LVP Flooring Installation in Lakewood, OH
East Cleveland Flooring supplies and installs SPC luxury vinyl plank (LVP) for Lakewood homes, rentals, and rehabs. Prices are posted per square foot, installs start at 700 sq ft, and this page covers the Lakewood rules worth knowing before your floor comes up.
What You Pay: Material, Labor, or Both
You can buy the plank from us, have us install it, or both. The numbers are the same ones posted on our main LVP installation page:
- LVP material: $2.49 per sq ft (material only)
- Labor-only install special: $3.00 per sq ft. The special is currently running; call to confirm it still applies when you book.
- Minimum: 700 sq ft per install
- Deposit: $500 gets you on the schedule and counts toward the 50% booking payment
Here's an example, worked out before any measuring. Say your Lakewood project is a 750 sq ft first floor. Material is 750 × $2.49 = $1,867.50. Labor-only install is 750 × $3.00 = $2,250. Material and install together come to $4,117.50. The plank is sold by the carton at 28.68 sq ft per carton, so 750 sq ft rounds up to 27 cartons. Your actual quote depends on your measurements and the condition of the floor underneath. Want to run your own numbers? Use the LVP cost calculator.
Current styles are Yorkshire (SC003), Berkley Hill (SC011), Mont Clair (SC001), Sydney Bay (SC012), and Windermere (SC007). Ask about availability for the one you want before you book.
Reaching the 700 Sq Ft Minimum in a Lakewood Project
A single bedroom is usually well under 700 sq ft. A 12 × 12 room is 144 sq ft, so one room on its own won't qualify. Most projects that clear the minimum look like one of these:
- A full level. Living room, dining room, hallway, and kitchen on one floor often add up quickly, and one continuous floor avoids transition strips in every doorway.
- Both units of a two-family. If you own a two-family and are updating both units, measuring them together is one way to plan the work as a single job.
- Several rental units at once. Landlords with more than one Lakewood unit can bundle turnovers. Multiple-unit and portfolio work is quoted on request.
- Finished basement plus upstairs rooms. If you're doing the basement too, read our basement LVP guide first, since basements bring moisture questions upstairs rooms don't.
Measure each room's length × width, add them up, and include closets and hallways you want covered. Send us those numbers; we confirm measurements before you book.
Lakewood Rules That Touch a Flooring Job
Most of what you need to know about a flooring job is the same anywhere. A few points are specific to the City of Lakewood, and they're easier to handle before install day than after.
Permits
Lakewood's permit requirements guide says renovations involving structural, electrical, mechanical, or plumbing work generally need permits, and it lists kitchen remodels, bathroom remodels that replace more than two fixtures, and floor plan changes among the projects that do. Replacing floor covering isn't listed either way, and the guide asks you to check with the city's Building Department before starting any project it doesn't list. That matters most when a flooring job grows, for example when rotted subfloor framing turns up or a bathroom remodel happens while the floor is up.
Painted trim in older homes
Flooring work often means pulling baseboard, shoe molding, or quarter round. In homes built before 1978, that trim may carry lead paint. Lakewood's contractor terms and conditions require EPA Lead-Safe certification when more than six square feet of lead paint is disturbed in a pre-1978 home (see the EPA's Renovation, Repair and Painting Program). Not sure when your house was built? Look it up on the Cuyahoga County Fiscal Officer's MyPlace property search, and tell us the year built when you request a quote so we can plan how trim is handled.
Old tile and sheet vinyl
The EPA lists vinyl floor tiles, the backing on vinyl sheet flooring, and adhesives among the places asbestos may be found in older homes, and notes that exposure happens when the material is disturbed. If you find old tile under carpet, don't sand, scrape, or break it up yourself. Tell us what's there. Depending on the floor, installing over it may be an option; our guide on installing LVP over existing flooring explains when that works.
Work hours
Lakewood's noise ordinance bars power tools between 9 PM and 8 AM on weekdays, and before 10 AM or after 6 PM on Sundays. Our install hours are Monday through Saturday, 8 AM to 6 PM, so our crews aren't cutting plank at hours that bring a neighbor to the door.
For Lakewood Landlords: Floors and the City's Rental Rules
Lakewood requires a housing license for rental units, and the license renews every year by November 1. The city's landlord resources include a sample property maintenance inspection checklist. Two flooring items on it are worth knowing:
- Slip and trip hazards. The checklist treats more than 3/8 inch of deviation in the floor plane as a trip hazard.
- Broken or missing flooring. It's listed as an item inspectors check.
Lifted seams, torn sheet vinyl, and uneven transitions between rooms are the kind of things that show up on that list. If you're replacing the floor anyway, raise any subfloor problems at the quote so the new floor goes down flat.
Selling a Lakewood rental? The city requires a Certificate of Code Compliance and inspection before a rental property is transferred; see the city's inspections and code compliance page. For planning a turnover, see rental turnover flooring and the best flooring for rental properties.
Getting the Room Ready
A little prep on your end keeps install day on schedule:
- Clear furniture, rugs, and anything stored on the floor.
- Tell us what's on the floor now (carpet, tile, sheet vinyl, hardwood) and whether you know what's under it.
- Point out soft spots, squeaks, or water stains so we can look at the subfloor before plank goes down.
- Know how doors will clear the new floor height, especially interior doors that already rub.
Our LVP installation prep guide walks through the rest, and how to clean LVP flooring covers care afterward.
How Booking Works
- Request a quote. Call (216) 238-5999 or email [email protected] with the Lakewood address, the rooms, and your rough square footage.
- Confirm measurements and scope. We go over the square footage and what the install includes before you book.
- Book your date. $500 gets you on the schedule and counts toward the 50% booking payment.
- Install. Crews work Monday through Saturday, 8 AM to 6 PM.
- Walkthrough. Look over the finished floor with us.
Frequently Asked Questions
Do you install LVP flooring in Lakewood?
Yes. Lakewood is in Cuyahoga County, which is part of our service area. Call (216) 238-5999 or email [email protected] with the address, rooms, and rough square footage.
Is there a minimum job size?
Yes. Installs start at 700 sq ft. Combining rooms, a full floor, or more than one unit is the usual way to reach it.
Do I need a City of Lakewood permit to replace flooring?
Lakewood's permit requirements guide doesn't list floor covering replacement either way. It says structural, electrical, mechanical, and plumbing renovations generally need permits, and it asks you to check with the city's Building Department before starting a project it doesn't list.
What days do you install?
Monday through Saturday, 8 AM to 6 PM.
How does the $500 deposit work?
$500 gets you on the schedule and counts toward the 50% booking payment.
Get a Lakewood LVP Quote
Send us the address, the rooms, and your measurements. Call (216) 238-5999 or email [email protected].
Selling a Lakewood house instead of renovating it? See We Buy Houses in Lakewood.
Written by the East Cleveland Flooring team. East Cleveland Flooring is a DBA of ACC Solutions LLC, Licensed General Contractor, License #CR25025171.