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We deliver across Cambridgeshire. Most in-stock orders reach Cambridge within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Ely, Newmarket, Huntingdon and St Neots.
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Cambridge · Cambridgeshire
A conservatory swings between the coldest and the hottest room in the house, and its floor is chosen for that swing: rigid vinyl and porcelain tile stay flat through it, where timber and laminate move. In Cambridge roughly one home in 3 is a flat (35%), so sound through the floor matters alongside the base under it.
Conservatory in Cambridge
The Cambridge district counts 52,472 households in the 2021 census, and the mix of houses and flats in that count is what decides how a conservatory floor is specified here.
Flats are 35% of the homes in the Cambridge district, and a conservatory on a flat is a balcony enclosure or a ground-floor addition; the same rule applies, a floor that stays flat through the swing, over a slab that has been checked.
Terraced houses are 28% of the homes in Cambridge, and a conservatory on a terrace in Cambridge is a small lean-to on the back, on a slab poured with the base of the conservatory. That slab is checked for a damp-proof membrane and a dry reading; a rigid-vinyl floor then floats over it and copes with the swing from a cold morning to a hot afternoon.
Private renting is 31% of households in Cambridge, and a conservatory in a let is floored in rigid vinyl: it copes with the room, it is listed as waterproof for the condensation a conservatory makes, and it is wiped clean.

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All 47 conservatory floorsSource: ONS, Census 2021, Cambridge (E07000008) · Council conservation area register · Range: our product catalogue

We deliver across Cambridgeshire. Most in-stock orders reach Cambridge within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Ely, Newmarket, Huntingdon and St Neots.
Delivery detailsA new, well-sealed house heated through the winter runs drier indoors than an older one, and wood responds to that. Boards fitted straight from a cold van into a warm, dry room shrink; left to settle in the room first, at the temperature it will actually be held at, they do not.
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In rigid vinyl, the wide planks such as BML Natural Oak SPC Wide Flooring and the stone-look BML Cement Light SPC Click Floor Tile, listed as waterproof and listed for underfloor heating; in porcelain, the 600 x 1200 mm tiles such as Alexandria White Polished Porcelain Floor Tile and the matt Luna Blanca. The oak and laminate ranges are not the floors for this room.
| 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-brown Oak SPC Click Flooring | 5.2mm x 181mm x 1220mm | 0.3mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
| BML Antique Smoked Oak SPC Click Flooring | 5.2mm x 181mm x 1220mm | 0.3mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
| BML Herringbone Smoked Limed Oak SPC Luxury Vinyl Flooring | 6.5mm x 126mm x 630mm | 0.55mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
| BML Cement Light SPC Click Floor Tile | 6.5mm x 305mm x 610mm | 0.55mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
| BML Natural Oak SPC Wide Flooring | 6.5mm x 228mm x 1524mm | 0.55mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
| BML European Oak SPC Wide Flooring | 6.5mm x 228mm x 1524mm | 0.55mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
| Luna Blanca Matt Porcelain Floor Tile 600 x 1200 | 10mm | Compatible |
Local fact sheet
Cambridge in the 2021 census: 52,472 households, 65% houses, 35% flats.
30.6% of Cambridge's private housing stock predates 1919, against 23.5% for England as a whole, and terraces (42.1%) and semis (32.5%) make up three quarters of it. The Mill Road and De Freville terraces are suspended timber at ground level, often narrow, often with a level change to a rear extension — measure each part separately. Cambridge's 18 conservation areas include the Historic Core, Mill Road, De Freville and Newnham Croft, where original boards are protected and cannot simply be lifted. Darwin Green and Eddington are the opposite condition entirely: new screed with underfloor heating, where engineered wood is the correct construction and solid timber is not.
Close to a third of Cambridge lives in a purpose-built flat and another third rents privately, both well above the county pattern. Newer housing has gone up steadily on the northern and eastern edges, and it is built to a standard the older terraces of Romsey and Petersfield were not.
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Before you order in Cambridge
Shop the rangeLVTRead guide
Room guideBest Flooring for Conservatories and Garden RoomsRead guide
Technical guideMoisture, Humidity and Room ClimateRead guide
Comparison guideLVT vs Porcelain Tiles: Kitchens & Bathrooms ComparedRead guide
How to chooseFlooring Underlay: What It Does and How to ChooseRead guide Bestsellers
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Porcelain tile or rigid vinyl, because both stay flat through the temperature swing a conservatory makes. The tile reads as a garden room and is cool underfoot without heating; the vinyl is warmer and floats over the slab. The conservatory guide linked below compares them.
Both move with humidity and temperature, and a conservatory swings more than any other room. They are not the floors for it in this range; the humidity guide explains what the room does to a wood floor.
No, but with it a tile is comfortable in winter. The tiles and the rigid vinyl are listed for it; the screed must be dry and the system commissioned before the floor goes down.
Yes — order a cut sample and keep it in the room it is for, through a heating cycle if you can. A board seen under showroom lighting for a minute tells you about colour; a board on your own floor for a week tells you about everything else.
Yes. We deliver across Cambridge and Cambridgeshire from our UK warehouse, including the CB1, CB2, CB3, CB4 and CB5 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 Cambridge 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.
All ranges
Every range and room for Cambridge, each on its own page with the same housing data read for that floor.
Engineered Woodin Cambridge33 floors
Solid Woodin Cambridge15 floors
Parquetin Cambridge15 floors
LVT Vinylin Cambridge36 floors
SPC Rigid Vinylin Cambridge36 floors
Laminatein Cambridge12 floors6 materials · scroll sideways to see all
Kitchenin Cambridge
Bathroomin Cambridge
Living Roomin Cambridge
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