Hallway Flooring in Reading

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.

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.

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.

On a new development, wait until the snag list is closed before the floor goes down, and get the screed's moisture reading in writing at handover. Those two steps prevent most of what goes wrong in the first year, and neither costs anything.

Yes. We deliver across Reading and Berkshire from our UK warehouse, including the RG1, RG2, RG4, RG5, RG6 and RG30 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.

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