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Redditch · Worcestershire

Bathroom Flooring in Redditch

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 Redditch 85% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (31%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.

Bathroom in Redditch

Bathroom flooring in Redditch: what the housing says

The Redditch district counts 36,378 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 31% of the Redditch 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.

Social renting is 20% of households in Redditch, 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 (11.7% in 2011)
14.4%
live in a flat or maisonette
15.2%
postcode districts we deliver to
B97 to B98
bathroom floors in our range
52

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Redditch (E07000236) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

Local conditions

The slab under an Oakenshaw or Callow Hill ground floor takes its temperature from the earth beneath, not from the room above, so it reads cool underfoot however warm the house is. Insulating value under the covering counts for more here than the board over it.

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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

Redditch's homes, by the numbers

Redditch in the 2021 census: 36,378 households, 85% houses, 15% flats.

Redditch is B97 and B98 — Central, Batchley and Brockhill, Greenlands and Lakeside, Headless Cross and Oakenshaw, Matchborough and Woodrow, and out to Astwood Bank and Feckenham. It is a district of Worcestershire, and worth distinguishing from Birmingham: the B postcode is shared, the council is not. Social renting is high at 20.2% while private renting is comparatively low at 14.4%. Redditch was designated a new town in 1964 and most of the housing dates from then, which means a concrete ground floor almost everywhere. The check is the damp-proof membrane, not the level of the boards, and a floating floor over a decent underlay is usually the right answer.

An address in B97 or B98 is taken for a Birmingham one often enough, and it is not one. Redditch is a Worcestershire borough with its own council, planned and built to its own brief, so nothing about the housing here follows from the city that happens to share the postcode letter.

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

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Redditch

  • 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.
  • 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 Redditch: questions, answered

Tile or vinyl for a bathroom in Redditch?

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 Redditch address?

We post samples to any B97 or B98 address. The town went up in a single stretch, so a sample here is a question of colour and grain rather than construction; lay two or three in the room they are meant for and look again after dark.

Do you deliver bathroom flooring to Redditch?

Yes. We deliver across Redditch and Worcestershire from our UK warehouse, including the B97 and B98 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 Redditch?

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