Floor Hatch and LVT

choi

I'm fitting Camaro lvt on 6mm ply on a timber floor
There is an access hatch into the area under the floor approx 600 X 600 mm

What is the best way to treat the hatch so it looks good and the lvt is secure

Floor guy says he could just cut round it leave a 3mm gap and fit pvc dim strip

Or I could fix mitred aluminium 50 mm trim screwed in place 

 Has anyone used an actual access hatch product suitable for 20 mm softwood flooring

grumbler

choi said:

Floor guy says he could just cut round it leave a 3mm gap and fit pvc dim strip

Sort of wedged strip? Are you going to leave the hatch not covered with LVT then?!

choi

grumbler said:

choi said:

Floor guy says he could just cut round it leave a 3mm gap and fit pvc dim strip

Sort of wedged strip? Are you going to leave the hatch not covered with LVT then?!

I would fit ply and lvt to the hatch too

So I'm assuming small dim strip to hatch and adjacent floor

grumbler

I don't understand. If both are the same level, why diminishing strip?

IMO, it does make sense to make some sort of 'frame' around the hatch (and, possibly, around the LVT on the hatch too), but it has to be flush with the tiles, not diminishing.

ETA: something similar to these trims used for ceramic tiles:

choi

grumbler said:

I don't understand. If both are the same level, why diminishing strip?

IMO, it does make sense to make some sort of 'frame' around the hatch (and, possibly, around the LVT on the hatch too), but it has to be flush with the tiles, not diminishing.

ETA: something similar to these trims used for ceramic tiles:

I think that kind of trim could work

The ply and lvt could fit into the recess

I could fit this to the hatch and the surrounding floor 

sew_what

We put our hatch in front of the back door and left it slightly recessed to take a coir door mat - it has an aluminium surround. You wouldn't know there was a hatch there unless you lifted the mat!