Delivery to South Shields
We deliver across South Shields and Tyne and Wear (NE 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 South Shields
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 South Shields 80% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (43%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.
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- Delivered to South ShieldsNE33 to NE34
Grey in South Shields
Grey flooring in South Shields: what the housing says
The South Tyneside district counts 68,286 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 43% of the South Tyneside 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 27% of the homes in South Tyneside, and a terraced front room in South Shields 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.
Social renting is 30% of households in South Tyneside, and grey laminate and grey rigid vinyl are the specification across that stock for the same practical reasons: they hide wear between inspections and sit with any wall colour a tenant chooses. A tenant fitting a floor in that stock needs the landlord's written consent first; the click floors lift again at the end of the tenancy.
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All 16 grey floors- of households rent privately (10.1% in 2011)
- 13.2%
- live in a flat or maisonette
- 20.3%
- postcode districts we deliver to
- NE33 to NE34
- grey floors in our range
- 16
Source: ONS, Census 2021, South Tyneside (E08000023) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
The range
The grey range for South Shields 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
South Shields's homes, by the numbers
South Tyneside in the 2021 census: 68,286 households, 80% houses, 20% flats.
For every home a private landlord lets across NE33 and NE34, a social landlord lets more than two. The private let is the exception in this town, and whatever a floor here is asked to do, it is more often an association or the council asking than an individual landlord.
Behind the semi-detached and terraced majority in NE33 and NE34 sit purpose-built flats, among them the Tyneside kind: two-door houses divided into one home upstairs and another below. Close to three homes in ten are socially rented, so a floor here has to survive changes of tenant.
Houses at Beacon and Bents stand in air off the river mouth, a fact about the address and not about the forecast. Open the packs where the floor is going, let them settle, and specify for a hall that runs colder than its rooms.
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 South Shields
- 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.
- Grey vinyl for the turnover A grey rigid vinyl with a 0.55 mm wear layer hides the marks between tenancies. A tenancy agreement usually needs the landlord's consent for a hard floor first.
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Grey flooring in South Shields: questions, answered
Which grey floor suits a north-facing room in South Shields?
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 South Shields address?
Samples reach both districts, and the room they are judged in matters. An upper dwelling in a split pair sits higher into the daylight than the one beneath it, so a shade chosen on a lower hall floor can read differently upstairs.
Do you deliver grey flooring to South Shields?
Yes. We deliver across South Shields and Tyne and Wear from our UK warehouse, including the NE33 and NE34 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 South Shields?
Yes: cut samples are £1.99 each, up to two per product, posted to your South Shields 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
More flooring pages for South Shields
Every range and room for South Shields, each on its own page with the same housing data read for that floor.
Engineered Woodin South Shields33 floors
Solid Woodin South Shields15 floors
Parquetin South Shields15 floors
LVT Vinylin South Shields36 floors
SPC Rigid Vinylin South Shields36 floors
Laminatein South Shields12 floors
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Kitchenin South Shields
Bathroomin South Shields
Living Roomin South Shields
Bedroomin South Shields- Hallwayin South Shields
Conservatoryin South Shields- Utility Roomin South Shields
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- Herringbonein South ShieldsSuits hallways and long rooms
- Chevronin South ShieldsMakes a room read longer
- Waterproofin South ShieldsFloors listed as waterproof
- Underfloor Heatingin South ShieldsThree numbers to check first
- Pet-Friendlyin South ShieldsThe surface decides, not the material
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