Delivery to Corby
We deliver across Corby and Northamptonshire (NN postcodes) from our UK warehouse. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode.
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Grey Flooring in Corby
Grey runs through three ranges here, engineered oak, laminate and rigid vinyl, from the pale washed greys to smoked and concrete tones, so the colour can be chosen first and the material chosen for the room. In Corby 89% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (35%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.
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Grey in Corby
Grey flooring in Corby: what the housing says
The North Northamptonshire district counts 148,918 households in the 2021 census, and the mix of houses and flats in that count is what decides how a grey floor is specified here.
Semi-detached houses are 35% of the North Northamptonshire stock, and the semi's knocked-through room has two lights, front and back. A single grey floor through both reads differently at each end, which is why the mid greys, the Cobham Smoked Grey Oak or the BML Grey Oak SPC Wide Flooring, are chosen more often than the palest ones for a long room.
Detached houses are 30% of the homes in North Northamptonshire, and a large room carries a pale grey well: the Weybridge Whitewashed Oak and the light grey laminates open the space where a dark floor would close it. In a large kitchen the concrete-look SPC tiles are the grey that is also listed as waterproof.
Owner-occupation is 66% in North Northamptonshire, and an owner choosing grey chooses between a stained oak, which keeps the grain and can be sanded back to a natural colour later, and a laminate or vinyl decor, which cannot. In Corby that is the difference between a floor bought for the next ten years and one bought for the next decoration.
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All 16 grey floors- of households rent privately (14.1% in 2011)
- 18.4%
- live in a flat or maisonette
- 11.2%
- postcode districts we deliver to
- NN17 to NN18
- grey floors in our range
- 16
Source: ONS, Census 2021, North Northamptonshire (E06000061) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
The range
The grey range for Corby homes
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In engineered oak: Weybridge Light Grey Oak Wood Flooring, Weybridge Grey Washed Oak Wood Flooring, Cobham Smoked Grey Oak Wood Floor and Victorian Antique Smoked Grey Oak Flooring. In laminate: 8mm Laminate Rio, 8mm Laminate Arkansas, 8mm Laminate Vivo and 8mm Laminate Symphony. In rigid vinyl: BML Grey Oak SPC Click Flooring, BML Grey Oak SPC Wide Flooring, BML Rustic Grey Oak SPC Wide Flooring and the BML Concrete Grey SPC Click Floor Tile.
| Product | Format | Wear layer / thickness | Fitting | Underfloor heating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victorian Antique Smoked Grey Oak Flooring 15 x 220 x 2200 | 15mm x 220mm x 2200mm | 4mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Weybridge Light Grey Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 190 x 1900 | 14mm x 190mm x 1900mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| BML Grey-brown Oak SPC Click Flooring | 5.2mm x 181mm x 1220mm | 0.3mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
| BML Misty Oak SPC Click Flooring | 5.2mm x 181mm x 1220mm | 0.3mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
| BML Concrete Dark Grey SPC Click Floor Tile | 6.5mm x 305mm x 610mm | 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 Misty Oak SPC Wide Flooring | 6.5mm x 228mm x 1524mm | 0.55mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
| BML Grey-beige Oak SPC Wide Flooring | 6.5mm x 228mm x 1524mm | 0.55mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
Local fact sheet
Corby's homes, by the numbers
North Northamptonshire in the 2021 census: 148,918 households, 88% houses, 11% flats.
Oakley, Danesholme, Great Oakley and Kingswood were drawn as whole estates rather than grown street by street, so a house on one road in NN18 asks much the same question of a floor as its neighbour on the next does. One specification, worked out once, carries across most Corby addresses.
Corby was laid out as a new town for steelworkers, and that decision still shows underfoot: most of what has been built there since sits on a concrete slab rather than timber. Semis lead the mix in NN17 and NN18, with detached and terraced homes close behind, and private renting has risen.
A concrete ground floor keeps still through the heating year, so seasonal gapping between boards is not the Corby problem; the movement to allow for belongs to the floating floor. The slab holds cold instead, and the underlay decides whether a room feels warm underfoot.
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Before you choose
Before you order in Corby
- See the grey in the room A grey shifts with the light more than a natural oak does. Two or three samples on the floor for a day, morning and evening.
- Material for the room, colour for the eye The grey oaks for the dry, seen rooms; the grey SPC for the kitchen and bathroom; the grey laminate for bedrooms and landings.
- Stained oak can be sanded back A grey oak with a 3 mm wear layer can be taken back to natural later. A grey decor cannot.
- Two rooms, one grey A knocked-through semi shows the same grey in front light and back light. Lay samples at both ends of the room before choosing; a warm grey reads differently at each.
- Grey in a large room A wide grey plank in a big room reads calmer than a narrow one. The 190 mm Weybridge Light Grey oak suits that room; sample it at the window and at the far wall.
- A grey that can be sanded back A stained grey oak with a 3 mm or thicker wear layer can be taken back to natural later; a grey decor on laminate or vinyl cannot. For a floor to keep, that matters.
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Grey flooring in Corby: questions, answered
Which grey floor suits a north-facing room in Corby?
A grey with warmth in it: the stained oaks or the mid greys rather than the palest washed tones, which can turn blue in cool light. Samples in the actual room settle it faster than any description.
Is grey oak real wood?
The grey oaks in the range are oak boards that have been stained, smoked or limed, so the grain shows through the colour and the board can be sanded and refinished. The grey laminates and vinyls are printed decors.
Can I have a grey floor in the kitchen?
The grey rigid-vinyl planks and the concrete-look SPC tiles are listed as waterproof and belong in a kitchen. The grey oaks and laminates stay in the dry rooms.
Which flooring is best for Corby homes?
Settle where the floor stops before you settle what it is. Nothing under a Danesholme or Kingswood slab forces a break, so put the changeover in a door that closes, give the wetter room the harder surface, and let one board run through everything beyond it.
Do you deliver grey flooring to Corby?
Yes. We deliver across Corby and Northamptonshire from our UK warehouse, including the NN17 and NN18 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.
Can I see a grey sample before ordering in Corby?
Yes: cut samples are £1.99 each, up to two per product, posted to your Corby 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
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Every range and room for Corby, each on its own page with the same housing data read for that floor.
Engineered Woodin Corby33 floors
Solid Woodin Corby15 floors
Parquetin Corby15 floors
LVT Vinylin Corby36 floors
SPC Rigid Vinylin Corby36 floors
Laminatein Corby12 floors
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Kitchenin Corby
Bathroomin Corby
Living Roomin Corby
Bedroomin Corby- Hallwayin Corby
Conservatoryin Corby- Utility Roomin Corby
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