Comparison
Repair or Replace Rental Flooring?
By All Purpose Anytime Services LLC
Three questions decide it: is there matching material, how big is the damage, and where can the new floor stop cleanly.
Market rates
- Vinyl flooring installed: $2 to $22 per square foot nationally, $2,561 on average per job
- Luxury vinyl plank materials: $1.50 to $12 per square foot. Labor $1 to $10
- Washington, DC vinyl: $2 to $14 per square foot installed. Carpet $3.50 to $11
- Washington, DC flooring labor: $60 to $120 per hour
Sources: Angi, vinyl flooring (Jul. 2026); Angi, Washington DC flooring (Jul. 2026). Survey figures, not quotes. The floor in your unit is priced after we look at it.
1. Is there matching material?
Leftover boxes or a product still being sold means a repair can disappear. No match means a patch that shows forever.
2. How much is damaged?
A few planks or one carpet area is a repair. Damage spread across the room usually is not.
3. Where can it stop?
Replacement should end at a doorway or transition, never in the middle of a room. That line decides how much floor gets replaced.
What we do
Where it makes sense we price both, so you can choose. See flooring repair and replacement.
Get the Floor Looked At
We tell you whether the damaged section can be repaired or the room needs new flooring.