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Carlisle · Cumbria

Bedroom Flooring in Carlisle

A bedroom floor is walked on barefoot, heard from below and rarely spilt on, so the decision is warmth, sound and budget rather than water resistance: laminate, engineered oak and rigid vinyl all serve it. In Carlisle 89% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (37%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.

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Bedroom in Carlisle

Bedroom flooring in Carlisle: what the housing says

The Carlisle district counts 50,662 households in the 2021 census, and the mix of houses and flats in that count is what decides how a bedroom floor is specified here.

Semi-detached houses are 37% of the Carlisle stock, and a semi's bedrooms are timber floors over the rooms downstairs, with the small third bedroom over the hall. Laminate is the floor most often laid through all three in Carlisle, on an underlay chosen for sound; an engineered board goes into the main bedroom where an owner wants oak.

Terraced houses are 27% of the homes in Carlisle, and the bedrooms of a terrace in Carlisle are on a suspended timber floor above the living room. A floating laminate or an engineered board over an underlay with an impact-sound figure keeps footsteps out of the room below; the old boards are screwed down first so nothing creaks under the new floor.

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All 39 bedroom floors
live in a flat or maisonette
11.3%
postcode districts we deliver to
CA1 to CA3
households in Carlisle
50,662
bedroom floors in our range
39

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Cumberland (E06000063); accommodation type: Carlisle · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

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The twelve 8 mm AC4 laminates, from 8mm Laminate Colorado in light oak to 8mm Laminate Alto in dark brown, are the bedroom floors most often ordered; the 125 mm Ascot Brushed UV Oiled Oak Wood Flooring and the 150 mm Cobham Natural Oak Oiled Wood Floor are the engineered choice for a main bedroom; the BML Light Oak SPC Click Flooring with its 0.3 mm wear layer suits a bedroom with an en-suite.

ProductFormatWear layer / thicknessFittingUnderfloor heating
Victorian Antique Distressed Oak Flooring 14 x 190 x 190014mm x 190mm x 1900mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Ascot Lacquered Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 12514mm x 125mm x 300-1200mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Cobham Natural Oak Oiled Wood Floor 14 x 15014mm x 150mm x 300-1200mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Weybridge American Black Walnut Wood Flooring 14 x 190 x 190014mm x 190mm x 1900mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Weybridge Golden Wheat Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 190 x 190014mm x 190mm x 1900mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Weybridge Hazelnut Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 190 x 190014mm x 190mm x 1900mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
8mm Laminate Arkansas8mm x 193mm x 1204mm8mm thick · AC4ClickCompatible
8mm Laminate Inebolu8mm x 193mm x 1204mm8mm thick · AC4ClickCompatible

Local fact sheet

Carlisle's homes, by the numbers

Carlisle in the 2021 census: 50,662 households, 89% houses, 11% flats.

Carlisle covers CA1, CA2 and CA3 — Castle, Belah, Belle Vue, Botcherby, Currock, Denton Holme, Harraby North and South, and out to Dalston and Burgh. Carlisle became part of Cumberland Council in 2023, when Cumbria's two-tier structure was replaced. That reorganisation is also why we cannot quote a census tenure figure for Carlisle: the 2021 census was collected against the old boundaries, and the comparison tool does not carry the new authority. We would rather say so than publish a number from the wrong area. What we can say is practical: Carlisle's Victorian terraces sit on suspended timber ground floors that need levelling, and the estates south of the river are later and solid.

This page carries no tenure figure for Carlisle, and that is deliberate: the census was counted against boundaries that no longer exist, and a number lifted from the old county would describe somewhere else. What we can count is the housing – roughly ten houses here for every purpose-built flat.

Boards for a Castle or Currock terrace sit over a void vented to outside air, so bring them to room conditions before laying and size the perimeter gap for that seasonal movement.

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

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Carlisle

  • Underlay for the room below A bedroom floor is heard downstairs. The underlay is chosen on its impact-sound figure, tested under EN 16354.
  • Warmth underfoot An underlay adds it; a thin floor over a cold void loses it. Over underfloor heating, thin and rated for it.
  • Thresholds at the doors A floating floor through several rooms is broken at the doorways so each room moves on its own.
  • Bedrooms over the front room In a semi the bedroom floors are the front room's ceiling. The underlay's impact-sound figure is chosen for the household below, not only for a flat next door.
  • Screw down the old boards A new floor over a creaking one creaks. Fix the base first.

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Questions

Bedroom flooring in Carlisle: questions, answered

Which floor suits a bedroom in Carlisle?

Laminate for most bedrooms, on an underlay chosen for warmth and sound; engineered oak for a main bedroom an owner wants in timber; rigid vinyl where an en-suite opens off it. The bedroom guide linked below goes through the underlay question in detail.

Will a hard floor in the bedroom be heard downstairs?

Without the right underlay, yes. The impact-sound improvement of an underlay is tested and stated as a figure; in a flat Approved Document E and the lease set what that figure has to reach. Choose on the datasheet, not the pack.

Is laminate warm enough for a bedroom?

On the right underlay over a heated or insulated floor, yes; over a cold void with a thin underlay, no floor is. Over underfloor heating the laminates in the range are listed as compatible and the underlay is chosen for it.

Can I order flooring samples to my Carlisle address?

Distance is why Carlisle samples matter: Lancaster, Preston, Newcastle and Durham are each a long drive, so the post does what a showroom does elsewhere – out to Botcherby, Morton and the CA2 streets. Order three or four together and compare them at home.

Do you deliver bedroom flooring to Carlisle?

Yes. We deliver across Carlisle and Cumbria from our UK warehouse, including the CA1, CA2 and CA3 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 bedroom sample before ordering in Carlisle?

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