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Gloucester · Gloucestershire
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 Gloucester 82% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (40%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.
Kitchen in Gloucester
Both cope with a spill left overnight; the difference is warmth and sound underfoot, and how much the base has to be levelled first.
The Gloucester district counts 55,406 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 40% of the Gloucester 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.
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All 35 kitchen floorsSource: ONS, Census 2021, Gloucester (E07000081) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
We deliver across Gloucester and the wider Gloucestershire area. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Cheltenham, Tewkesbury, Stroud, the Forest of Dean, Cinderford, Lydney, Newent and surrounding Severn Vale.
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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.
| Product | Format | Wear layer / thickness | Fitting | Underfloor heating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BML Herringbone European Oak SPC Luxury Vinyl Flooring | 6.5mm x 126mm x 630mm | 0.55mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
| BML Herringbone Grey Oak SPC Luxury Vinyl Flooring | 6.5mm x 126mm x 630mm | 0.55mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
| BML Black Slate SPC Click Floor Tile | 6.5mm x 305mm x 610mm | 0.55mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
| BML Rustic Grey Oak SPC Wide Flooring | 6.5mm x 228mm x 1524mm | 0.55mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
| BML Natural Oak SPC Wide Flooring | 6.5mm x 228mm x 1524mm | 0.55mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
| BML Poplar SPC Wide Flooring | 6.5mm x 228mm x 1524mm | 0.55mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
| Agate Blue Lappato Porcelain Floor Tile 600 x 1200 | 9mm | Compatible | ||
| Alexandria Cream Polished Porcelain Floor Tile 600 x 1200 | 9mm | Compatible |
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Our Gloucestershire delivery covers: Gloucester city centre, Quedgeley, Hucclecote, Tuffley, Longlevens, Barnwood, Abbeydale, Abbeymead, Kingsway, Tredworth, Linden, Podsmead, Matson, Robinswood, Brockworth, Churchdown, Tewkesbury, Stroud, Cinderford, Lydney, Newent, Coleford and surrounding Forest of Dean and Severn Vale
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Gloucester in the 2021 census: 55,406 households, 81% houses, 18% flats.
Semi-detached houses make up 39.6% of the stock recorded for Gloucester, with terraces at 20.7% and purpose-built flats at 14.7%. Owner occupation has slipped from 67.2% in 2011 to 63.9%, while private renting has moved up to 21.3%. Rented homes tend to be refitted between tenancies rather than lived through, which argues for a hard-wearing wear layer and a fitting method that lets one damaged plank come out without disturbing the rest. Across GL1, GL2 and GL4 — Barton and Tredworth, Coney Hill, Barnwood, Abbeymead and Hardwicke among them — the question at survey is whether the ground floor is solid or timber, because one wants a moisture reading and the other wants levelling before anything goes down.
Two homes in five in Gloucester are semi-detached, a higher share than anywhere else in the county. Private renting has climbed by almost four points in a decade while ownership fell, and most of that movement is in Barton and Tredworth rather than in the newer estates.
Much of Gloucester is interwar semi, and in that plan the hall runs to a step down into a kitchen added later. The step is where two subfloors of different ages meet, and it is settled before a material is chosen.
Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
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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.
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.
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.
In a let it is the hall and the kitchen that take the wear, and they should be specified for it even if the bedrooms are kept simple. A hard surface layer through those two rooms outlasts a deeper, softer board everywhere.
Yes. We deliver across Gloucester and Gloucestershire from our UK warehouse, including the GL1, GL2 and GL4 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.
Yes: cut samples are £1.99 each, up to two per product, posted to your Gloucester 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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