What vinyl plank and laminate floors cost

A price for about 200 square feet is for a floor of that size, so don't multiply it by the square feet. For a bigger or smaller room, use the per square foot ranges. For any material, new flooring comes to $5 to $15 per square foot, installed.^13-14

The installed ranges are for the new floor. Taking up the old one is priced on its own.

The EPA lists vinyl floor tiles, the backing on vinyl sheet flooring, and their adhesives among the places asbestos may be found in a home.²² OSHA's rule for flooring companies treats asphalt and vinyl flooring put in no later than 1980 as containing asbestos unless it's shown not to.²³

If the floor coming up is old vinyl or asphalt tile or sheet vinyl, don't sand it or take it up yourself. Asbestos in old floor tiles and sheet vinyl explains what to do instead.

• Homes built before 1978. Laying a new floor that disturbs no painted surface isn't covered by the EPA's lead-safe rule,²⁴ but cutting or taking off painted baseboards or trim can be.²⁵ Lead-safe rules for floor work explains when.
• Permits. Do you need a permit for new flooring or subfloor repair? has each state's rule.

Each company on this site is listed with its phone number where it has one, so you can call two or three and compare. You can also send a request through the request form.