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Chester · Cheshire
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 Chester 88% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (36%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.
Bathroom in Chester
The Cheshire West and Chester district counts 155,156 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 36% of the Cheshire West and Chester 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.
Detached houses are 31% of the homes in Cheshire West and Chester, and a detached house in Chester has an en-suite as well as a family bathroom, often a wet room. The large-format porcelain tiles suit a wet room with a fall to the drain; the rigid vinyl suits the family bathroom where warmth underfoot matters. The panels take the shower walls in either.
Owner-occupation is 70% in Cheshire West and Chester, and an owner refitting a bathroom in Chester is choosing between the tile's permanence and the vinyl's warmth, and, on the walls, between tiles with grout and panels without. The bathroom guide and the panel guide linked below take each decision in turn.
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All 52 bathroom floorsSource: ONS, Census 2021, Cheshire West and Chester (E06000050) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
We deliver across Chester and the wider Cheshire area. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Ellesmere Port, Northwich, Winsford, Nantwich, Crewe, Wrexham and surrounding Cheshire West and North Wales borders.
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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
Cheshire West and Chester in the 2021 census: 155,156 households, 87% houses, 12% flats.
CH1 and CH2 carry the bulk of Chester deliveries, alongside the CH70, CH88 and CH99 codes, and between them cover Blacon, Newton & Hoole, Upton, Saughall & Mollington, Christleton & Huntington, Sandstone, Gowy Rural and Chester City & the Garden Quarter. Across Cheshire West and Chester, flats make up only 11.9% of dwellings, semi-detached property 36.3%, and owner occupation 68.3%. Most work is therefore owner-led and whole-floor, in houses rather than tenanted rooms in blocks. Central terraces and converted upper storeys are the exception. Elsewhere the pattern is solid concrete downstairs in post-war stock and suspended timber in anything older, which is worth establishing early because it decides how much levelling compound the quote has to carry.
Owner-occupiers hold close to seven Chester homes in ten, and detached and semi-detached houses together make up two thirds of the stock, from Blacon and Upton out to Christleton, Huntington and the Gowy villages. Owned family houses in this part of Cheshire also tend to contain dogs.
A dog changes the specification more than most people expect. Claws mark a soft surface layer within weeks, the marks are fine, numerous and impossible to spot-repair, and water from a bowl or from wet fur sits in the same places every day.
Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
Guides
Before you order in Chester
Shop the rangeTilesRead guide 
Room guideBest Flooring for BathroomsRead guide 
How to chooseSlip Resistance Explained: PTV, R Values and What the Label SaysRead guide 
How to chooseBathroom Wall Panels: How Wall & Water WorksRead guide 
Buying guideBest Flooring for Underfloor Heating: What Works and What to AvoidRead guide Bestsellers
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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.
In a Georgian townhouse the finish matters as much as the board. An oiled surface can be repaired in place, patch by patch, as the floor ages; a lacquered one has to be sanded as a whole room when it wears. In a house kept for decades that difference compounds.
Yes. We deliver across Chester and Cheshire from our UK warehouse, including the CH1, CH2, CH70, CH88 and CH99 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 Chester 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 Chester, each on its own page with the same housing data read for that floor.
Engineered Woodin Chester33 floors
Solid Woodin Chester15 floors
Parquetin Chester15 floors
LVT Vinylin Chester36 floors
SPC Rigid Vinylin Chester36 floors
Laminatein Chester12 floors6 materials · scroll sideways to see all
Kitchenin Chester
Living Roomin Chester
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