How to Order Patterned Vinyl Flooring | For the Floor & More
How to order patterned vinyl flooring - A how-to post by forthefloorandmore.com

Ordering Your New Vinyl Flooring

ORDERING YOUR FLOOR

From favourite design to finished floor

Found a floor you love? Choose the design, add your room measurements and let us know if you’d like any colour or scale changes. We’ll send a proof for you to check before we make it.

MADE FOR YOUR ROOM

You only buy what your room needs

Every floor is produced to the dimensions you order, so you don’t need to buy a standard roll width or more flooring than your room actually needs.

No minimum order
Order only the amount your room needs.
Up to 2.9m wide
Larger rooms can be supplied in multiple panels.
Proof before production
Check the design and pattern scale before we make your floor.

01
START HERE

Order a few samples

Free UK samples are available from every flooring product page, so you can see the colour, finish and 2.6mm cushioned vinyl in your own space before ordering. For international samples, you only pay the postage.

A note about pattern scale

The pattern may be reduced to fit the sample square, so don’t use the sample itself to judge the final pattern size. Your proof will show the scale before anything goes into production.


Browse flooring and order free samples →

02
MEASURE THE ROOM

Give yourself a little room for trimming

Measure the room at its widest width and longest length, then add around 5–10cm to each measurement.

That extra gives your fitter room for walls that aren’t perfectly square and for final trimming during installation.

Wide + long

Use the widest width and longest length of the whole room.

Add 5–10cm

Add this to both measurements before ordering.

Odd-shaped room?

For L-shaped or unusual rooms, use the overall widest and longest points.

Enter those measurements in centimetres into the calculator on the flooring product page. Your floor is supplied as square or rectangular panel(s), with the final cuts around walls, doorways and other details made during fitting.

Individual panels can be produced up to 2.9 metres wide. If your room needs more than one panel, we include around 5cm of additional pattern along the joining edges so your fitter can line the design up before trimming the overlap away.

03
CHOOSE THE DESIGN

Love it as shown? Order it just like that.

Choose the standard colours and scale and simply order the design as it appears on the website.

If you’d prefer a colour or scale change, most designs can be adjusted at no extra cost.

PATTERN SCALE

Same design. Different scale.

A larger or smaller repeat can change the feel of a pattern quite dramatically. These examples show the same design at three different scales.

WHEN YOU ORDER

Tell us what you’d like to change

Add your request to the order notes box at checkout.

Changing a colour?

Tell us what you have in mind. A paint colour, Pantone reference, HEX code or another useful colour reference is ideal.

Changing the pattern scale?

Tell us how you’d like it changed — perhaps twice the size shown on the website, half the size, the same scale as your sample, or something in between.

Not completely sure yet?

Tell us roughly what you have in mind. We’ll show the change on your proof so you can see how it looks before approving it.

How to add colour or scale instructions to the order notes at checkout

Add colour or scale requests to the order notes box at checkout.

There’s more information about colour matching in our
FAQs.


Read our guide to changing colours and scale →

04
YOUR PROOF

See it before we make it

After you order, we’ll email a proof showing your design at the dimensions and pattern scale we’ll use for production.

Check the layout

Check the design and orientation look right.

Check the scale

Unless you’ve asked for a change, your first proof uses the scale shown in the website feet image.

Want to change it?

Reply to the proof email and we’ll amend it before production.

We also include an A4 section you can print at 100% if you’d like to check the pattern size at actual scale.

You can ask for changes until you approve the proof. Once you’re happy, we move into production.

05
PRODUCTION & DELIVERY

Then we make your floor

Once you approve your proof, production begins. Most orders arrive around two weeks later.

Patterned vinyl flooring rolls produced for For the Floor and More customers

We’ll let you know when your flooring is on its way and send tracking details where available.

International delivery is available to selected destinations. Contact us if you’d like to check delivery before ordering.

WHEN IT ARRIVES

Give it a quick check

Before fitting, unroll the flooring and check the design, dimensions and any joining panels.

Allow it to acclimatise in the room for at least 24 hours before installation.


Read the installation guide →

LOOKING AFTER IT

Everyday care is simple

A damp mop, warm water and a diluted floor cleaner are normally all that’s needed for regular cleaning.


View the flooring cleaning guide →

STILL UNSURE?

Ask us before you order

If you’d like help with measuring, panel planning, colour or scale changes, or anything else before ordering, just get in touch.


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