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St Albans · Hertfordshire

Grey Flooring in St Albans

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 St Albans 77% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (30%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.

Grey in St Albans

Grey flooring in St Albans: what the housing says

The St Albans district counts 58,990 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 30% of the St Albans 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.

Owner-occupation is 71% in St Albans, 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 St Albans that is the difference between a floor bought for the next ten years and one bought for the next decoration.

of households rent privately (13.6% in 2011)
16.3%
live in a flat or maisonette
23.0%
postcode districts we deliver to
AL1, AL3
grey floors in our range
16

Source: ONS, Census 2021, St Albans (E07000240) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

Delivery to St Albans

We deliver across St Albans and Hertfordshire. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Harpenden, Welwyn Garden City, Hatfield, Watford, Hemel Hempstead, Hitchin and surrounding Hertfordshire villages.

Delivery details

Compare the grey range

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.

ProductFormatWear layer / thicknessFittingUnderfloor heating
Victorian Antique Smoked Grey Oak Flooring 15 x 220 x 220015mm x 220mm x 2200mm4mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Weybridge Light Grey Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 190 x 190014mm x 190mm x 1900mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
BML Grey-brown Oak SPC Click Flooring5.2mm x 181mm x 1220mm0.3mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible
BML Misty Oak SPC Click Flooring5.2mm x 181mm x 1220mm0.3mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible
BML Concrete Dark Grey SPC Click Floor Tile6.5mm x 305mm x 610mm0.55mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible
BML Cement Light SPC Click Floor Tile6.5mm x 305mm x 610mm0.55mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible
BML Misty Oak SPC Wide Flooring6.5mm x 228mm x 1524mm0.55mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible
BML Grey-beige Oak SPC Wide Flooring6.5mm x 228mm x 1524mm0.55mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible

Local fact sheet

St Albans's homes, by the numbers

St Albans in the 2021 census: 58,990 households, 77% houses, 23% flats.

St Albans has the highest ownership of any town we cover, at seven households in ten, and the lowest private renting of its neighbours, at one in six. Almost everyone specifying a floor here will be standing on it in five years, and it shows in what people ask for.

St Albans combines Roman and medieval heritage in the Cathedral and Verulam areas with elegant Victorian and Edwardian villas around Fishpool Street and Marshalswick, plus substantial family homes in Harpenden, Wheathampstead and the surrounding Hertfordshire villages. The city’s exceptional schools and 18-minute trains to St Pancras drive premium property values.

The centre holds conservation-area stock with suspended timber and the ventilation questions that come with it; Marshalswick, Cunningham and the newer edges are twentieth-century and mostly solid at ground level. Two different preparations, often within the same AL1 postcode.

Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in St Albans

  • 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.
  • 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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Questions

Grey flooring in St Albans: questions, answered

Which grey floor suits a north-facing room in St Albans?

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.

What flooring suits St Albans Victorian and Edwardian homes?

In a Victorian or Edwardian house, spend on the subfloor before the board and keep the build-up shallow. After that the wear layer earns more than the width or the grade: width changes how the floor looks on day one, the wear layer decides whether it can be brought back in year fifteen.

Do you deliver grey flooring to St Albans?

Yes. We deliver across St Albans and Hertfordshire from our UK warehouse, including the AL1 and AL3 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 St Albans?

Yes: cut samples are £1.99 each, up to two per product, posted to your St Albans 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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