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Torquay · Devon

Hallway Flooring in Torquay

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 Torquay roughly one home in 3 is a flat (30%), so sound through the floor matters alongside the base under it.

Hallway in Torquay

Hallway flooring in Torquay: what the housing says

The Torbay district counts 62,995 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.

Flats are 30% of the homes in the Torbay 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.

Private renting is 27% of households in Torbay, and the hallway of a let in Torquay is the floor that decides whether a deposit dispute is about the floor. Rigid vinyl with the 0.55 mm wear layer, listed as waterproof, takes the tenancy; an AC4 laminate takes it in a dry hall. Carpet in a hallway is replaced at every change.

of households rent privately (23.2% in 2011)
26.6%
live in a flat or maisonette
29.8%
postcode districts we deliver to
TQ1 to TQ2
hallway floors in our range
62

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Torbay (E06000027) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

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

Local fact sheet

Torquay's homes, by the numbers

Torbay in the 2021 census: 62,995 households, 70% houses, 30% flats.

Torquay is TQ1 and TQ2 — Tormohun, Ellacombe, Wellswood, St Marychurch, Shiphay, Barton with Watcombe, and Cockington with Chelston. It sits in Torbay, a unitary authority. Two figures stand out: private renting is 26.6%, the second highest we deliver to, while social renting is only 8.3%, the lowest on this list. Torquay is a resort town and a large part of the housing is Victorian and Edwardian villas subdivided into flats and holiday lets. In a converted flat the floor is the ceiling below, so impact sound insulation comes first; and in a property that turns over frequently, the wear layer matters more than the species.

Purpose-built blocks account for nearly twice as many Torquay homes as flats carved out of a villa, so the base under a TQ1 or TQ2 flat has to be established rather than assumed to be villa joists. Find out what the block was built on, then specify. Guessing that costs a floor.

A divided villa in Ellacombe heats by the week: one flat warm, the one beneath it shut and cold. Across TQ1, treat that floor as a boundary rather than a surface.

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

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Torquay

  • 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.
  • 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.
  • Waterproof-listed at the wet end The hall is where the rain comes in. For a let, the rigid vinyl.

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Questions

Hallway flooring in Torquay: 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 Torquay 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 Torquay address?

Samples reach any Torquay address, and the useful one is often not the flat itself: an owner living out of the bay, or an agent holding keys across TQ1. Put your own address on the sample request and the property's on what follows it.

Do you deliver hallway flooring to Torquay?

Yes. We deliver across Torquay and Devon from our UK warehouse, including the TQ1 and TQ2 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 Torquay?

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