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Engineered Oak Wide Plank, LVT Vinyl Click-Lock and Laminate Flooring: the floors we recommend for Redhill homes, delivered across Surrey with samples at £1.99.
Delivered to Redhill: RH1 to RH2
Start here · Redhill in one figure
15.7%
of households rent privately
ONS, Census 2021, 2021-03-21 · all local facts →Reigate and Banstead reaches a long way past the junction: Bletchingley and Nutfield one side, Horley and Salfords the other.
Most of what this page says is written for the RH1 streets round the station, so tell us the address and we will say which half of it applies.
At a glance
Delivery
We deliver across Redhill and Surrey (RH postcodes) from our UK warehouse. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
Our Surrey delivery covers: Merstham, Earlswood and Meadvale and the RH postcode area
Also nearby: Epsom, Crawley, Guildford, Woking
Speak to our team 020 3858 0353Homes in Redhill
4 chapters on Redhill homes and what they ask of a floor · about 1 min read
01/ 04
The railway junction came first at Redhill, and the Victorian and Edwardian streets that grew around it are the stock most often being refitted.
Semis and detached houses lead the mix in RH1 and RH2, with purpose-built flats close behind. Expect suspended timber over a void, and rarely level.
02/ 04
Ownership runs high across Reigate and Banstead, so a floor here is a long-term purchase rather than a quick refresh.
That argues for Engineered Oak Wide Plank with a thick wear layer, laid on a base that has been levelled properly rather than papered over.
03/ 04
Redhill ground floors breathe from underneath, through airbricks low in the wall — and a raised path or a planted border closes that off.
Lay a sealed build-up over a void that has stopped venting, and the underside of the boards carries the moisture.
04/ 04
Redhill covers RH1 and RH2 — Earlswood and Whitebushes, Hooley, Merstham and Netherne, Bletchingley and Nutfield, with Horley East and West nearby.
It is part of Reigate and Banstead, a Surrey district. Ownership was 71.1% at the 2021 census with social renting at only 11.5%. Redhill exists because of the railway — it grew from a junction in the 1840s — and the Victorian and Edwardian housing built around the station is the stock most often being refitted. That means suspended timber at ground level, over a void, and rarely flat. Level it first. In a high-ownership market the floor is a long-term purchase, so the wear layer is where the budget belongs.
At the 2021 census, 25.9% of households in Reigate and Banstead lived in a flat, maisonette or apartment and 73.5% in a house or bungalow — 16.0% of all households in a terraced house.
Our picks for Redhill
Wide oak boards suit the proportions of Redhill’s Victorian and Edwardian rooms, and a thick wear layer repays itself in a market where owners tend to stay put.
Click LVT is the easier answer in the purpose-built flats around RH1 and RH2, where threshold height is limited and a wipeable surface earns its place.
Laminate is a weaker fit for a house held long term here; over unlevelled Victorian joists it will flex and click sooner than a costlier floor would.
Floor by floor
Every floor, room and need we deliver to Redhill, 4 of them with a note on Redhill homes. Pick one to read it.
Floor typeRedhill
Ground floors in the streets round the junction: Redhill grew out of a railway junction, and the Victorian and Edwardian housing put up around the station is the stock most often refitted today. That ground floor is suspended timber over a void and seldom flat, so level it before engineered oak is ordered.
Floor type
Floor type
Floor typeRedhill
Flats at Earlswood and Merstham: Flats are a bigger share of RH1 and RH2 than the Victorian terraces suggest, and they invert the usual problem: no joists to level, just a concrete deck with a neighbour beneath it. Build-up height and an acoustic mat come first, then whatever laminate sits on top.
Floor type
Floor typeRoom
RoomRedhill
Kitchens over Victorian joists: A kitchen in the older Redhill stock stands on the same springy joists as every other room on that level, and a rigid finish over a floor that flexes fails at its joints. Either brace the joists properly or lay a resilient LVT that moves with them.
RoomRedhill
Living rooms bought to keep: Ownership in Redhill is high and renting from a social landlord unusually rare, which makes a Redhill living room floor a purchase rather than a turnover. Choose engineered oak for the depth of its top layer, since that depth is what can be refinished later.
