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Farnborough · Hampshire

Bedroom Flooring in Farnborough

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 Farnborough roughly one home in 4 is a flat (28%), so sound through the floor matters alongside the base under it.

Bedroom in Farnborough

Bedroom flooring in Farnborough: what the housing says

The Rushmoor district counts 39,303 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 32% of the Rushmoor 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 Farnborough, on an underlay chosen for sound; an engineered board goes into the main bedroom where an owner wants oak.

Flats are 28% of the homes in the Rushmoor district, and a bedroom in a flat is the room where the impact-sound question is sharpest, because the room below is someone's bedroom too. Approved Document E sets the limits and the lease usually adds a clause; the floor is laminate or a thin engineered board over an underlay with a tested figure under EN 16354, and the datasheet is kept.

of households rent privately (17.6% in 2011)
21.5%
live in a flat or maisonette
27.5%
postcode districts we deliver to
GU14, GU16
bedroom floors in our range
39

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Rushmoor (E07000092) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

Compare the bedroom range

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

Farnborough's homes, by the numbers

Rushmoor in the 2021 census: 39,303 households, 72% houses, 28% flats.

“Read the lease before choosing the floor, not after it is down.”

Farnborough covers GU14 and GU16 — Cove and Southwood, Empress, Cherrywood, Fernhill, and across to Ash Vale, Frimley and Blackwater and Hawley. Like Aldershot it sits in Rushmoor borough, where 21.5% of households rented privately at the 2021 census against 60.5% owning. What distinguishes Farnborough is what has been built here recently: the town centre and the former airfield land have seen substantial new apartment development, and apartments change the flooring question entirely. In a flat the lease usually specifies impact sound insulation, and a hard floor laid without it is a dispute rather than a design choice. Read the lease before choosing the floor, not after it is down.

A new floor in a GU14 block starts from a base that was poured level, which is not how the rest of this list begins. Almost everywhere the first money goes on levelling a timber floor that has moved; on the airfield land it does not, and that budget is free for the board itself.

A screed poured recently is still giving up water, and much of what stands on the former airfield land is recent. Take a reading before anything goes down; where the heating sits in the slab, the board has to be rated for a warm base too.

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

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Farnborough

  • 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.
  • The lease clause Impact sound is the lease's question in a flat. Keep the underlay datasheet.

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Questions

Bedroom flooring in Farnborough: questions, answered

Which floor suits a bedroom in Farnborough?

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 Farnborough address?

Yes, and if the flat is bought but not yet handed over, send the samples wherever you are living now and carry them to the next viewing. Knellwood, the airfield land, GU14 or GU16, it makes no difference which address the pieces go to.

Do you deliver bedroom flooring to Farnborough?

Yes. We deliver across Farnborough and Hampshire from our UK warehouse, including the GU14 and GU16 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 Farnborough?

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