Shop by category
Browse our editorial collections and find your perfect floor.
Browse CollectionsBrowse our editorial collections and find your perfect floor.
Browse Collections
Cheltenham · Gloucestershire
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 Cheltenham roughly one home in 4 is a flat (27%), so sound through the floor matters alongside the base under it.
Bathroom in Cheltenham
The Cheltenham district counts 52,898 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.
Semi-detached houses are 33% of the Cheltenham stock, and the semi's bathroom is upstairs on a timber floor, often over the kitchen. The floor over joists is checked for level and stiffness before a tile goes on it, because a tile over a floor that flexes cracks at the grout; the rigid vinyl floats over it and is the more forgiving of the two on timber.
Flats are 27% of the homes in the Cheltenham district, and a bathroom in a flat is the room a leak from matters most, because it is someone else's ceiling. The rigid-vinyl floor over the slab with the edges sealed to the instructions, and the panels on the shower walls without a grout line to fail, are the two choices that keep the water where it belongs.
Private renting is 23% of households in Cheltenham, and a rented bathroom in Cheltenham is refitted more often than any other room. The rigid vinyl goes in without a wet trade and comes out the same way; the wall panels go up over existing tiles. For a let that turns over, that is the specification.
Shop the range
All 52 bathroom floorsSource: ONS, Census 2021, Cheltenham (E07000078) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
We deliver across Cheltenham and the wider Cotswolds. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Gloucester, Tewkesbury, Winchcombe, Stow-on-the-Wold, Bourton-on-the-Water, Stroud and surrounding Cotswold villages.
Delivery detailsThe range
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
Cheltenham in the 2021 census: 52,898 households, 73% houses, 27% flats.
Private renting reaches 23.4% of households in Cheltenham, up from 21.5% a decade earlier, and 5.7% of all homes are flats formed inside converted houses — a figure worth holding onto in a stock that is otherwise 72.6% houses. GL50, GL51, GL52 and GL53 are the districts served, taking in All Saints, College, Battledown and Charlton Kings. Conversions of that kind almost always sit on the original timber joists, so deflection and squeak show up long before the wear layer does; screwing off loose boards and laying a rigid board underlay matter more than the finish chosen above them. A rented home also argues for a click-fitted floating floor that can be lifted and relaid between tenancies rather than bonded down for good.
One Cheltenham home in three is semi-detached and almost a quarter of households rent privately, up by nearly two points in a decade. The Regency terraces get the attention, but most of the town's floors go into twentieth-century houses in Benhall, Battledown and the Reddings.
Regency houses carry deep skirtings and tall door architraves, and both were set to the floor as it then was. Raising the level eats into that detail, so the build-up height is decided before the material in Lansdown, Montpellier and the Park.
Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
Guides
Before you order in Cheltenham
Bestsellers
Reviews
Trustpilot
Reviews written by our customers on Trustpilot.
Read all reviews on TrustpilotReviews on our Google Business Profile.
Read all reviews on GoogleAsk us first
Call 020 3858 0353, Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm, or send a photo of the room to info@homesandfloors.com.
Contact usQuestions
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.
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.
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.
Yes. We deliver across Cheltenham and Gloucestershire from our UK warehouse, including the GL50, GL51, GL52 and GL53 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.
Yes: cut samples are £1.99 each, up to two per product, posted to your Cheltenham 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.
All ranges
Every range and room for Cheltenham, each on its own page with the same housing data read for that floor.
Engineered Woodin Cheltenham33 floors
Solid Woodin Cheltenham15 floors
Parquetin Cheltenham15 floors
LVT Vinylin Cheltenham36 floors
SPC Rigid Vinylin Cheltenham36 floors
Laminatein Cheltenham12 floors6 materials · scroll sideways to see all
Kitchenin Cheltenham
Living Roomin Cheltenham
Bedroomin CheltenhamHallwayin Cheltenham
Conservatoryin CheltenhamUtility Roomin Cheltenham6 rooms · scroll sideways to see all
6 needs · scroll sideways to see all
The same range nearby
Distances are straight-line miles from Cheltenham. Each link opens the bathroom page for that town.
United KingdomGloucestershireCheltenhamBathroom
151 towns and cities, 24 county guides, one map.
Order samples£1.99 each · up to 10 per order
OrderUnsubscribe anytime
Room inspiration, practical advice, selected offers and useful updates for your project.
No spam. Unsubscribe any time.
