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Redhill · Surrey

Bathroom Flooring in Redhill

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 Redhill roughly one home in 4 is a flat (26%), so sound through the floor matters alongside the base under it.

Bathroom in Redhill

Bathroom flooring in Redhill: what the housing says

The Reigate and Banstead district counts 59,849 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 30% of the Reigate and Banstead 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 73% in Reigate and Banstead, and an owner refitting a bathroom in Redhill 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 (12.9% in 2011)
15.7%
live in a flat or maisonette
25.9%
postcode districts we deliver to
RH1 to RH2
bathroom floors in our range
52

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Reigate and Banstead (E07000211) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

Local conditions

Redhill ground floors breathe from underneath, through airbricks low in the wall — and a raised path or a planted border closes that off. Lay a sealed build-up over a void that has stopped venting, and the underside of the boards carries the moisture.

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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

Redhill's homes, by the numbers

Reigate and Banstead in the 2021 census: 59,849 households, 74% houses, 26% flats.

Redhill covers RH1 and RH2 — Earlswood and Whitebushes, Hooley, Merstham and Netherne, Bletchingley and Nutfield, with Horley East and West nearby. It is part of Reigate and Banstead, a Surrey district. Ownership was 71.1% at the 2021 census with social renting at only 11.5%. Redhill exists because of the railway — it grew from a junction in the 1840s — and the Victorian and Edwardian housing built around the station is the stock most often being refitted. That means suspended timber at ground level, over a void, and rarely flat. Level it first. In a high-ownership market the floor is a long-term purchase, so the wear layer is where the budget belongs.

Reigate and Banstead reaches a long way past the junction: Bletchingley and Nutfield one side, Horley and Salfords the other. Most of what this page says is written for the RH1 streets round the station, so tell us the address and we will say which half of it applies.

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

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Redhill

  • 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 Redhill: questions, answered

Tile or vinyl for a bathroom in Redhill?

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 Redhill address?

A sample tells you what a drawing cannot, so order one to any RH1 or RH2 address and hold it against the wall that is least square. A long plank shows every degree of that; a shorter format forgives it, and the difference is quantity.

Do you deliver bathroom flooring to Redhill?

Yes. We deliver across Redhill and Surrey from our UK warehouse, including the RH1 and RH2 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 Redhill?

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