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Manchester · Greater Manchester
Upstairs in a Victorian terrace the bathroom sits on joists that were not built to carry a tiled floor and a full bath. In an Ancoats flat it sits on concrete with a lease governing what goes beneath it.
Bathroom in Manchester
On timber, vinyl is the lighter and more forgiving choice; on a slab, porcelain has the rigidity it needs and will outlast the suite above it.
In an Ancoats or Deansgate flat the bathroom sits on concrete, and the floor there can be porcelain from the tile range over a tanked base, or a rigid vinyl tile from the BML range where the lease limits the build-up and the weight. Upstairs in a Chorlton terrace the bathroom sits on joists that flex under a full bath, and the lighter vinyl tile on a levelled, sealed deck is the floor that will not crack.
The Berry Alloc panels close the shower walls with a few interlocking boards and no grout lines, which suits a small Manchester bathroom with an extractor that has to work hard through a wet winter. Whichever floor is chosen, the room is tanked at the shower before it is tiled or planked, because the surface is not what keeps water out of the ceiling below.
Flats are 35% of the homes in the Manchester 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.
Terraced houses are 28% of the homes in Manchester, and a terraced bathroom in Manchester 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.
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All 52 bathroom floorsSource: ONS, Census 2021, Manchester (E08000003) · Council conservation area register · Range: our product catalogue
We deliver across Greater Manchester. Most in-stock orders reach Manchester addresses within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover surrounding areas including Stockport, Bolton, Wigan and Oldham.
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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
Manchester in the 2021 census: 214,732 households, 65% houses, 35% flats.
23.0% of Manchester's homes were built before 1919 and 44.7% before 1945, and flats now make up 39.7% of the stock against 33.7% terraces. That split is the whole decision. In the Victorian terraces of Chorlton, Levenshulme and Rusholme you are almost always laying over suspended timber that needs levelling first. In the city-centre and Ancoats flats you are laying over concrete with a lease that specifies impact sound insulation. In the new-build phases at Victoria North and Collyhurst you are laying over screed, usually with underfloor heating, and that is where engineered wood earns its place over solid: solid timber moves too much over a heat source.
Manchester puts three households in ten into a purpose-built flat and three in ten more into a terrace, with ownership below two in five — lower than any other English core city in this list. Much of the terraced belt at Levenshulme, Longsight and Moss Side has had its two front rooms opened into one.
That knock-through leaves a line where the wall stood, and the floor has to cross it. On either side the joists often run in different directions and sit at slightly different heights, and a new floor laid straight over the join telegraphs it within a year.
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.
In an opened-up terrace, settle the join before the board. Where the wall came out, the two halves of the floor need levelling into one plane and the joists checking either side of the beam — that preparation is what decides whether the floor stays flat.
Yes. We deliver across Manchester and Greater Manchester from our UK warehouse, including the M1, M2, M3, M4, M7 and M8 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 Manchester 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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