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Farnborough · Hampshire

Laminate Flooring in Farnborough

Laminate is a photographic decor under a hard wear layer on an HDF core; the range is 8 mm, class AC4 under EN 13329, click-fitted and floated on an underlay. In Farnborough roughly one home in 4 is a flat (28%), so sound through the floor matters alongside the base under it.

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Laminate in Farnborough

Laminate flooring in Farnborough: 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 laminate floor is specified here.

Semi-detached houses are 32% of the Rushmoor stock, and the semi has both bases in one house: timber at the front, concrete at the back. Laminate goes over both, with the underlay chosen per base, a vapour barrier over the slab and none over the timber. The 8 mm AC4 boards in the range are rated for domestic use throughout the house; the expansion gap of 8 to 12 mm at every wall is what lets a whole-floor run move as one.

Flats are 28% of the homes in Rushmoor, and laminate in a flat is a question of sound before anything else: a hard click floor over a bare slab carries footfall into the flat below. Approved Document E sets the impact-sound limits and the lease usually adds a clause, and the answer is the underlay, chosen on a tested impact-sound figure under EN 16354 rather than a claim on the pack. Check the lease first.

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All 12 laminate floors
of households rent privately (17.6% in 2011)
21.5%
live in a flat or maisonette
27.5%
postcode districts we deliver to
GU14, GU16
laminate floors in our range
12

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

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All twelve laminates in the range are 8 mm boards of 193 x 1204 mm, class AC4, click-fitted, listed for underfloor heating; they differ in decor. 8mm Laminate Rio and 8mm Laminate Symphony are the greys, 8mm Laminate Colorado the light oak, 8mm Laminate Alto and 8mm Laminate Inebolu the dark browns.

ProductFormatWear layer / thicknessFittingUnderfloor heating
8mm Laminate Rio8mm x 193mm x 1204mm8mm thick · AC4ClickCompatible
8mm Laminate Colorado8mm x 193mm x 1204mm8mm thick · AC4ClickCompatible
8mm Laminate Unye8mm x 193mm x 1204mm8mm thick · AC4ClickCompatible
8mm Laminate Golcuk8mm x 193mm x 1204mm8mm thick · AC4ClickCompatible
8mm Laminate Gelibolu8mm x 193mm x 1204mm8mm thick · AC4ClickCompatible
8mm Laminate Inebolu8mm x 193mm x 1204mm8mm thick · AC4ClickCompatible
8mm Laminate Alto8mm x 193mm x 1204mm8mm thick · AC4ClickCompatible
8mm Laminate Vivo8mm x 193mm x 1204mm8mm thick · AC4ClickCompatible

Local fact sheet

Farnborough's homes, by the numbers

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

“Read the lease before choosing the floor, not after it is down.”

Farnborough covers GU14 and GU16 — Cove and Southwood, Empress, Cherrywood, Fernhill, and across to Ash Vale, Frimley and Blackwater and Hawley. Like Aldershot it sits in Rushmoor borough, where 21.5% of households rented privately at the 2021 census against 60.5% owning. What distinguishes Farnborough is what has been built here recently: the town centre and the former airfield land have seen substantial new apartment development, and apartments change the flooring question entirely. In a flat the lease usually specifies impact sound insulation, and a hard floor laid without it is a dispute rather than a design choice. Read the lease before choosing the floor, not after it is down.

What has changed in Farnborough is the volume of apartment building: the town centre and the former airfield land have added purpose-built flats to a stock that was already semis and terraces through Empress, Fernhill and Knellwood. Where the home is leasehold, the lease sets the impact sound requirement.

A screed poured recently is still giving up water, and much of what stands on the former airfield land is recent. Take a reading before anything goes down; where the heating sits in the slab, the board has to be rated for a warm base 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 Farnborough

  • Underlay for the base A vapour barrier over concrete or screed, none over a ventilated timber floor. The wrong way round traps moisture in the base.
  • 8 to 12 mm at every wall The EPLF's edge gap for a floating floor. Skirting or scotia covers it; it is not trimmed away to make the fit look tighter.
  • Thresholds at the doors A floating floor moves as one piece. Long runs through several rooms are broken at the doorways.
  • Underlay changes at the join The semi's timber front room and concrete kitchen want different underlays: a vapour barrier over the slab, none over the ventilated timber. Break the floor at the doorway.
  • Impact sound on paper In a flat, choose the underlay on its tested impact-sound figure under EN 16354 and keep the datasheet; the lease may ask for it.

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Questions

Laminate flooring in Farnborough: questions, answered

Is laminate a good choice for a Farnborough home?

For the dry rooms, yes: bedrooms, living rooms, landings and whole-house fits where the budget and the speed of fitting matter. The 8 mm AC4 boards are rated for domestic use. For a kitchen or bathroom the rigid-vinyl range, listed as waterproof, is the one to look at.

Can laminate go over underfloor heating?

The boards in the range are listed as compatible. The underlay has to be one rated for underfloor heating, and the system is commissioned before the floor is laid.

What does AC4 mean on the laminate?

EN 13329 classifies laminate by abrasion resistance from AC1 to AC6; AC4 is the class rated for general domestic use throughout the home. The AC guide linked below explains the test behind the number.

Can I order flooring samples to my Farnborough address?

Yes, and if the flat is bought but not yet handed over, send the samples wherever you are living now and carry them to the next viewing. Knellwood, the airfield land, GU14 or GU16, it makes no difference which address the pieces go to.

Do you deliver laminate flooring to Farnborough?

Yes. We deliver across Farnborough and Hampshire from our UK warehouse, including the GU14 and GU16 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 laminate sample before ordering in Farnborough?

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