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Eastleigh · Hampshire

Bathroom Flooring in Eastleigh

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 Eastleigh 84% of homes are houses, most of them detached houses (33%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.

Bathroom in Eastleigh

Bathroom flooring in Eastleigh: what the housing says

The Eastleigh district counts 56,922 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.

Detached houses are 33% of the homes in Eastleigh, and a detached house in Eastleigh 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 73% in Eastleigh, and an owner refitting a bathroom in Eastleigh 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.

of households rent privately (12.3% in 2011)
13.9%
live in a flat or maisonette
16.2%
postcode districts we deliver to
SO50, SO53, SO97
bathroom floors in our range
52

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Eastleigh (E07000086) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

Local conditions

A room heated through winter dries the boards in it, and summer puts the moisture back. Cut the expansion gap in a Bishopstoke floor for every one of those cycles.

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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.

ProductFormatWear layer / thicknessFittingUnderfloor heating
BML Natural Oak SPC Click Flooring5.2mm x 181mm x 1220mm0.3mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible
BML Grey Oak SPC Click Flooring5.2mm x 181mm x 1220mm0.3mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible
BML Herringbone American White Oak SPC Luxury Vinyl Flooring6.5mm x 126mm x 630mm0.55mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible
BML Herringbone Antique Smoked Oak SPC Floor6.5mm x 126mm x 630mm0.55mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible
BML Misty Oak SPC Wide Flooring6.5mm x 228mm x 1524mm0.55mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible
BML Ash SPC Wide Flooring6.5mm x 228mm x 1524mm0.55mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible
Berry Alloc Wall & Water Shower Panel White Brooklyn Concrete1.44 Square Metres10.2mmInterlocking System · listed as waterproof
Luna Blanca Polished Porcelain Floor Tile 600 x 120010mmCompatible

Local fact sheet

Eastleigh's homes, by the numbers

Eastleigh in the 2021 census: 56,922 households, 83% houses, 16% flats.

Eastleigh covers SO50 and SO53 — Eastleigh Central, North and South, Bishopstoke, Chandler's Ford, Colden Common and Twyford, and Ampfield and Braishfield. It is a district of Hampshire. Ownership was 71.0% at the 2021 census with private renting at just 13.9%, up only 1.6 points in a decade — one of the smallest shifts we see. Eastleigh, like Darlington, grew as a railway town, and the terraces built for the works are suspended timber; Chandler's Ford is largely later and solid. Two different jobs, half a mile apart. The one thing both share is that a floor bought in a high-ownership market gets lived on for a long time, so the wear layer is where the money goes.

Not every Eastleigh household owns all of the home it lives in: shared ownership means a share bought and rent paid on the rest. That puts some SO50 and SO53 houses on a lease, so at Fair Oak or Eastleigh South a floor covering can be somebody else's business even with no flat above.

Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Eastleigh

  • 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.
  • En-suites and the family bathroom More wet rooms mean more thresholds and more edges sealed. The same floor in all of them keeps the specification simple; a matt face for the footing in each.
  • A floor the bathroom is built around A tile bedded before the sanitaryware stays for the life of the bathroom; the vinyl and the panels are changed with it. Decide with the fitter which this bathroom is.

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Questions

Bathroom flooring in Eastleigh: questions, answered

Tile or vinyl for a bathroom in Eastleigh?

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 Eastleigh address?

Yes. Order to an Eastleigh North or Nursling and Rownhams address, then put the piece down on the floor and look at it from standing height rather than holding it up: a board at arm's length reads a shade lighter than the same board underfoot.

Do you deliver bathroom flooring to Eastleigh?

Yes. We deliver across Eastleigh and Hampshire from our UK warehouse, including the SO50, SO53 and SO97 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 Eastleigh?

Yes: cut samples are £1.99 each, up to two per product, posted to your Eastleigh 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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