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Hull · East Yorkshire

Bathroom Flooring in Hull

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 Hull 85% of homes are houses, most of them terraced houses (47%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.

Bathroom in Hull

Bathroom flooring in Hull: what the housing says

The City of Kingston upon Hull district counts 115,471 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 47% of the homes in City of Kingston upon Hull, and a terraced bathroom in Hull 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.

Social renting is 27% of households in City of Kingston upon Hull, and bathrooms in that stock are floored in rigid vinyl listed as waterproof and, increasingly, panelled rather than tiled on the walls, because both go in fast and neither needs a grout line that fails between inspections.

of households rent privately (20.4% in 2011)
23.9%
live in a flat or maisonette
15.4%
postcode districts we deliver to
HU1 to HU9
bathroom floors in our range
52

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Kingston upon Hull, City of (E06000010) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

Delivery to Hull

We deliver across Hull and the wider East Yorkshire area. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Beverley, Cottingham, Anlaby, Kirk Ella, Hessle, Brough, Hedon, Withernsea and surrounding East Riding.

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Local conditions

That layout makes the direction a floor is laid a real decision rather than a detail. Boards along the length draw the eye through and make a narrow plan feel longer; across it, each room reads wider. Both are defensible — changing direction mid-house is not.

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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

Hull's homes, by the numbers

City of Kingston upon Hull in the 2021 census: 115,471 households, 85% houses, 15% flats.

Terraced houses account for 46.7% of homes in Kingston upon Hull, well ahead of the 29.4% semi-detached and 8.4% detached. That shape of stock sets the work: narrow rooms, chimney-breast alcoves and doorways at either end, so careful templating counts for more than raw area, and waste should be worked out from the room shapes instead of a flat percentage. Ownership is 48.3% against social renting of 27.0%, the sort of split where the specification often runs through a housing provider rather than a household. HU1 through HU9 bring in Avenue, Bricknell, Derringham, Drypool, Ings, Marfleet, Boothferry and Longhill & Bilton Grange.

Terraced housing covers almost half of Hull, and its layout barely varies across Newland, Avenue, Derringham, Boothferry and Holderness: front room, back room, kitchen, one behind the other down the length of the plot. That plan decides more about a floor than the choice of board does.

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

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Hull

  • 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.
  • Slip figure and consent A wet-room floor in a let is chosen on its pendulum slip figure; a tenant needs the landlord's consent before changing a floor.

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Questions

Bathroom flooring in Hull: questions, answered

Tile or vinyl for a bathroom in Hull?

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.

What flooring works best for Hull’s Avenues properties?

The Avenues houses are deep, with rooms off a long hall, so settle the direction before the material. Running along the hall carries the eye through and suits an opened-up plan; running across stops the eye at each doorway and suits a house whose rooms have been kept.

Do you deliver bathroom flooring to Hull?

Yes. We deliver across Hull and East Yorkshire from our UK warehouse, including the HU1, HU2, HU3, HU4, HU5 and HU6 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 Hull?

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