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Nuneaton · Warwickshire

Bathroom Flooring in Nuneaton

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 Nuneaton 88% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (38%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.

Bathroom in Nuneaton

Bathroom flooring in Nuneaton: what the housing says

The Nuneaton and Bedworth district counts 56,587 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 38% of the Nuneaton and Bedworth 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.

Owner-occupation is 69% in Nuneaton and Bedworth, and an owner refitting a bathroom in Nuneaton 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 (12.7% in 2011)
16.6%
live in a flat or maisonette
12.4%
postcode districts we deliver to
CV10 to CV11
bathroom floors in our range
52

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Nuneaton and Bedworth (E07000219) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

Delivery to Nuneaton

We deliver across Nuneaton and north Warwickshire. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Bedworth, Bulkington, Hinckley, Atherstone, Coventry and the surrounding north Warwickshire and Leicestershire border areas.

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Local conditions

Three points account for most of what goes wrong when a floor is laid by its owner: the subfloor is not tested for moisture, the boards are laid the day they arrive, and the expansion gap gets closed at a doorway or behind a pipe where it cannot be seen.

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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

Nuneaton's homes, by the numbers

Nuneaton and Bedworth in the 2021 census: 56,587 households, 87% houses, 12% flats.

Arbury, Attleborough, Chilvers Coton, Camp Hill and Galley Common all sit inside CV10 and CV11, in Warwickshire. Figures come from Nuneaton and Bedworth, where 68.0% of homes are owned, down from 71.4% in 2011, and a quarter of dwellings, 25.0%, are detached. Larger owner-occupied houses get floored one room at a time as money allows, and that is where batch variation catches people out: dye lots and timber runs differ enough that a hall fitted two years after the sitting room rarely matches it. Ordering the ground floor in a single lot, or at minimum noting the batch number and storing a spare pack, heads off a mismatch that only shows once the doors stand open.

Home ownership runs near seven in ten across Nuneaton, mostly semis and detached houses across Arbury, Attleborough, Eastboro, Chilvers Coton, Galley Common and Camp Hill. A good proportion of those owners fit their own floors, and most of what goes wrong when they do is traceable to the same three points.

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

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Nuneaton

  • 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.
  • First-floor bathroom on joists The semi's bathroom is upstairs on a timber floor that flexes. A tile needs a stiffened base; the vinyl floats, and the panels avoid grout.
  • 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 Nuneaton: questions, answered

Tile or vinyl for a bathroom in Nuneaton?

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.

Do you deliver bathroom flooring to Nuneaton?

Yes. We deliver across Nuneaton and Warwickshire from our UK warehouse, including the CV10 and CV11 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 Nuneaton?

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