Should I choose 6-inch or 9-inch LVP flooring?
Narrower 6-inch planks are often recommended because they offer a better click-lock connection and are easier to manage on uneven subfloors. While 9-inch wide planks are an option, they can look disproportionately large and make a room feel smaller than it actually is.
What people tried
Every workaround mentioned in the threads below. We haven’t tested any of them — and nobody here is claiming they worked.
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- 1selecting narrower planks because they are more forgiving over dips and low spotsDid this help you?
- 2hiring professional installers to handle the uneven subfloor prepDid this help you?
- 3Using narrower 6-inch planks in smaller rooms to maintain visual scaleDid this help you?
- 4Choosing narrower planks specifically for their tighter click-lock connectionsDid this help you?
In their words
Unedited, grouped by where they were said, most upvoted first within each place, each linked to the thread it came from.
“could you please advise whether 6-inch-wide LVP or 9-inch-wide LVP is a better option?”source ↗
“I put 9 inch in my living room and frankly it feels a bit too wide for the space, makes the room look smaller than it is.”source ↗
“Hello, could you please advise whether 6-inch-wide LVP or 9-inch-wide LVP is a better option? I’ve been reading about it, and some people suggest that 6-inch-wide planks have a better click-lock connection than 9-inch-wide planks.”source ↗
“Thank you, our subfloor is bit uneven. We also feel that 9" wide might looks too big in our space.”source ↗
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