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Worthing · West Sussex
Engineered oak is a real oak wear layer of 3 to 6 mm bonded to a cross-laminated core, so the board keeps the surface of solid timber and moves far less with the seasons. In Worthing roughly one home in 3 is a flat (35%), so sound through the floor matters alongside the base under it.
Engineered Wood in Worthing
The Worthing district counts 49,538 households in the 2021 census, and the mix of houses and flats in that count is what decides how a engineered wood floor is specified here.
Flats are 35% of the homes in the Worthing district, and a flat changes the question from looks to sound. Approved Document E sets impact-sound limits for separating floors, and a lease often adds its own clause; an engineered board over an acoustic underlay meets that where a hard floor laid direct would not. Check the lease before ordering, and plan the build-up height against the door thresholds.
Owner-occupation is 68% in Worthing, higher than in most districts, and an owner-occupier buys a floor to keep. That is the case for the thicker wear layers in the range: 4 mm on the 15 mm Victorian boards and 6 mm on the 20 mm ones can be sanded and refinished more than once, so a floor laid in Worthing this year is still the same floor after the next redecoration and the one after that.
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All 33 engineered wood floorsSource: ONS, Census 2021, Worthing (E07000229) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
We deliver across Worthing and West Sussex. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Goring-by-Sea, Ferring, Lancing, Shoreham-by-Sea, Findon and the surrounding coastal and South Downs areas.
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The range runs from the 125 mm Ascot boards, which suit a hallway or a bedroom in a terraced house, through the 150 mm Cobham range to the 190 mm Weybridge Light Grey and the 220 mm Victorian Antique Natural Oak for larger rooms. Every board in the range is listed as compatible with underfloor heating and carries a wear layer of 3 mm or more; the 15 and 20 mm Victorian boards carry 4 and 6 mm.
| Product | Format | Wear layer / thickness | Fitting | Underfloor heating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victorian Antique Distressed Oak Flooring 14 x 190 x 1900 | 14mm x 190mm x 1900mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Victorian Antique White Oak Flooring 15 x 220 x 2200 | 15mm x 220mm x 2200mm | 4mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Ascot Lacquered Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 125 | 14mm x 125mm x 300-1200mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Cobham Natural Oak UV Lacquered Wood Floor 14 x 150 | 14mm x 150mm x 300-1200mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Cobham Walnut Stained Oak Wood Floor 14 x 150 | 14mm x 150mm x 300-1200mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Weybridge Light Grey Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 190 x 1900 | 14mm x 190mm x 1900mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Weybridge White Oiled Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 190 x 1900 | 14mm x 190mm x 1900mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Victorian Antique Smoky Oak Flooring 20 x 190 x 1900 | 20mm x 190mm x 1900mm | 6mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
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Our West Sussex delivery covers: Worthing, Broadwater, Goring-by-Sea, Tarring, Findon Valley, West Worthing, Durrington, High Salvington, Salvington, Offington, East Worthing, Ferring, Lancing, Sompting, Shoreham-by-Sea, Findon, Angmering, Rustington, Steyning, Storrington and the surrounding West Sussex coastal and South Downs area
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Worthing in the 2021 census: 49,538 households, 65% houses, 35% flats.
Broadwater, Goring, Durrington, Heene, Offington and Marine all sit inside BN11, BN13 and BN14. Flats total 35.3% of the stock in this part of West Sussex, 23.9% in purpose-built blocks and 9.0% converted out of former houses, while social renting is low at 9.8% against 67.5% owned. Conversions are the awkward category, because the floor between two dwellings was never designed as a separating structure: it is timber, it flexes, and it passes footfall straight downwards. A floating system over a resilient layer, with skirtings kept clear of the finish, is the honest answer there. Purpose-built blocks are usually concrete and more forgiving, though the lease still governs what may be laid.
Worthing blends Regency and Victorian seafront terraces with extensive interwar and postwar suburban semis in Broadwater, Goring and Durrington. This regenerating Sussex resort now attracts a growing market of young families priced out of Brighton alongside downsizers, drawn by coastal living, period charm and more affordable, spacious homes near the sea.
A pallet cannot be left in a communal hallway, a lift may not take a long board, and a stairwell with a tight turn sets a hard limit on what can be carried up. Where access is awkward, a shorter board format solves in the ordering what would otherwise be improvised.
Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
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For most of the housing in Worthing it is the wood floor that fits: it goes over a suspended timber floor once that is levelled, over a slab once that is dry, and over underfloor heating, and it can be sanded back when the wear layer is 3 mm or more. Where it does not belong is a bathroom or a utility room that gets wet.
A 125 or 150 mm board suits the room sizes of the terraces and semis, and a brushed, oiled finish forgives the grit an older house carries in. Wider boards suit the larger detached rooms and knocked-through spaces.
Every engineered board in the range is listed as compatible with underfloor heating. The conditions are the manufacturer's: a commissioned system, a dry screed and a surface temperature within the limit the fitting instructions state.
Yes — a Regency seafront house takes wood, with two allowances. Salt air keeps the humidity higher than inland, so engineered board holds its shape better than solid; and a matt surface carries the fine grit that comes in from the beach without showing every mark.
Yes. We deliver across Worthing and West Sussex from our UK warehouse, including the BN11, BN13 and BN14 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 Worthing 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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