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West Midlands · flooring delivered
Engineered Oak Wide Plank, LVT Vinyl Click-Lock and Laminate Flooring: the floors we recommend for West Bromwich homes, delivered across West Midlands with samples at £1.99.
Delivered to West Bromwich: 6 postcode districts
Start here · West Bromwich in one figure
18.6%
of households rent privately
ONS, Census 2021, 2021-03-21 · all local facts →This page covers a borough rather than a town.
B70 and B71 are the middle of it, with B21, B66, B67 and B69 ringing it round, and the housing carries on into Oldbury, Tipton and Wednesbury without anything at the roadside marking where one ends and the next begins.
Read the 4 chapters on West Bromwich homes See all 8 local facts
At a glance
Delivery
We deliver across West Bromwich and West Midlands (B 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 West Midlands delivery covers: Wednesbury, Tipton and Oldbury and the B postcode area
Also nearby: Dudley, Walsall, Birmingham, Wolverhampton
Speak to our team 020 3858 0353Homes in West Bromwich
4 chapters on West Bromwich homes and what they ask of a floor · about 1 min read
01/ 04
Semi-detached houses account for close to half the stock across Sandwell, terraces and flats behind.
Tenure marks the borough out: ownership sits well below what we see in most towns, social renting is heavy, and private renting has climbed sharply. The floor is often a landlord’s decision.
02/ 04
Tenure decides the specification more than taste does.
In a home that changes hands often, an AC-rated Laminate Flooring or a mid-wear-layer LVT over a properly prepared base outlasts a thin engineered board, and costs less to put right when it fails.
03/ 04
Between one tenancy and the next a West Bromwich house stands unheated for weeks, and the subfloor is colder then, holding more moisture, than it will once somebody moves in.
A covering fitted in that state is settling to conditions that have not arrived yet.
04/ 04
West Bromwich covers B70 and B71, with B69, B66, B67 and B21 across the borough.
It is part of Sandwell, a metropolitan borough of the West Midlands. Sandwell has the second lowest ownership rate we deliver to at 53.7%, down 3.2 points, with social renting at 26.6% and private renting up 5.7 points to 18.6% — the largest increase in private renting on this list. Nearly half of all homes are rented. That single fact should decide the specification: an AC-rated laminate or a mid-wear-layer LVT laid over a properly prepared base will outlast a thin engineered board in a property that changes hands, and it costs less to put right when it does not.
At the 2021 census, 19.2% of households in Sandwell lived in a flat, maisonette or apartment and 80.7% in a house or bungalow — 24.4% of all households in a terraced house.
Our picks for West Bromwich
Engineered oak is a weaker fit across much of Sandwell: a thin wear layer takes a beating in a rented semi and cannot be sanded back many times.
A mid-wear-layer LVT handles spills and heavy footfall in a Greets Green or Langley semi, and a damaged plank can be lifted out without redoing the room.
An AC-rated laminate over a prepared base gives a Sandwell landlord a floor that usually lasts a tenancy and costs little to renew when it has not.
Floor by floor
Every floor, room and need we deliver to West Bromwich, 3 of them with a note on West Bromwich homes. Pick one to read it.
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Floor typeWest Bromwich
Where nearly half the homes are rented: Sandwell has one of the lowest ownership rates we deliver to, with social renting high and private renting rising faster than in any town on this list. That settles the specification in Greets Green and Lyng or Great Bridge: a hard-wearing laminate or a mid-weight LVT over a properly prepared base. Flats in B66 and B67: Flats are a larger part of Sandwell’s stock than of most places we cover, and in a block what goes down is heard downstairs before it is seen anywhere. An acoustic underlay beneath laminate is usually written into the tenancy, and it counts for more than the finish chosen above it.
Floor typeWest Bromwich
Ground floors in a Hateley Heath semi: The semi is what most of the borough is built from, and in Charlemont with Grove Vale or Hateley Heath it is the type a fitter meets all week. Carrying one LVT through hall and reception rooms keeps thresholds flush, because the build-up never changes from door to door.
Floor typeRoom
RoomWest Bromwich
Kitchens between tenancies: A kitchen in a home that changes hands often gets judged by the cost of putting it right, not by the cost of fitting it. An SPC core does not take up moisture, so a leak behind the machine becomes a subfloor job rather than a new floor.
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Pattern or need
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Pattern or need
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Pattern or needGuides
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 
Technical guideSubfloor RequirementsRead guide Bestsellers
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Contact usQuestions
Delivery runs across the whole borough, yes: B70 and B71 at the centre, then out through B69, B67, B66 and B21, taking in Greets Green and Lyng, Hateley Heath and Langley. Empty properties are routine, so give us a name and a mobile for whoever opens up.
Decide when the house will next be warm before deciding what goes down. A wood-based core has the most riding on that answer, a click vinyl core the least, so for an empty house at Bristnall or Newton the vinyl is the safer buy.
Samples go to any address in Sandwell, B70 and B21 alike. Damage the one that arrives - a chair leg dragged over it, a coin pressed in, a cloth across the mark. A floor in a Rowley or Holyhead house meets all three in its first month.
You do not need a showroom nearby: we deliver to your door in West Bromwich. Order samples at £1.99 each, compare colour and finish at home in your own light, then order the floor. Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode; the estimate is on our Delivery & Returns page.
Up to 10 samples per order, and up to 2 of any one product, at £1.99 each. Two or three candidates side by side on the floor, in the room’s own light morning and evening, settle a colour faster than any photograph.
Local facts
8 figures for West Bromwich from the 2021 census, each with its source, and for the homes what they mean for a floor.
Homes
19.2%
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 Sandwell, Census 2021. Area: Sandwell, local authority. ONS, Census 2021, TS044 Accommodation type (households). Data: 2021-03-21.
Homes
16.8%
live in a purpose-built block of flats
Households living in a purpose-built block of flats in Sandwell, Census 2021. Area: Sandwell, local authority. ONS, Census 2021, TS044 Accommodation type (households). Data: 2021-03-21.
Homes
56.4%
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 Sandwell, Census 2021. Area: Sandwell, local authority. ONS, Census 2021, TS044 Accommodation type (households). Data: 2021-03-21.
Homes
24.4%
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 Sandwell, Census 2021. Area: Sandwell, local authority. ONS, Census 2021, TS044 Accommodation type (households). Data: 2021-03-21.
Homes
130,246
households in Sandwell
Households in Sandwell, Census 2021. Area: Sandwell, local authority. ONS, Census 2021, TS044 Accommodation type (households). Data: 2021-03-21.
Who lives here
18.6%
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 Sandwell, Census 2021. Area: Sandwell (E08000028), 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
53.7%
own their home
Households that own their home, outright or with a mortgage in Sandwell, Census 2021. Area: Sandwell (E08000028), 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
26.6%
rent from a council or housing association
Households renting from a council or housing association in Sandwell, Census 2021. Area: Sandwell (E08000028), 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.
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