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Blackburn · Lancashire
Bathroom Flooring in Blackburn
A bathroom floor lives with standing water and steam, and the two floors in the range for it are porcelain tile and rigid vinyl listed as waterproof; the walls of a shower can take the Berry Alloc panels. In Blackburn 88% of homes are houses, most of them terraced houses (43%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.
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Bathroom in Blackburn
Bathroom flooring in Blackburn: what the housing says
The floor is the easy part of a bathroom; the edges at the bath, the shower tray and the door threshold are where water gets under any floor, and the fitting instructions are the specification.
The Blackburn with Darwen district counts 58,766 households in the 2021 census, and the mix of houses and flats in that count is what decides how a bathroom floor is specified here.
Terraced houses are 43% of the homes in Blackburn with Darwen, and a terraced bathroom in Blackburn is often a later addition, on the ground floor behind the kitchen or in a first-floor extension over it. A timber first floor under a bathroom is the case for the rigid vinyl, which floats and is light; a ground-floor slab takes either floor once the reading says it is dry.
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All 52 bathroom floors- of households rent privately (15.7% in 2011)
- 20.2%
- live in a flat or maisonette
- 11.8%
- postcode districts we deliver to
- BB1 to BB2
- bathroom floors in our range
- 52
Source: ONS, Census 2021, Blackburn with Darwen (E06000008) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
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The bathroom range for Blackburn homes
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In porcelain, the 600 x 1200 mm tiles: Luna Blanca Matt Porcelain Floor Tile, Night Lux Matt Porcelain Floor Tile and the polished Taj Mahal Pearl; the matt faces are the usual bathroom choice. In rigid vinyl, the click planks such as BML Light Oak SPC Click Flooring and the BML Cement Light SPC Click Floor Tile, listed as waterproof. For the walls of a shower, the five Berry Alloc Wall & Water Shower Panels, 600 x 2400 mm, listed as waterproof.
| Product | Format | Wear layer / thickness | Fitting | Underfloor heating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BML Natural Oak SPC Click Flooring | 5.2mm x 181mm x 1220mm | 0.3mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
| BML Grey Oak SPC Click Flooring | 5.2mm x 181mm x 1220mm | 0.3mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
| BML Herringbone American White Oak SPC Luxury Vinyl Flooring | 6.5mm x 126mm x 630mm | 0.55mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
| BML Herringbone Antique Smoked Oak SPC Floor | 6.5mm x 126mm x 630mm | 0.55mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
| BML Misty Oak SPC Wide Flooring | 6.5mm x 228mm x 1524mm | 0.55mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
| BML Ash SPC Wide Flooring | 6.5mm x 228mm x 1524mm | 0.55mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
| Berry Alloc Wall & Water Shower Panel White Brooklyn Concrete | 1.44 Square Metres | 10.2mm | Interlocking System · listed as waterproof | |
| Luna Blanca Polished Porcelain Floor Tile 600 x 1200 | 10mm | Compatible |
Local fact sheet
Blackburn's homes, by the numbers
Blackburn with Darwen in the 2021 census: 58,766 households, 88% houses, 12% flats.
We deliver to BB1 and BB2 — Blackburn Central, Audley and Queen's Park, Bastwell and Daisyfield, Billinge and Beardwood, and south towards Lower Darwen. Blackburn with Darwen is a unitary authority. The tenure shift here is sharper than the national pattern: ownership fell 3.7 points to 60.5% between 2011 and 2021 while private renting rose 4.5 points to 20.2%, and social renting is 18.8%. Nearly two in five homes are rented. That makes durability per pound the deciding number for a large share of orders, and it is why LVT and higher AC-rated laminate lead on this page rather than solid oak. Where a floor is going into an owner-occupied terrace, the calculation is different and worth a conversation.
Beyond the central terraces – Livesey with Pleasington, Little Harwood and Whitebirk, on towards Wilpshire and Salesbury – the semis and detached houses start, and between them they edge past the terraced share of Blackburn with Darwen. Rooms run wider out there, and the order tends to cover the whole downstairs rather than a single front room.
A boarded ground floor over a ventilated void is the coldest surface in a Mill Hill terrace, and it moves a little with each heating season. Underlay and a vapour barrier settle both comfort and fit before the covering is chosen at all.
Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
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Before you order in Blackburn
- The edges, not the middle The bath, the tray, the door threshold: sealed as the fitting instructions describe. That is where water gets under a floor.
- Matt or polished A polished tile is a different floor when wet. The HSE's pendulum grades tell you how different; a matt face is the usual bathroom choice.
- Timber floor under a tile A first-floor bathroom on joists flexes. A tile over it needs a stiff base or it cracks at the grout; the vinyl floats over it.
- The bathroom over the kitchen In a terrace the bathroom is often a later addition over the kitchen, on joists that were not sized for a tiled floor. The vinyl floats over them; a tile wants a stiffened base first.
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Agate Blue Lappato Porcelain Floor Tile 600 x 1200 (mm)
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Questions
Bathroom flooring in Blackburn: questions, answered
Tile or vinyl for a bathroom in Blackburn?
Porcelain is permanent, cool and hard, and suits a wet room with a fall; rigid vinyl listed as waterproof is warmer, quieter, floats over a timber first floor and can be lifted. Both need the edges sealed properly, which is where a bathroom floor fails if it fails.
Are the wall panels a replacement for tiles?
In a shower enclosure, yes: a panel runs floor to ceiling in one piece with a joint every 600 mm instead of a grout line every 300, and it is listed as waterproof by the manufacturer. The panel guide explains the datasheet and the fitting.
Can I lay a bathroom floor over underfloor heating?
The tiles and the rigid vinyl are listed for it. The screed is dry on a reading and the system commissioned before the floor goes down; the surface limit in a bathroom under EN 1264 is 33 °C.
Can I order flooring samples to my Blackburn address?
Yes. Samples come by post to any BB1 or BB2 address, so nobody has to drive out to a showroom to look at a board. Set one down on your own floor and judge it in the daylight that room actually gets.
Do you deliver bathroom flooring to Blackburn?
Yes. We deliver across Blackburn and Lancashire from our UK warehouse, including the BB1 and BB2 postcode districts. Delivery cost and timing depend on the delivery postcode and are shown at checkout, and samples come by post first so the floor can be seen in the room before the full order.
Can I see a bathroom sample before ordering in Blackburn?
Yes: cut samples are £1.99 each, up to two per product, posted to your Blackburn address. Two or three side by side on the floor, in the room's own light morning and evening, settle the colour faster than any photograph.
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