range.
• Transitions and thresholdsEvery doorway or change of flooring needs a transition piece cut and fitted so the two surfaces meet cleanly.Impact: minor to moderatePrice effectA few transitions help stay near the lower end. Many openings or mixed flooring surfaces are usually middle of the range.
• Baseboards and trimRemoving and reinstalling baseboards, adding quarter round or replacing trim affects both material and labor.Impact: minor to moderatePrice effectKeeping existing trim helps stay near the lower end. Replacing or adding trim is usually middle of the range.
• Furniture movingNormal furniture is quick to shift. Heavy, oversized, fragile or crowded rooms take real time to clear and put back.Impact: minorPrice effectLight furniture needs help stay near the lower end. Heavy or crowded rooms are usually middle of the range.