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Grey Flooring in Dartford
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 Dartford 76% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (32%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.
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Grey in Dartford
Grey flooring in Dartford: what the housing says
The Dartford district counts 45,696 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 32% of the Dartford 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.
Terraced houses are 31% of the homes in Dartford, and a terraced front room in Dartford faces one way and gets one light; a grey that looks pale in the showroom can go blue in a north-facing room. The Weybridge Light Grey Oak and the Weybridge Grey Washed Oak are stained oaks, so the grain warms the grey; the samples are the way to see which grey the room makes.
Owner-occupation is 68% in Dartford, 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 Dartford 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 (15.9% in 2011)
- 18.1%
- live in a flat or maisonette
- 24.1%
- postcode districts we deliver to
- DA1, DA2, DA9
- grey floors in our range
- 16
Source: ONS, Census 2021, Dartford (E07000107) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
The range
The grey range for Dartford 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
Dartford's homes, by the numbers
Dartford in the 2021 census: 45,696 households, 76% houses, 24% flats.
Shared ownership in Dartford has all but doubled between the two censuses while ownership slipped back, which is the signature of a district being built on rather than handed down. Floors ordered to a DA9 address are often first fits over a builder's finish, with nothing to lift out.
Semi-detached and terraced houses come out level in Dartford, with purpose-built flats close behind, and out at DA9 the Greenhithe and Knockhall streets now sit alongside Ebbsfleet Garden City. Two jobs, then: screed and often underfloor heating in the new-build, suspended timber wanting levelling in the older Dartford and Crayford streets.
Heating buried in the screed at Bean and Greenhithe makes every layer above it a thermal cost: underlay and board add together, and too thick a build-up insulates the room from the pipes warming it. Check what resistance the system will tolerate before choosing an underlay.
Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
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Before you choose
Before you order in Dartford
- 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 narrow room A terraced front room is narrow and lit from one end. A pale grey opens it; a dark grey closes it. Two samples at the window and at the far wall settle it.
- 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 Dartford: questions, answered
Which grey floor suits a north-facing room in Dartford?
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.
Can I order flooring samples to my Dartford address?
A sample will come to any DA1, DA2 or DA9 address, Hextable and Longfield included, not only the streets that call themselves Dartford. In a new house, judge it once the walls are painted: a board seen against bare plaster reads colder than it will.
Do you deliver grey flooring to Dartford?
Yes. We deliver across Dartford and Kent from our UK warehouse, including the DA1, DA2 and DA9 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 Dartford?
Yes: cut samples are £1.99 each, up to two per product, posted to your Dartford 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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Every range and room for Dartford, each on its own page with the same housing data read for that floor.
Engineered Woodin Dartford33 floors
Solid Woodin Dartford15 floors
Parquetin Dartford15 floors
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SPC Rigid Vinylin Dartford36 floors
Laminatein Dartford12 floors
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