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Cheltenham · Gloucestershire

Kitchen Flooring in Cheltenham

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 Cheltenham roughly one home in 4 is a flat (27%), so sound through the floor matters alongside the base under it.

Kitchen in Cheltenham

Kitchen flooring in Cheltenham: what the housing says

The Cheltenham district counts 52,898 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 33% of the Cheltenham 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 27% of the homes in the Cheltenham 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.

Private renting is 23% of households in Cheltenham, and a rented kitchen in Cheltenham gets the floor that survives the tenancy and the inspection: rigid vinyl with the 0.55 mm wear layer, listed as waterproof, clicked and floated, wiped clean. A tile lasts as long but is not replaced in an afternoon if a unit is dropped on it.

of households rent privately (21.5% in 2011)
23.4%
live in a flat or maisonette
26.8%
postcode districts we deliver to
GL50 to GL53
kitchen floors in our range
35

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Cheltenham (E07000078) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

Delivery to Cheltenham

We deliver across Cheltenham and the wider Cotswolds. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Gloucester, Tewkesbury, Winchcombe, Stow-on-the-Wold, Bourton-on-the-Water, Stroud and surrounding Cotswold villages.

Delivery details

Compare the kitchen range

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 Cheltenham, room by room

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    Kitchens

    Cheltenham kitchens often blend period character with modern function. Porcelain stone-effect tiles suit the traditional Cotswold-stone aesthetic, while LVT offers a warmer alternative that flows from period reception rooms.
    Kitchen flooring in Cheltenham

Our Gloucestershire delivery covers: Cheltenham town centre, Montpellier, The Park, Pittville, Lansdown, Charlton Kings, Battledown, Leckhampton, Prestbury, Bishop’s Cleeve, Up Hatherley, Warden Hill, Whaddon, Hester’s Way, Tewkesbury, Winchcombe, Stow-on-the-Wold, Bourton-on-the-Water, Northleach, Andoversford and surrounding Cotswolds

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Local fact sheet

Cheltenham's homes, by the numbers

Cheltenham in the 2021 census: 52,898 households, 73% houses, 27% flats.

Private renting reaches 23.4% of households in Cheltenham, up from 21.5% a decade earlier, and 5.7% of all homes are flats formed inside converted houses — a figure worth holding onto in a stock that is otherwise 72.6% houses. GL50, GL51, GL52 and GL53 are the districts served, taking in All Saints, College, Battledown and Charlton Kings. Conversions of that kind almost always sit on the original timber joists, so deflection and squeak show up long before the wear layer does; screwing off loose boards and laying a rigid board underlay matter more than the finish chosen above them. A rented home also argues for a click-fitted floating floor that can be lifted and relaid between tenancies rather than bonded down for good.

One Cheltenham home in three is semi-detached and almost a quarter of households rent privately, up by nearly two points in a decade. The Regency terraces get the attention, but most of the town's floors go into twentieth-century houses in Benhall, Battledown and the Reddings.

Regency houses carry deep skirtings and tall door architraves, and both were set to the floor as it then was. Raising the level eats into that detail, so the build-up height is decided before the material in Lansdown, Montpellier and the Park.

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

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Cheltenham

  • 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.
  • Replaceable in an afternoon A click floor can be. A tile cannot. For a let, that is the argument.

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Questions

Kitchen flooring in Cheltenham: questions, answered

Which kitchen floor suits a Cheltenham 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.

Do you deliver kitchen flooring to Cheltenham?

Yes. We deliver across Cheltenham and Gloucestershire from our UK warehouse, including the GL50, GL51, GL52 and GL53 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 Cheltenham?

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