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Glasgow · Scotland

Grey Flooring in Glasgow

One colour for lets and new phases

16.9% of Glasgow households rent privately, 35.0% socially. Why a grey floor here is a portfolio choice, and how batches, grit and period rooms affect it.

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What Glasgow homes mean for grey flooring

16.9%

rent privately

129th highest of 151 towns

National Records of Scotland, 2022-03-20 · all local facts →
Glasgow 16.9%Scotland 12.9%Each square is 1% of homes

16.9% of Glasgow households rent privately, against 12.9% across Scotland, and a further 35.0% rent from the council or a housing association.

Anyone responsible for more than one of those flats meets a single piece of advice at the top of the rentals guide: standardise. Keep to one range, two wear layers and a consistent colour across every unit. Read a grey floor in that light, as a portfolio decision rather than a matter of taste.

Once a grey is chosen for one flat, it is chosen for the ones after it, so the way it behaves in wet entrances, older rooms and homes finished in phases matters more than how it looks on a single sample.

Read the 5 chapters on grey flooring in Glasgow See all 10 local facts

At a glance

Grey flooring in Glasgow at a glance

35.0%rent sociallyScotland: 22.5%What it means 68.7%live in a flatScotland: 34.4%What it means 30.0days with 10 mm of rain or moreMedian of the 151 towns: 17.8 days a yearWhat it means 0.21dogs per householdMedian of 2,737 postcode districts in Great Britain: 0.41 dogs per householdWhat it means Every figure with its source in Local facts

The range

The grey range, delivered to Glasgow

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ProductFormatWear layer / thicknessFittingUnderfloor heating
Developer Grey Oak Wood Flooring 12 x 15012mm x 150mm x 300-1200mm2mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Oxford Herringbone Dark Grey Oak Wood Flooring 18 x 80 x 30018mm x 80mm x 300mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
BML Grey-beige Oak SPC Wide Flooring6.5mm x 228mm x 1524mm0.55mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible
BML Misty Oak SPC Wide Flooring6.5mm x 228mm x 1524mm0.55mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible
BML Concrete Grey SPC Click Floor Tile6.5mm x 305mm x 610mm0.55mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible
BML Herringbone Grey Oak SPC Luxury Vinyl Flooring6.5mm x 126mm x 630mm0.55mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible
BML Grey-brown Oak SPC Click Flooring5.2mm x 181mm x 1220mm0.3mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible
Weybridge Light Grey Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 190 x 190014mm x 190mm x 1900mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible

Grey in Glasgow

5 chapters on grey flooring in Glasgow · about 2 min read

01/ 05

Production runs, phases and the tone of a grey

The proposed City Development Plan, still to be examined, puts Glasgow's housing land requirement at 22,569 homes across its 10 years. Eight areas carry the council's label of Transformational Regeneration Area; Sighthill, Maryhill, Gallowgate, Shawbridge and North Toryglen are among them. If your home belongs to a development that is finished in stages rather than all at once, the colour of the floor has a problem of its own.

For a grey floor that has a practical consequence. The rentals guide warns that boards from two production runs can differ in tone, invisible in a sample, obvious across a finished floor and impossible to correct afterwards. Where a property or a development runs in phases, raise batch consistency when you order, not when the second phase arrives.

02/ 05

  • 35.0%rent socially

Standardising at the scale of a housing association

35.0% of households in Glasgow rent socially, 1st of 151 towns and against 22.5% for Scotland. The rentals guide's advice to standardise is written for anyone who holds more than one unit, and a council or housing association is exactly that kind of landlord. One grey across the stock means that a repair or a change of tenancy does not reopen the question of colour.

03/ 05

Grey or warm oak in Crosshill's villas and older rooms

Historic Scotland and the council describe Crosshill's villas as large, 19th-century and sandstone-built, and an estimated 43% of dwellings in the council area predate 1945 (Scotland: 28%). The comparison of warm wood tones and cool greys is candid about such rooms: warm oak is the cosier, more traditional choice that flatters period features and warms up a cool room.

That does not rule grey out. It means that in a room with its period features intact a grey is a deliberate contrast, and it is worth deciding that on purpose, with a sample laid next to the skirting, rather than by default.

04/ 05

  • 68.7%live in a flat
  • 30.0days with 10 mm of rain or more

A textured grey in the hall of a flat

68.7% of Glasgow households live in a flat, 1st of 151 towns (Scotland: 34.4%). The hallway of a flat takes the heaviest footfall and the grit, and it often lies directly over a neighbour's bedroom. The flats guide answers that room with a textured rigid vinyl or a matt laminate on a rated underlay.

The door brings the weather in with it. With 30.0 heavy-rain days a year in the town centre against a median of 17.8 for the 151 towns, grit, sand and wet are what a grey vinyl floor meets first, and the cleaning guide ties their amount to where the home stands.

05/ 05

  • 0.21dogs per household

Wear layers for dogs and for spare rooms

Twelve of Glasgow's postcode districts come out at a median of 0.21 dogs per household in the 2015 estimate, where the median of 2,737 districts across Great Britain is 0.41. Where a dog lives, a thicker wear layer on vinyl does the job that texture does on timber, and the dogs guide says a commercial-grade layer in a house with a dog is not overspecifying.

The opposite applies in spare rooms, which are scarce here: 16.1% of households have at least two bedrooms more than they need, against 32.2% for Scotland. A commercial layer in such a room buys nothing, so the second wear layer of a standardised range goes where the traffic is.

Checks

Before you order grey flooring in Glasgow

  • Ask for one batch per job or phase Tone can differ between production runs; raise it at the order, not after the floor is down.
  • Lay the sample against your skirting In an older room, compare the grey with the woodwork and a warm oak before deciding.
  • Choose a textured surface for the hall In a flat, the hall over a neighbour's bedroom calls for textured rigid vinyl or matt laminate on a rated underlay.
  • Standardise on two wear layers A higher layer for halls and rooms with a dog, a standard one for bedrooms.

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Questions

Questions about grey flooring in Glasgow

Should a Glasgow landlord use the same grey in every flat?

That is what the rentals guide advises for anyone holding more than one unit: one range, two wear layers, one colour. 16.9% of households here rent privately and 35.0% socially.

Can two deliveries of the same grey look different?

They can, because boards from different production runs may differ in tone. Where homes are finished in phases, ask for batch consistency when ordering; the proposed development plan asks for land for 22,569 homes.

Does a grey floor suit a 19th-century villa in Crosshill?

It can, as a deliberate contrast. The tone guide notes that warm oak flatters period features; 43% of dwellings in the council area were built before 1945.

Which grey works in the hallway of a Glasgow flat?

A textured rigid vinyl or a matt laminate on a rated underlay, according to the flats guide. 68.7% of Glasgow households live in a flat, where the hall often lies over a neighbour's bedroom.

Local facts

Local facts: grey flooring in Glasgow

10 facts from the census, the Met Office, the council and other public records, each with what it means for a floor in Glasgow and where it comes from.

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