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Aldershot · Hampshire

Kitchen Flooring in Aldershot

A kitchen floor takes water from above, heat from below and traffic all day, and in this range that points to two materials: rigid vinyl listed as waterproof, and porcelain tile. In Aldershot roughly one home in 4 is a flat (28%), so sound through the floor matters alongside the base under it.

Kitchen in Aldershot

Kitchen flooring in Aldershot: what the housing says

The Rushmoor district counts 39,303 households in the 2021 census, and the mix of houses and flats in that count is what decides how a kitchen floor is specified here.

Semi-detached houses are 32% of the Rushmoor stock, and the semi's kitchen is usually a kitchen-diner today, extended onto a new slab with underfloor heating under it. A rigid-vinyl floor runs from the old concrete onto the new screed in one piece; a porcelain tile does too, on a levelled base. Both are listed for underfloor heating in this range.

Flats are 28% of the homes in the Rushmoor district, and a kitchen in a flat is often open to the living room and above or below a neighbour. A rigid-vinyl floor over an acoustic underlay carries less footfall through the slab than a tile does, and it stays under the door thresholds; the lease usually has a view on hard floors, and it is read first.

of households rent privately (17.6% in 2011)
21.5%
live in a flat or maisonette
27.5%
postcode districts we deliver to
GU11 to GU12
kitchen floors in our range
35

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Rushmoor (E07000092) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

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The rigid-vinyl planks with the 0.55 mm wear layer, such as BML Natural Oak SPC Wide Flooring and BML Grey Oak SPC Wide Flooring, and the herringbone boards such as BML Herringbone European Oak SPC, are the kitchen floors here, listed as waterproof; the BML Concrete Grey SPC Click Floor Tile gives a stone look without grout. In porcelain, the 600 x 1200 mm tiles such as Luna Blanca Matt Porcelain Floor Tile and Wabi Bianco Lappato Porcelain Floor Tile; the Wabi tiles carry an R11 slip rating in the listing.

ProductFormatWear layer / thicknessFittingUnderfloor heating
BML Herringbone European Oak SPC Luxury Vinyl Flooring6.5mm x 126mm x 630mm0.55mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible
BML Herringbone Grey Oak SPC Luxury Vinyl Flooring6.5mm x 126mm x 630mm0.55mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible
BML Black Slate SPC Click Floor Tile6.5mm x 305mm x 610mm0.55mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible
BML Rustic Grey Oak SPC Wide Flooring6.5mm x 228mm x 1524mm0.55mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible
BML Natural Oak SPC Wide Flooring6.5mm x 228mm x 1524mm0.55mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible
BML Poplar SPC Wide Flooring6.5mm x 228mm x 1524mm0.55mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible
Agate Blue Lappato Porcelain Floor Tile 600 x 12009mmCompatible
Alexandria Cream Polished Porcelain Floor Tile 600 x 12009mmCompatible

Room by room

Kitchen in Aldershot, room by room

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    Kitchens

    A kitchen in a Rushmoor let and a kitchen the owner cooks in want different things from the same room. SPC shrugs off dropped pans and trolley wheels between tenancies, while porcelain tiles suit a Cargate or Ash South household planning to stay.
    Kitchen flooring in Aldershot

Our Hampshire delivery covers: North Town, Cargate and Manor Park and the GU postcode area

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Local fact sheet

Aldershot's homes, by the numbers

Rushmoor in the 2021 census: 39,303 households, 72% houses, 28% flats.

Aldershot sits in Rushmoor borough, and we deliver to GU11 and GU12 — Aldershot Park, Manor Park, North Town, Rowhill and across to Ash Vale and Ash Wharf. Rushmoor's tenure profile is unusual for Hampshire: at the 2021 census 21.5% of households rented privately, up 3.9 points on 2011, while ownership fell to 60.5%. A fifth of the local market is therefore a landlord deciding between voids and durability, and that changes what sells. For a rental turnaround, LVT and a good AC-rated laminate do more per pound than engineered oak, because the floor has to survive tenants rather than impress guests. For your own home the calculation reverses.

Not every Aldershot tenancy has a private landlord. Social renting covers roughly one Rushmoor household in six, and has held there for a decade. So a GU11 or GU12 floor is sometimes bought by the tenant rather than the landlord, and has to come up undamaged at the end of the let.

A landlord specifying a floor is not the household that will heat the room it goes into. A Manor Park let stands cold between tenancies, then gets warmed hard the day someone moves in, and a solid board takes that swing worse than a layered one.

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

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Aldershot

  • Dry slab, tested A kitchen floor in an older house has often been wet. A hygrometer reading, dry to BS 8203 practice, before the floor.
  • Vinyl or tile: warmth against permanence Rigid vinyl floats, is warmer and quieter and can be lifted; porcelain is bedded, harder and stays.
  • Units first or floor first A floating floor runs under the kick boards, not under the units; a tile usually runs under everything. Decide with the kitchen fitter.
  • The extension slab The kitchen in a semi is usually the later extension, on a slab that may have no membrane. The hygrometer reading comes before the choice.
  • Sound through the slab In a flat, the vinyl over an acoustic underlay carries less footfall than a tile. The lease may decide.

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Questions

Kitchen flooring in Aldershot: questions, answered

Which kitchen floor suits a Aldershot home?

There are two candidates in the range and the room decides: rigid vinyl listed as waterproof, warmer and quieter and forgiving of an old base, or porcelain tile, harder and permanent. The kitchen guide linked below compares them.

Can I have wood flooring in a kitchen?

Engineered oak is fitted in kitchens with a sealed finish and wiped-up spills, but it is not listed as waterproof and a leak under a dishwasher will mark it. Where the look of wood is wanted with the listing, the rigid-vinyl planks and herringbone are the answer.

Does a kitchen floor need a slip rating?

The HSE grades slip potential by pendulum test value, with 36 or above rated low. Two of the porcelain tiles in the range carry an R11 rating in the listing; for a domestic kitchen the floor is chosen for the spill and the mop as much as for the rating.

Can I order flooring samples to my Aldershot address?

Yes, to a St Mark's or Wellington address, or wherever the person choosing actually is. A sample settles colour and how the joint sits; it cannot settle wear, so read the rating we publish beside the range rather than trusting a piece nobody has walked on.

Do you deliver kitchen flooring to Aldershot?

Yes. We deliver across Aldershot and Hampshire from our UK warehouse, including the GU11 and GU12 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 kitchen sample before ordering in Aldershot?

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