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Hallway Flooring in Farnborough
The hallway takes more traffic per square metre than any other room, and wet traffic at that, so its floor is chosen for wear and for the mat at the door: rigid vinyl, AC4 laminate or a brushed oak. In Farnborough roughly one home in 4 is a flat (28%), so sound through the floor matters alongside the base under it.
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Hallway in Farnborough
Hallway flooring in Farnborough: what the housing says
The Rushmoor district counts 39,303 households in the 2021 census, and the mix of houses and flats in that count is what decides how a hallway floor is specified here.
Semi-detached houses are 32% of the Rushmoor stock, and the semi's hall is a square with the stairs in it and doors to three rooms. One floor across it and into the living room reads as more space; where the living room is oak, the hall is often the same board, and where it is laminate, the hall gets the rigid vinyl so the wet end of the house is the waterproof-listed end.
Flats are 28% of the homes in the Rushmoor district, and a hallway in a flat is internal, dry and above a neighbour: the floor is chosen for sound as much as wear, a rigid-vinyl board or a laminate over an acoustic underlay, thin enough to pass under the front door.
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All 62 hallway floors- of households rent privately (17.6% in 2011)
- 21.5%
- live in a flat or maisonette
- 27.5%
- postcode districts we deliver to
- GU14, GU16
- hallway floors in our range
- 62
Source: ONS, Census 2021, Rushmoor (E07000092) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
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The hallway range for Farnborough homes
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The rigid-vinyl planks with the 0.55 mm wear layer, such as BML Rustic Oak SPC Wide Flooring, and the herringbone BML Herringbone European Oak SPC for a hall with length; the AC4 laminates such as 8mm Laminate Golcuk for a dry hall; among the timber, the Oxford Herringbone Light Oak and the brushed Ascot Natural Brushed Oak Wood Flooring, which hide grit in their texture.
| Product | Format | Wear layer / thickness | Fitting | Underfloor heating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Victorian Antique Distressed Oak Flooring 14 x 190 x 1900 | 14mm x 190mm x 1900mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Ascot Cottage Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 125 | 14mm x 125mm x 300-1200mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Weybridge Grey Washed Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 190 x 1900 | 14mm x 190mm x 1900mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| BML Herringbone American White Oak SPC Luxury Vinyl Flooring | 6.5mm x 126mm x 630mm | 0.55mm | 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 Grey Oak SPC Wide Flooring | 6.5mm x 228mm x 1524mm | 0.55mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
| Cobham Light Oak Wood Floor 14 x 150 | 14mm x 150mm x 300-1200mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| 8mm Laminate Golcuk | 8mm x 193mm x 1204mm | 8mm thick · AC4 | Click | Compatible |
Local fact sheet
Farnborough's homes, by the numbers
Rushmoor in the 2021 census: 39,303 households, 72% houses, 28% flats.
“Read the lease before choosing the floor, not after it is down.”
Farnborough covers GU14 and GU16 — Cove and Southwood, Empress, Cherrywood, Fernhill, and across to Ash Vale, Frimley and Blackwater and Hawley. Like Aldershot it sits in Rushmoor borough, where 21.5% of households rented privately at the 2021 census against 60.5% owning. What distinguishes Farnborough is what has been built here recently: the town centre and the former airfield land have seen substantial new apartment development, and apartments change the flooring question entirely. In a flat the lease usually specifies impact sound insulation, and a hard floor laid without it is a dispute rather than a design choice. Read the lease before choosing the floor, not after it is down.
A new floor in a GU14 block starts from a base that was poured level, which is not how the rest of this list begins. Almost everywhere the first money goes on levelling a timber floor that has moved; on the airfield land it does not, and that budget is free for the board itself.
A screed poured recently is still giving up water, and much of what stands on the former airfield land is recent. Take a reading before anything goes down; where the heating sits in the slab, the board has to be rated for a warm base too.
Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
Guides
Before you choose
Before you order in Farnborough
- A mat inside the door Grit scratches; a mat catches it. It is the smallest item in the specification and the one that decides how the floor looks in five years.
- Wear layer or wear class 0.55 mm on the rigid vinyl, AC4 on the laminate, a brushed face on the oak. The hall is a class 23 room in EN ISO 10874's terms, heavy domestic.
- The stairs are a separate decision A floating floor does not go up stairs. The hallway guide sets out the options.
- The hall, the stairs, the kitchen door A semi's hall runs from the front door past the stairs to the kitchen: three thresholds, one floor. The stairs are a separate decision; the kitchen door is where the base changes.
- Thin enough for the front door The build-up has to pass under the flat's front door, which is usually fire-rated and not trimmed.
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Hallway flooring in Farnborough: questions, answered
What is the hardest-wearing hallway floor?
In this range the rigid-vinyl planks with the 0.55 mm wear layer, listed as waterproof and rated commercial grade by the manufacturer, and the AC4 laminates for a dry hall. A brushed, oiled oak lasts as long if the grit is kept out by a mat, and it can be re-oiled where it wears.
Can I lay herringbone in a narrow Farnborough hallway?
It is the room herringbone suits best: the diagonal leads the eye along the hall and it reads wider. The small 90 x 450 mm block keeps the pattern in proportion; the rigid-vinyl herringbone does the same and takes wet boots.
What about the stairs?
A floating floor stops at the bottom step. Stairs are fitted separately, with nosings and a fixed board or a stair-specific covering, and the hallways-and-stairs guide linked below explains the options.
Can I order flooring samples to my Farnborough address?
Yes, and if the flat is bought but not yet handed over, send the samples wherever you are living now and carry them to the next viewing. Knellwood, the airfield land, GU14 or GU16, it makes no difference which address the pieces go to.
Do you deliver hallway flooring to Farnborough?
Yes. We deliver across Farnborough and Hampshire from our UK warehouse, including the GU14 and GU16 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 hallway sample before ordering in Farnborough?
Yes: cut samples are £1.99 each, up to two per product, posted to your Farnborough 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 Farnborough, each on its own page with the same housing data read for that floor.
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- Herringbonein FarnboroughSuits hallways and long rooms
- Chevronin FarnboroughMakes a room read longer
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- Greyin FarnboroughCool in north light, warmer in south
- Underfloor Heatingin FarnboroughThree numbers to check first
- Pet-Friendlyin FarnboroughThe surface decides, not the material
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