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Colchester · Essex

Living Room Flooring in Colchester

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 Colchester 80% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (31%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.

Living Room in Colchester

Living Room flooring in Colchester: what the housing says

The Colchester district counts 79,709 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 31% of the Colchester stock, and the semi's living room in Colchester 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.

Detached houses are 31% of the homes in Colchester, and a large living room is the one place the widest boards in the range belong: the 190 mm Weybridge and the 220 mm Victorian Antique planks fill it calmly, and a Versailles panel makes it formal. A large room is also a large batch, ordered in one go so the shade holds across the floor.

of households rent privately (18.7% in 2011)
21.5%
live in a flat or maisonette
20.3%
postcode districts we deliver to
CO1 to CO4
living room floors in our range
48

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Colchester (E07000071) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

Delivery to Colchester

We deliver across Colchester and the wider North Essex area. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Clacton-on-Sea, Frinton, Halstead, Braintree, Witham, Mersea Island and surrounding North Essex and South Suffolk borders.

Delivery details

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 Colchester, room by room

  • Room

    Living Rooms

    Engineered oak in warm mid-tones suits Colchester’s Victorian villas in Lexden and substantial family homes in Highwoods. Wide planks (170mm+) complement the room proportions typical of Essex period housing.
    Living Room flooring in Colchester
  • Room

    Kitchens

    LVT vinyl is a frequent kitchen choice across Colchester, waterproof, easy to clean and realistic enough to carry on into open-plan living areas without a change of material.
    Kitchen flooring in Colchester

Our Essex delivery covers: Colchester city centre, Lexden, Mile End, Highwoods, West Bergholt, Wivenhoe, Tiptree, Stanway, Prettygate, Old Heath, Greenstead, Shrub End, Severalls, the Northern Gateway, Marks Tey, Earls Colne, Coggeshall, Mersea Island, Brightlingsea, Clacton-on-Sea, Frinton, Walton-on-the-Naze, Halstead, Braintree, Witham and surrounding North Essex

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Local fact sheet

Colchester's homes, by the numbers

Colchester in the 2021 census: 79,709 households, 80% houses, 20% flats.

Four districts, CO1 to CO4, define the Colchester service area, reaching Castle, New Town and Christ Church, Highwoods, Prettygate, Shrub End and Marks Tey and Layer. Detached property is unusually well represented at 30.7%, with 79.5% of dwellings houses of one sort or another and only 20.3% flats. Bigger detached rooms mean longer uninterrupted runs, where board direction, expansion gaps at every abutment and a doorway threshold plan matter far more than they do in a small flat; they also tend to have drier, better-ventilated subfloors, which keeps solid timber on the table rather than ruling it out. Ownership sits at 64.6%, close to the national picture, and private renting at 21.5%, up from 18.7% a decade earlier.

Detached and semi-detached houses take almost equal shares of Colchester, a little over three in ten each, and much of the recent growth has been at Highwoods, Mile End and the northern edge. New housing brings a different floor to the question: a power-floated slab with warm water pipes set in the screed above it.

Much of the recent growth north of the town is built over warm water pipes set in screed. A floor above them has to let heat through rather than hold it back, so thickness counts as much as hardness.

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

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Colchester

  • 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.
  • Wide boards for the long room The 190 and 220 mm boards suit a large reception room; lay towards the main window. One batch for the whole room.

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Questions

Living Room flooring in Colchester: questions, answered

What flooring suits a living room in Colchester?

Engineered oak in the width the room can carry is the floor most living rooms in Colchester 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 Colchester homes run the oak to the threshold and the vinyl beyond it in a matching tone.

Which flooring is best for Colchester university rentals?

In a shared student house the kitchen and the bathroom decide the specification for the whole property, because those are the two rooms that meet standing water every week. Choose what survives there, then use the same range through the rest of the house.

Do you deliver living room flooring to Colchester?

Yes. We deliver across Colchester and Essex from our UK warehouse, including the CO1, CO2, CO3 and CO4 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 Colchester?

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