Porcelain tiles or luxury vinyl in sunny room?

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Any help or advice would be hugely appreciated. I'm having some house alterations which will include 5 metre bi-folds and 2 velux windows with south facing aspect - the light and sun will come flooding in. It includes a kitchen area so laminate not really an option.

I'm weighing up pro's and cons of porcelain tiles vs loose lay LVP (I like wood effect planks whichever I go for).

I understand the tiles will stand up to the sun better and shouldn't fade but could be cold in autumn/winter (I don't have ufh). The LVP is warmer but I understand won't stand up so well to the sun and have read some horror stories of rapid fading / discolouration.

My local carpet shop recommended Kardean looselay but said I should close blinds when sunny. Have read that Amtico stands up better than Karndean to the sun. Is that right? I obviously don't want to get something where I always feel like I've got to close blinds /draw curtains as soon as the sun makes an appearance, defeats the point of having bi-folds!

All advice and experience of using any of these when getting loads of sun through bi-folds would be hugely appreciated.

Thanks so much🙂

We have south facing patio doors with Karndean LVT and there isn't any fading. The curtains have faded badly though.

Ours has been down for quite a goodly while and the only time you can see the fading is when I move the mat at the patio doors and it has faded quite substantially.

I have LVT (like above not branded a cheaper one ) , runs all through the kitchen /diner as well as conservatory which gets a lot of sun during the summer , enough to completely fade any items( kids games boxes etc) left in there but the floor is completely fine exactly the same as is everywhere else and had it down for over 4 years now.

Thanks guys. Did you put in click, looselay or glue gown LVT? Have you got any pics of what you put down you'd be happy to share? I'm leaning towards lvt - I'm having solar glass which should help with the heat.

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@Welfast Thanks for that - looks really good

its Ultra violet (UV) that will affect plastics. Sun coming in thru glass will not affect it as UV is stopped by glass.
porcelain tiles and similar not affected by uv, but feel cold, barefoot in winter. Cool in heat of summer.
up market plastics might be affected by uv coming in, but how much time will the doors be open with sun light hitting them?
everyone will give advice and not really know, all trying to sell their product. Often they lie as they can’t know your individual circumstances,

when I could flash the cash I spent £1000 on tiles for marble floor in conservatory, then layin the floor. V cold, looks exactly as it did when laid 15 years ago, life expectancy another 1000 years! It’s cost £100 a year so far.

if I had to do it again. I would try cheap vinyl cushion floor, suitable in your situation Warm in winter. Could look brilliant. Cheap. You might not like cheap, but you are looking for advice. If it doesn’t do the job it’s not an expensive mistake. After a couple of years you might understand more, after living with your new room, about what’s best.

if moveable furniture resting on vinyl, then think of something else.

I have advice to give, but nowt to sell. Unbiased.

hope this helps.

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That’s a preference. Decking outside. I had, a disaster. Looked good when new. Soon slippy, we’re, covered in green algae.

A friend of mine has had Amtico in the day room for many years,with sliding doors leading on to the patio. It’s nice and sunny most of the day, the flooring is quite dark in colour and there is no fading whatsoever. And Amtico looks so nice, I thought it was real wood at first.

This isn't actually true. Glass stops most UVB rays, but not UVA. The heat from the sun also attributes to fading. Keeping your doors closed isn't going to prevent this.