Room
Room
Room
Room
Pattern or need
Pattern or need
Pattern or need
Pattern or need
Pattern or need
Pattern or needGuides
How to chooseFlooring Underlay: What It Does and How to ChooseRead guide 
How to chooseEngineered Wood Wear Layer: 3 mm, 4 mm or 6 mmRead guide 
How to chooseWhat Is SPC / Rigid Core Vinyl?Read guide 
How to chooseLaminate AC Ratings ExplainedRead guide 
Buying guideBest Flooring for Underfloor Heating: What Works and What to AvoidRead guide Bestsellers
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Contact usQuestions
RH1 and RH2 are both served — Redhill East, Redhill West and Wray Common, Earlswood and Whitebushes, Meadvale and St John's, Merstham and Netherne. Order the cutting allowance with the floor rather than after it, so the whole quantity lands in one drop.
Ask first whether the old boards are coming up or staying. In the RH1 streets round the station they usually stay, with ply over them, which fixes the height you have to work within and makes a thinner engineered board, not the thickest one, the sensible order.
A sample tells you what a drawing cannot, so order one to any RH1 or RH2 address and hold it against the wall that is least square. A long plank shows every degree of that; a shorter format forgives it, and the difference is quantity.
Local facts
8 figures for Redhill from the 2021 census, each with its source, and for the homes what they mean for a floor.
Homes
25.9%
live in a flat or maisonette
For your floorUsually a concrete slab. The lease may name an acoustic underlay; read it before you order.
Households living in a flat, maisonette or apartment in Reigate and Banstead, Census 2021. Area: Reigate and Banstead, local authority. ONS, Census 2021, TS044 Accommodation type (households). Data: 2021-03-21.
Homes
21.5%
live in a purpose-built block of flats
Households living in a purpose-built block of flats in Reigate and Banstead, Census 2021. Area: Reigate and Banstead, local authority. ONS, Census 2021, TS044 Accommodation type (households). Data: 2021-03-21.
Homes
57.5%
live in a detached or semi-detached house
For your floorTimber or slab, depending on age. On a slab, check the damp proof membrane first.
Households living in a detached or semi-detached house in Reigate and Banstead, Census 2021. Area: Reigate and Banstead, local authority. ONS, Census 2021, TS044 Accommodation type (households). Data: 2021-03-21.
Homes
16.0%
live in a terraced house
For your floorOften suspended timber on the ground floor: level and ventilate it before a floor goes down.
Households living in a terraced house in Reigate and Banstead, Census 2021. Area: Reigate and Banstead, local authority. ONS, Census 2021, TS044 Accommodation type (households). Data: 2021-03-21.
Homes
59,849
households in Reigate and Banstead
Households in Reigate and Banstead, Census 2021. Area: Reigate and Banstead, local authority. ONS, Census 2021, TS044 Accommodation type (households). Data: 2021-03-21.
Who lives here
15.7%
of households rent privately
For your floorWhere a home is let, the landlord chooses the floor and the tenant lives on it, so it has to take wear and be quick to put right between tenancies.
Households renting privately in Reigate and Banstead, Census 2021. Area: Reigate and Banstead (E07000211), local authority. ONS, Census 2021, TS054 Tenure (households). Data: 2021-03-21. The 2011 figure: ONS, Census area changes, the same local authority in the 2011 census.
Who lives here
71.1%
own their home
Households that own their home, outright or with a mortgage in Reigate and Banstead, Census 2021. Area: Reigate and Banstead (E07000211), local authority. ONS, Census 2021, TS054 Tenure (households). Data: 2021-03-21. The 2011 figure: ONS, Census area changes, the same local authority in the 2011 census.
Who lives here
11.5%
rent from a council or housing association
Households renting from a council or housing association in Reigate and Banstead, Census 2021. Area: Reigate and Banstead (E07000211), local authority. ONS, Census 2021, TS054 Tenure (households). Data: 2021-03-21. The 2011 figure: ONS, Census area changes, the same local authority in the 2011 census.
Local guides
For these towns we have written a local guide from the census and other official records there: what the homes are built on and what that asks of each floor. Much of it applies to homes in Redhill of the same age and type.
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