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Aldershot · Hampshire

Living Room Flooring in Aldershot

The living room is the dry room that is seen most, which is why it is where the engineered oak and the parquet in the range go; the choice is width, finish and pattern rather than material. In Aldershot roughly one home in 4 is a flat (28%), so sound through the floor matters alongside the base under it.

Living Room in Aldershot

Living Room flooring in Aldershot: 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 living room floor is specified here.

Semi-detached houses are 32% of the Rushmoor stock, and the semi's living room in Aldershot is often knocked through from the bay to the garden. A long room takes a longer board and, laid towards the light, reads longer still; the 150 mm Cobham range or a herringbone set out from the centre suits it. Where the room crosses from timber onto the concrete of an extension, the two are levelled to each other first.

Flats are 28% of the homes in the Rushmoor district, and the living room of a flat is above someone else's bedroom. Approved Document E and the lease set the impact-sound requirement, and an engineered board over an acoustic underlay meets it; the underlay is chosen on a tested figure and kept on file. The board is chosen after the lease is read.

of households rent privately (17.6% in 2011)
21.5%
live in a flat or maisonette
27.5%
postcode districts we deliver to
GU11 to GU12
living room floors in our range
48

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

Compare the living room range

The engineered boards from the 125 mm Ascot Natural Brushed Oak through the 150 mm Cobham Natural Brushed Oak to the 190 mm Weybridge Golden Wheat Oak and the 220 mm Victorian Antique Natural Oak; the Oxford Herringbone Natural Brushed Oak and the Knightsbridge Chevron for a pattern; the Montpellier Oak Versailles Panel for a formal room. All engineered, all with a 3 mm or thicker wear layer, all listed for underfloor heating.

ProductFormatWear layer / thicknessFittingUnderfloor heating
Victorian Antique Distressed Oak Flooring 14 x 190 x 190014mm x 190mm x 1900mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Oxford Herringbone Oak Brushed UV Oiled Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 45014mm x 90mm x 450mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Oxford Herringbone Natural Brushed Oak 14 x 125 x 60014mm x 125mm x 600mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Ascot Lacquered Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 12514mm x 125mm x 300-1200mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Cobham Invisible Oiled Oak Wood Floor 14 x 15014mm x 150mm x 300-1200mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Weybridge Light Grey Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 190 x 190014mm x 190mm x 1900mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Ascot Whisky Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 12514mm x 125mm x 300-1200mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Cobham Smoked Grey Oak Wood Floor 14 x 15014mm x 150mm x 300-1200mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible

Room by room

Living Room in Aldershot, room by room

  • Room

    Living rooms in owner-occupied homes

    Where the home is lived in rather than let, the calculation reverses and the longer view pays. Streets like Aldershot Park and Rowhill are family housing, and a through lounge there carries engineered oak once the subfloor has been levelled.
    Living Room flooring in Aldershot

Our Hampshire delivery covers: North Town, Cargate and Manor Park and the GU postcode area

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Local fact sheet

Aldershot's homes, by the numbers

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

Aldershot sits in Rushmoor borough, and we deliver to GU11 and GU12 — Aldershot Park, Manor Park, North Town, Rowhill and across to Ash Vale and Ash Wharf. Rushmoor's tenure profile is unusual for Hampshire: at the 2021 census 21.5% of households rented privately, up 3.9 points on 2011, while ownership fell to 60.5%. A fifth of the local market is therefore a landlord deciding between voids and durability, and that changes what sells. For a rental turnaround, LVT and a good AC-rated laminate do more per pound than engineered oak, because the floor has to survive tenants rather than impress guests. For your own home the calculation reverses.

Not every Aldershot tenancy has a private landlord. Social renting covers roughly one Rushmoor household in six, and has held there for a decade. So a GU11 or GU12 floor is sometimes bought by the tenant rather than the landlord, and has to come up undamaged at the end of the let.

A landlord specifying a floor is not the household that will heat the room it goes into. A Manor Park let stands cold between tenancies, then gets warmed hard the day someone moves in, and a solid board takes that swing worse than a layered one.

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

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Aldershot

  • Width for the room Narrow boards for a small room, wide for a large one. Lay towards the main window so the grain runs with the light.
  • Oil or lacquer Oil is patched where it wears; lacquer is recoated across the room. Choose by how the floor will be kept.
  • One batch, plus the allowance The whole room from one batch, with 8 to 12 percent over for a plank and 15 to 20 for a pattern.
  • Front room over a void The semi's front room is on joists over a void. Airbricks clear, boards screwed down, then the floor; a knocked-through room brings the concrete kitchen into the same plane.
  • Lease and underlay Impact sound is the lease's question; the acoustic underlay is the answer, chosen on its tested figure.

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Questions

Living Room flooring in Aldershot: questions, answered

What flooring suits a living room in Aldershot?

Engineered oak in the width the room can carry is the floor most living rooms in Aldershot end up with: it looks like the solid timber it is on top, takes underfloor heating and can be sanded. A herringbone suits a room with length, laminate suits a budget, and rigid vinyl suits a living room that opens onto the kitchen.

Wide or narrow boards for a living room?

Wide boards calm a large room and dominate a small one; narrow boards suit a terraced front room. The range runs from 90 mm solid boards to 220 mm engineered planks, and the plank-width guide linked below weighs it up.

Can I run the same floor from the living room into the kitchen?

The rigid-vinyl range can run through both, because it is listed as waterproof. An oak floor stops at the kitchen door or accepts the risk of a leak; many Aldershot homes run the oak to the threshold and the vinyl beyond it in a matching tone.

Can I order flooring samples to my Aldershot address?

Yes, to a St Mark's or Wellington address, or wherever the person choosing actually is. A sample settles colour and how the joint sits; it cannot settle wear, so read the rating we publish beside the range rather than trusting a piece nobody has walked on.

Do you deliver living room flooring to Aldershot?

Yes. We deliver across Aldershot and Hampshire from our UK warehouse, including the GU11 and GU12 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 living room sample before ordering in Aldershot?

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