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Wakefield · West Yorkshire

Kitchen Flooring in Wakefield

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 Wakefield 89% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (45%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.

Kitchen in Wakefield

Kitchen flooring in Wakefield: what the housing says

The Wakefield district counts 153,075 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 45% of the Wakefield 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.

Social renting is 22% of households in Wakefield, 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 (11.4% in 2011)
14.9%
live in a flat or maisonette
10.9%
postcode districts we deliver to
WF1 to WF4
kitchen floors in our range
35

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Wakefield (E08000036) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

Delivery to Wakefield

We deliver across Wakefield and the wider West Yorkshire area. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Castleford, Pontefract, Knottingley, Featherstone, Normanton, Hemsworth and surrounding South West Yorkshire.

Delivery details

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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 Wakefield, room by room

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    Kitchens

    LVT vinyl handles Yorkshire’s wet winters; water does not damage the material, though the joints are not sealed. Warm underfoot in Wakefield family kitchens and renovated terraces.
    Kitchen flooring in Wakefield

Our West Yorkshire delivery covers: Wakefield city centre, Sandal, Walton, Crigglestone, Horbury, Ossett, Outwood, Newton Hill, Lupset, Belle Vue, Westgate, Eastmoor, Agbrigg, Pinderfields, Newmillerdam, Stanley, Alverthorpe, Notton, Castleford, Pontefract, Knottingley, Featherstone, Normanton, Hemsworth and surrounding South West Yorkshire

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Local fact sheet

Wakefield's homes, by the numbers

Wakefield in the 2021 census: 153,075 households, 89% houses, 11% flats.

Almost half of Wakefield's homes, 44.6%, are semi-detached, and flats account for only 10.9%. The WF1 to WF4 area takes in Normanton, Featherstone, Hemsworth, Horbury and South Ossett, Crofton, Ryhill and Walton, and Ackworth, North Elmsall and Upton. Social renting stands at 21.7%, much of it inter-war and post-war semis that pair a solid slab downstairs with joisted floors above. That makes two different jobs in one house: a ground floor that may predate any damp-proof membrane and should be tested before vinyl or a resin-backed product goes on, and upstairs boards that want squeaks fixed and a smoothing layer under carpet or laminate. Doors usually need easing wherever a thicker build-up is introduced.

Nine households in twenty across Wakefield district live in a semi-detached house, out to Normanton, Featherstone, Hemsworth, Crofton and Horbury. A great deal of that housing was built to a standard plan, which means the rooms are square, the skirtings are plain, and the choices at the edges are open.

Every floating floor needs a gap at the wall, and there are two ways to hide it: take the skirting off and refit it over the floor, or leave it and fit a beading against it. The first gives a clean line, the second is quicker and reversible.

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

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Wakefield

  • 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.
  • 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 Wakefield: questions, answered

Which kitchen floor suits a Wakefield 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 Wakefield rental properties?

In a let, a mid-tone with some texture and little pattern is the forgiving choice: it takes whatever furniture a tenant brings, and it shows honest wear rather than every mark. Keep one specification through the property so a later repair matches.

Do you deliver kitchen flooring to Wakefield?

Yes. We deliver across Wakefield and West Yorkshire from our UK warehouse, including the WF1, WF2, WF3 and WF4 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 Wakefield?

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