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Engineered Oak Wide Plank, LVT Vinyl Click-Lock and Laminate Flooring: the floors we recommend for Staines-upon-Thames homes, delivered across Surrey with samples at £1.99.
Delivered to Staines-upon-Thames: TW18 to TW19
Start here · Staines-upon-Thames in one figure
17.9%
of households rent privately
ONS, Census 2021, 2021-03-21 · all local facts →Staines-upon-Thames is a name doing a lot of work: TW18 and TW19 run from Stanwell North and the Heathrow Villages across to Thorpe, Egham Hythe and Ashford North, and hardly any of that is the town centre.
Two addresses in the same postcode can be different jobs entirely.
Read the 4 chapters on Staines-upon-Thames homes See all 8 local facts
At a glance
Delivery
We deliver across Staines-upon-Thames and Surrey (TW 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: Ashford, Stanwell and Laleham and the TW postcode area
Also nearby: Windsor, Slough, Woking, Bracknell
Speak to our team 020 3858 0353Homes in Staines-upon-Thames
4 chapters on Staines-upon-Thames homes and what they ask of a floor · about 1 min read
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Ownership has slipped here over the past decade while private renting has grown, a shift that Heathrow on the doorstep goes a long way to explain.
The housing is semi-detached, purpose-built flats and terraces across TW18 and TW19, rather than detached, and a fair share of it is let.
02/ 04
With more homes let here than a decade ago, a floor that can be taken up and refitted without damage earns its keep, which favours click-fitted LVT or laminate over anything bonded down.
In the purpose-built flats around Riverside and Laleham, sound transfer between homes is the other question.
03/ 04
Low ground near the river keeps a slab damper than higher ground does, and that load sits there all year rather than on the day the water comes up.
Meter the subfloor first: the reading, not the room, settles whether a timber floor is sensible.
04/ 04
Staines-upon-Thames covers TW18 and TW19 — Staines, Staines South, Riverside and Laleham, Egham Hythe, Ashford North and Stanwell South, and the Heathrow Villages.
It is part of Spelthorne, a Surrey district. Staines has the sharpest ownership fall of any town on this list: down 4.5 points to 68.1% between 2011 and 2021, with private renting up 5.2 points to 17.9%. Proximity to Heathrow explains much of it. The other local factor is the river: parts of Staines sit in the Thames flood plain, and where a ground floor has flood history, a floor that can be lifted and relaid is worth more than one that is glued down permanently.
At the 2021 census, 26.4% of households in Spelthorne lived in a flat, maisonette or apartment and 72.9% in a house or bungalow — 19.7% of all households in a terraced house.
Our picks for Staines-upon-Thames
Engineered oak suits the owner-occupied semis, which are the larger part of the stock; where a flat around Stanwell is let and relet, the extra cost is harder to justify.
Click-lock LVT is laid without adhesive, so a landlord can lift and relay it between tenants, and it wipes down after spills.
Laminate keeps the cost per room down where a landlord is fitting out several properties in TW18, and a click system lets a damaged board be swapped between tenancies.
Floor by floor
Every floor, room and need we deliver to Staines-upon-Thames, 4 of them with a note on Staines-upon-Thames homes. Pick one to read it.
Floor typeStaines-upon-Thames
Rooms in a purpose-built flat: Flats make up a large slice of the Staines stock, and a home above ground level trades the flood question for an acoustic obligation to the household below. A dense underlay under engineered wood handles footfall in a way a thin foam roll never manages.
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Floor typeStaines-upon-Thames
Homes let around Stanwell and the Heathrow Villages: No town we deliver to has shed owner-occupiers as fast as Staines, and the pull of Heathrow accounts for most of the private renting that replaced them. Tenancies near the airport are short, so a landlord wants LVT that survives repeated moving in and out.
Floor typeStaines-upon-Thames
Ground floors in the Thames flood plain: Where a TW18 home stands in the flood plain, how the floor is fixed down matters more than what it is made of. A floating floor with removable skirting lets the room be dried and the same SPC boards put back; adhesive takes that option away.
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RoomStaines-upon-Thames
Kitchens in Egham Hythe and Ashford North: In Spelthorne the semi-detached house leads the stock, and its kitchen sits at ground level, precisely where the river risk lies. A soaking does far less to porcelain tiles than to any timber board, though a slab that has been under water needs testing before tiling.
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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
TW18 and TW19 are both covered — Staines and Staines South, Riverside and Laleham, Stanwell North, Thorpe, Egham Hythe and the Heathrow Villages. Note the range and batch from the paperwork when it arrives; a repeat order for one room is easier with it.
SPC, for most of them. The rigid core rides over the small dips an older slab develops, where a thin vinyl tile follows them instead. Upstairs in a Laleham or Thorpe semi, where the base is flat, engineered oak reads warmer.
Yes, to any TW18 or TW19 address. Ask for a piece of the matching beading as well as the board: it is a different material, it rarely lands on the same colour as the plank, and in an Ashford North room it runs round every wall.
Local facts
8 figures for Staines-upon-Thames from the 2021 census, each with its source, and for the homes what they mean for a floor.
Homes
26.4%
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 Spelthorne, Census 2021. Area: Spelthorne, local authority. ONS, Census 2021, TS044 Accommodation type (households). Data: 2021-03-21.
Homes
22.8%
live in a purpose-built block of flats
Households living in a purpose-built block of flats in Spelthorne, Census 2021. Area: Spelthorne, local authority. ONS, Census 2021, TS044 Accommodation type (households). Data: 2021-03-21.
Homes
53.2%
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 Spelthorne, Census 2021. Area: Spelthorne, local authority. ONS, Census 2021, TS044 Accommodation type (households). Data: 2021-03-21.
Homes
19.7%
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 Spelthorne, Census 2021. Area: Spelthorne, local authority. ONS, Census 2021, TS044 Accommodation type (households). Data: 2021-03-21.
Homes
41,804
households in Spelthorne
Households in Spelthorne, Census 2021. Area: Spelthorne, local authority. ONS, Census 2021, TS044 Accommodation type (households). Data: 2021-03-21.
Who lives here
17.9%
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 Spelthorne, Census 2021. Area: Spelthorne (E07000213), 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
68.1%
own their home
Households that own their home, outright or with a mortgage in Spelthorne, Census 2021. Area: Spelthorne (E07000213), 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
12.7%
rent from a council or housing association
Households renting from a council or housing association in Spelthorne, Census 2021. Area: Spelthorne (E07000213), 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 Staines-upon-Thames of the same age and type.
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