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Preston · Lancashire

Hallway Flooring in Preston

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 Preston 82% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (34%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.

Hallway in Preston

Hallway flooring in Preston: what the housing says

The Preston district counts 59,607 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 34% of the Preston 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.

Terraced houses are 29% of the homes in Preston, and the terraced hallway in Preston 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.

of households rent privately (18.0% in 2011)
22.4%
live in a flat or maisonette
17.5%
postcode districts we deliver to
5
hallway floors in our range
62

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Preston (E07000123) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

Delivery to Preston

We deliver across Preston and the wider Lancashire area. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Chorley, Leyland, Blackburn, Burnley, Lytham St Annes, Garstang and surrounding Lancashire.

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 Preston, room by room

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    Hallways

    Engineered oak in consistent warm tones creates inviting first impressions in Preston family homes. For Victorian terraces near the centre, herringbone parquet adds period character.
    Hallway flooring in Preston

Our Lancashire delivery covers: Preston city centre, Fulwood, Penwortham, Walton-le-Dale, Ashton-on-Ribble, Lea, Broughton, Ribbleton, Ingol, Grimsargh, Lostock Hall, Bamber Bridge, Longton, Hutton, Cottam, Whittingham, Goosnargh, Longridge, Chorley, Leyland, Blackburn, Burnley, Lytham St Annes, Garstang and surrounding Lancashire

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Local fact sheet

Preston's homes, by the numbers

Preston in the 2021 census: 59,607 households, 82% houses, 18% flats.

Ashton, Deepdale, Cadley and the City Centre ward sit inside the districts served from here, alongside Bamber Bridge East and West, Farington East and West, Broad Oak and Charnock; the postal spread runs PR0, PR1, PR2, PR5 and PR11. Terraces account for 29.2% of homes and semi-detached houses for 34.2%, so most jobs land in a house rather than above one. A terraced ground floor is often suspended timber, which flexes, hollows along the joist lines and creaks where boards were lifted for pipework. Screwing those boards back down and levelling the surface is what keeps a new floor from telegraphing every fault beneath it. Owner occupation stands at 58.3%.

Around a third of Preston is terraced, with Deepdale, Ashton and the City Centre wards holding most of that stock and more than one household in five renting privately. The Lancashire terrace was built before damp-proofing was routine, and it was built to let moisture pass through its fabric rather than to keep it out.

Seal a solid floor in one of those houses and the moisture that used to leave through it has to go somewhere; it usually reappears at the base of the walls. The safer route is a floor that lets the ground beneath it breathe, or a membrane installed as a system.

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

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Preston

  • 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.
  • 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.

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Questions

Hallway flooring in Preston: 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 Preston 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.

Which flooring is best for Preston student rentals?

In a shared house the ground floor carries the risk and the wear together, so put the resilient surface downstairs — LVT or SPC through hall, kitchen and living room — and keep the bedrooms plain. It is cheaper than treating every room as though it were the hall.

Do you deliver hallway flooring to Preston?

Yes. We deliver across Preston and Lancashire from our UK warehouse, including the PR0, PR1, PR2, PR5 and PR11 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 Preston?

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