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York · North Yorkshire
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 York 82% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (36%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.
Bathroom in York
The York district counts 85,462 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 36% of the York 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 66% in York, and an owner refitting a bathroom in York 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.
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All 52 bathroom floorsSource: ONS, Census 2021, York (E06000014) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
We deliver across York and the wider North Yorkshire area. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Harrogate, Selby, Tadcaster, Easingwold, Malton, Pocklington, Stamford Bridge and surrounding North and East Yorkshire.
Delivery detailsIn a solid-walled house the indoor air swings further between summer and winter than in a modern one, and wood moves with it. Boards fitted in a damp autumn shrink through a heated winter, and narrow gaps open along the joints before closing in spring.
All flooring in YorkThe range
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
York in the 2021 census: 85,462 households, 82% houses, 18% flats.
Ownership has barely shifted in York since 2011, 66.1% then against 65.1% now, with social renting unchanged at 14.0%. Houses make up 82.1% of dwellings: 35.8% semi-detached, 23.8% terraced, 22.5% detached. YO1, YO10, YO24, YO30 and YO31 are covered, so Acomb, Clifton, Holgate, Micklegate, Fishergate and Huntington & New Earswick are within reach. A settled owner-occupier market changes what is worth specifying, because households buying for fifteen years rather than five will absorb the cost of preparation that a short let will not. Engineered board over a properly levelled base holds up in that setting; in older terraces the perimeter moisture reading and clear underfloor ventilation decide whether it stays flat.
Most of York's housing sits in semis and terraces, at Acomb, Holgate, Heworth and Fishergate, much of it built with solid walls and no cavity. Two thirds of households own, and they tend to stay: this is a city where a floor is expected to be lived with for a long time.
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.
Yes. We deliver across York and North Yorkshire from our UK warehouse, including the YO1, YO10, YO24, YO30 and YO31 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 York 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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Every range and room for York, each on its own page with the same housing data read for that floor.
Engineered Woodin York33 floors
Solid Woodin York15 floors
Parquetin York15 floors
LVT Vinylin York36 floors
SPC Rigid Vinylin York36 floors
Laminatein York12 floors6 materials · scroll sideways to see all
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