Bevelled edges across Andover
Every board in Andover carries a bevel. Across the rest of our vinyl catalog that is the exception: most of the planks we carry are square edged.
A bevel is a small chamfer along the edge of the plank, and what it does is put a shadow line between one board and the next. Instead of a continuous sheet broken by hairline joints, the floor reads as a field of individual boards, which is how a real wood floor looks and the reason the detail exists at all.
The shadow line between planks
Two things, one visual and one practical. Visually it makes each plank legible, so the floor has rhythm and not expanse; on a wide board that reads as deliberate, and on a narrow one it can read as busy. Seven inches sits comfortably in the middle.
The second thing is rhythm. A square edged floor reads as one surface and a bevelled one reads as a count of boards, so the same plank in the same room gives a different impression depending on which edge it carries. On a long run this is the more noticeable of the two effects.
One plank size: 7 by 48
One board only: 7 by 48 inches, 5 mm deep, 20 mil of wear layer. Seven by 48 is the commonest size in our catalog, which makes it the least surprising format available and the easiest to find a matching trim for.
Twenty mil is the general household specification, above the lighter surfaces and below the commercial thicknesses. Every board is waterproof, specified for radiant heat and quoted with a commercial rating, so the capabilities do not vary either.
Andover colors
Brown, gray and beige are represented in similar numbers, with one white alongside them. Three families in genuine balance rather than one dominant and two token, which is what makes the range usable before a room has been settled.
The consequence is a range that can follow a room, not lead it. Where a scheme changes direction late, which it often does once cabinets or countertops are chosen, the floor can move with it without restarting the specification. The color families in full sit under brown, beige and gray.
Five millimeter construction
Five millimeters is where most of our rigid core sits, and building a whole range on it removes a question, rather than answering one narrowly. At that depth a board is stiff enough to stay flat across an ordinary room without following every small imperfection beneath it, and shallow enough to meet an existing floor or pass under a door without joinery.
Thicker boards exist and they are stiffer, but stiffness is answering a question about the floor underneath rather than about the plank, and that question is settled in the room rather than on a product page. What a whole range at one depth removes is a variable, not a requirement.
Color as the only choice
Everything technical in Andover is settled and identical: the size, the depth, the wear layer, the bevel. The greater part of the range is rigid core and arrives with its pad already bonded on. What is left to decide is the color, which is the decision most buyers actually want to spend their time on. Luxury vinyl plank explains which figure governs what if the specification needs checking against another range.
