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Swindon · Wiltshire

Hallway Flooring in Swindon

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 Swindon 82% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (31%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.

Hallway in Swindon

Hallway flooring in Swindon: what the housing says

The Swindon district counts 95,862 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 31% of the Swindon 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 Swindon, and the terraced hallway in Swindon 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 (16.0% in 2011)
19.3%
live in a flat or maisonette
17.8%
postcode districts we deliver to
7
hallway floors in our range
62

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Swindon (E06000030) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

Delivery to Swindon

We deliver across Swindon and the wider Wiltshire area. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Marlborough, Devizes, Cirencester, Royal Wootton Bassett, Highworth, Faringdon and the surrounding North Wessex Downs.

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 Swindon, room by room

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    Hallways

    Engineered oak in a consistent finish can run from room to room without a change of floor, which is how modern Swindon new-builds are laid out. For Old Town Victorian properties, herringbone parquet adds period character.
    Hallway flooring in Swindon

Our Wiltshire delivery covers: Swindon town centre, Old Town, Wroughton, Stratton St Margaret, Highworth, Coate, Lawn, Walcot, Park North, Park South, Pinehurst, Penhill, Toothill, Wichelstowe, Tadpole Garden Village, Royal Wootton Bassett, Marlborough, Devizes, Cirencester, Faringdon and surrounding North Wiltshire and Cotswold fringe

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Local fact sheet

Swindon's homes, by the numbers

Swindon in the 2021 census: 95,862 households, 82% houses, 18% flats.

Swindon is a unitary authority, and its seven districts — SN1 to SN5 plus SN25 and SN38 — take in Old Town, Haydon Wick, Gorse Hill and Pinehurst, Covingham and Dorcan, and Blunsdon and Highworth. Ownership sits at 63.7%, close to the national picture; the sharper movement is in private renting, up from 16.0% in 2011 to 19.3% in 2021. Built form is split fairly evenly between semi-detached at 30.7% and terraced at 29.0%, both of which usually mean a party wall and, on many upper storeys, timber joists. That combination argues for checking deflection and levelling the base before boards go down, and for a resilient layer wherever a rented home sits above another dwelling.

Swindon holds two towns in one set of figures: the railway terraces around Gorse Hill and Central, and the estates built out west at Lydiard, Freshbrook and Haydon Wick. Terraces and semi-detached houses run close to each other in share, and the two ask for quite different preparation.

The railway terraces around the works sit on suspended timber; the western estates at Freshbrook, Toothill and Shaw sit on a slab with screed over it. The two need opposite preparation, and the address usually tells you which you have.

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

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Swindon

  • 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 Swindon: 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 Swindon 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.

Do you deliver hallway flooring to Swindon?

Yes. We deliver across Swindon and Wiltshire from our UK warehouse, including the SN1, SN2, SN3, SN4, SN5 and SN25 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 Swindon?

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