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Crawley · West Sussex

Kitchen Flooring in Crawley

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 Crawley roughly one home in 4 is a flat (26%), so sound through the floor matters alongside the base under it.

Kitchen in Crawley

Kitchen flooring in Crawley: what the housing says

The Crawley district counts 45,500 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.

Terraced houses are 37% of the homes in Crawley, and the terraced kitchen in Crawley is the room at the back, often on a concrete floor laid over the old scullery, sometimes damp. That base is the decision: a rigid-vinyl floor bridges a slab that is not quite flat and floats over it, where a tile needs the slab levelled and a dry reading first. Either way the hygrometer comes before the floor.

Social renting is 23% of households in Crawley, and a kitchen in that stock is floored in rigid vinyl across a programme: one click floor listed as waterproof, laid without a wet trade, cleaned with a damp mop, tolerant of the slab it meets in each unit.

of households rent privately (14.5% in 2011)
19.8%
live in a flat or maisonette
25.7%
postcode districts we deliver to
RH10, RH11, RH77
kitchen floors in our range
35

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Crawley (E07000226) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

Delivery to Crawley

We deliver across Crawley and West Sussex. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Horsham, East Grinstead, Haywards Heath, Burgess Hill, Reigate, Redhill, Dorking and surrounding Sussex and Surrey borders.

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 Crawley, room by room

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    Kitchens

    LVT vinyl suits Crawley kitchens, where water does not damage the material, it is warm with underfloor heating, and it is realistic enough to flow into adjoining living areas.
    Kitchen flooring in Crawley

Our West Sussex delivery covers: Crawley town centre, Three Bridges, Pound Hill, Maidenbower, Northgate, Tilgate, West Green, Langley Green, Ifield, Broadfield, Bewbush, Gossops Green, Southgate, Furnace Green, Forge Wood, Kilnwood Vale, Worth, Pease Pottage, Horley, Charlwood, Horsham, East Grinstead, Haywards Heath, Burgess Hill and surrounding West Sussex

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Local fact sheet

Crawley's homes, by the numbers

Crawley in the 2021 census: 45,500 households, 74% houses, 26% flats.

Terraces account for 37.4% of dwellings, well ahead of semi-detached at 22.7% and detached at 14.2%, with purpose-built flats adding a further 23.8%. Party walls on both sides mean impact noise travels sideways as well as downwards, so a resilient underlay earns its place even on a ground floor, and suspended timber decks want levelling and fixing before a rigid plank goes anywhere near them. Social landlords hold 22.9% of the stock here, a tenure where specification is usually fixed in advance and durability outranks fashion; ownership sits at 55.7%. Deliveries reach RH10, RH11 and RH77, covering Broadfield, Furnace Green, Ifield, Langley Green & Tushmore, Bewbush & North Broadfield, Copthorne & Worth and Crawley Down in West Sussex.

Laid out as a new town in neighbourhoods, Crawley shows it in the stock: more than a third terraced, close to a quarter in purpose-built flats, and social renting above one household in five. Bewbush, Broadfield, Furnace Green, Gossops Green and Langley Green were each built to a plan, so a house in one of them tends to be built like its neighbours.

New-town ground floors are a concrete slab with screed over them, built neighbourhood by neighbourhood to one plan. Where a house in Broadfield or Furnace Green needs a moisture test and a levelling coat, the ones either side usually do too.

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

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Crawley

  • 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 terrace kitchen slab The kitchen at the back of a terrace is on the oldest slab in the house, often with no membrane. The hygrometer reading first; a floating floor listed as waterproof over it, sealed at the edges.
  • Slip and consent A provider specifying a kitchen floor asks for the pendulum slip test; a tenant asks the landlord for consent before a hard floor goes in.

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Questions

Kitchen flooring in Crawley: questions, answered

Which kitchen floor suits a Crawley 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.

Which flooring is best for Crawley rental properties?

For a let on these estates, the underlay is where skimping shows first: it takes up small differences in the screed and deadens footfall in a house with thin partitions. Spend there, choose a mid-range click floor above it, and keep spare planks in the loft.

Do you deliver kitchen flooring to Crawley?

Yes. We deliver across Crawley and West Sussex from our UK warehouse, including the RH10, RH11 and RH77 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 Crawley?

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