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Hull · East Yorkshire

Hallway Flooring in Hull

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 Hull 85% of homes are houses, most of them terraced houses (47%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.

Hallway in Hull

Hallway flooring in Hull: what the housing says

The City of Kingston upon Hull district counts 115,471 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.

Terraced houses are 47% of the homes in City of Kingston upon Hull, and the terraced hallway in Hull is long, narrow, and the first thing the house shows. A herringbone leads the eye down it; a rigid-vinyl plank with the 0.55 mm wear layer takes the wet boots; a brushed, oiled oak takes both if a mat sits inside the door. The stairs are the other question, and the hallway guide takes them.

Social renting is 27% of households in City of Kingston upon Hull, and the hall in that stock is rigid vinyl across a programme: it takes the traffic, it is listed as waterproof, and it is wiped clean between inspections. A tenant fitting a hall floor in that stock needs the landlord's written consent first, and a floating floor that lifts again is the easier request.

of households rent privately (20.4% in 2011)
23.9%
live in a flat or maisonette
15.4%
postcode districts we deliver to
HU1 to HU9
hallway floors in our range
62

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Kingston upon Hull, City of (E06000010) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

Delivery to Hull

We deliver across Hull and the wider East Yorkshire area. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Beverley, Cottingham, Anlaby, Kirk Ella, Hessle, Brough, Hedon, Withernsea and surrounding East Riding.

Delivery details

Compare the hallway range

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.

ProductFormatWear layer / thicknessFittingUnderfloor heating
Victorian Antique Distressed Oak Flooring 14 x 190 x 190014mm x 190mm x 1900mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Ascot Cottage Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 12514mm x 125mm x 300-1200mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Weybridge Grey Washed Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 190 x 190014mm x 190mm x 1900mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
BML Herringbone American White Oak SPC Luxury Vinyl Flooring6.5mm x 126mm x 630mm0.55mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible
BML Concrete Dark Grey SPC Click Floor Tile6.5mm x 305mm x 610mm0.55mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible
BML Grey Oak SPC Wide Flooring6.5mm x 228mm x 1524mm0.55mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible
Cobham Light Oak Wood Floor 14 x 15014mm x 150mm x 300-1200mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
8mm Laminate Golcuk8mm x 193mm x 1204mm8mm thick · AC4ClickCompatible

Room by room

Hallway in Hull, room by room

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    Premium Avenues Properties

    The Avenues’ substantial Victorian villas suit engineered oak in characterful tones or herringbone parquet for hallways, matching the period detail these premium Hull properties were built with.
    Engineered Wood flooring in Hull

Our East Yorkshire delivery covers: Hull city centre, Avenues, Newland, Cottingham, Anlaby, Kirk Ella, Beverley, Pearson Park, Princes Avenue, Spring Bank, Sutton-on-Hull, North Ferriby, Hessle, Brough, Willerby, Hedon, Bilton, Walkington, Cherry Burton, Withernsea, Hornsea, Driffield and surrounding East Riding

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Local fact sheet

Hull's homes, by the numbers

City of Kingston upon Hull in the 2021 census: 115,471 households, 85% houses, 15% flats.

Terraced houses account for 46.7% of homes in Kingston upon Hull, well ahead of the 29.4% semi-detached and 8.4% detached. That shape of stock sets the work: narrow rooms, chimney-breast alcoves and doorways at either end, so careful templating counts for more than raw area, and waste should be worked out from the room shapes instead of a flat percentage. Ownership is 48.3% against social renting of 27.0%, the sort of split where the specification often runs through a housing provider rather than a household. HU1 through HU9 bring in Avenue, Bricknell, Derringham, Drypool, Ings, Marfleet, Boothferry and Longhill & Bilton Grange.

Terraced housing covers almost half of Hull, and its layout barely varies across Newland, Avenue, Derringham, Boothferry and Holderness: front room, back room, kitchen, one behind the other down the length of the plot. That plan decides more about a floor than the choice of board does.

That layout makes the direction a floor is laid a real decision rather than a detail. Boards along the length draw the eye through and make a narrow plan feel longer; across it, each room reads wider. Both are defensible — changing direction mid-house is not.

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

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Hull

  • 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.
  • A narrow hall over a void The terrace hall runs the length of the house on joists over a void. Airbricks clear, boards screwed down, then the underlay; the mat inside the door does the rest.
  • Consent, then the slip test A tenancy agreement usually needs the landlord's consent for a hard floor; a provider asks for the pendulum slip figure at the wet end of the hall.

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Questions

Hallway flooring in Hull: 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 Hull 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.

What flooring works best for Hull’s Avenues properties?

The Avenues houses are deep, with rooms off a long hall, so settle the direction before the material. Running along the hall carries the eye through and suits an opened-up plan; running across stops the eye at each doorway and suits a house whose rooms have been kept.

Do you deliver hallway flooring to Hull?

Yes. We deliver across Hull and East Yorkshire from our UK warehouse, including the HU1, HU2, HU3, HU4, HU5 and HU6 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 Hull?

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