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Exeter · Devon
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 Exeter roughly one home in 4 is a flat (26%), so sound through the floor matters alongside the base under it.
Bathroom in Exeter
The Exeter district counts 52,551 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 31% of the homes in Exeter, and a terraced bathroom in Exeter 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.
Flats are 26% of the homes in the Exeter 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 25% of households in Exeter, and a rented bathroom in Exeter 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.
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All 52 bathroom floorsSource: ONS, Census 2021, Exeter (E07000041) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
We deliver across Exeter and the wider Devon area. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We cover Exmouth, Dawlish, Tiverton, Honiton, Crediton, Newton Abbot, Cullompton and the surrounding Devon countryside.
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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
Exeter in the 2021 census: 52,551 households, 73% houses, 26% flats.
Private renting reached 24.9% of Exeter households in 2021, up from 21.0% a decade earlier, while owner-occupation slipped to 57.2%. Terraced housing is the largest single type at 31.3%, spread through Heavitree, Exwick, Newtown and St Leonard's and St David's, with EX1, EX2 and EX4 all served. A rented terrace argues for floors that go down without wrecking what is underneath: click-fit vinyl planks or loose-lay carpet tiles lift again at the end of a tenancy. Suspended timber ground floors are common in stock of that form, and loose boards want screwing back to the joists with a plywood overlay before anything rigid goes on top, or deflection opens gaps within a season.
Exeter has more households renting privately than most cathedral cities — a quarter, up from a fifth in a decade — and a third of the city lives in a terrace. Heavitree, Newtown and St Leonard's carry most of both, and the specification follows the tenancy rather than the taste.
The city centre was rebuilt after the war and its ground floors are solid; Pennsylvania, Duryard and the older terraces are not. That split runs through the middle of Exeter and decides whether the first job is a levelling compound or a look at the joists.
Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
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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.
Yes. We deliver across Exeter and Devon from our UK warehouse, including the EX1, EX2 and EX4 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 Exeter 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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