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Gloucester · Gloucestershire

Living Room Flooring in Gloucester

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 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.

Living Room in Gloucester

Living Room flooring in Gloucester: what the housing says

It sees daily traffic and no water, so almost every floor type works; the decision is what the room looks like and how the floor is kept.

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 living room floor is specified here.

Semi-detached houses are 40% of the Gloucester stock, and the semi's living room in Gloucester 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.

of households rent privately (17.4% in 2011)
21.3%
live in a flat or maisonette
18.2%
postcode districts we deliver to
GL1, GL2, GL4
living room floors in our range
48

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Gloucester (E07000081) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

Delivery to Gloucester

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.

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 Gloucester, room by room

  • Room

    Living Rooms

    Gloucester family homes favour engineered oak in mid-tone, brushed finishes. Wide planks (150mm+) suit the through-lounges typical of Longlevens and Hucclecote Edwardian and 1930s properties.
    Living Room flooring in Gloucester
  • Room

    Kitchens

    LVT vinyl is a common kitchen choice across Gloucester, waterproof, easy to clean and realistic enough to carry on into open-plan living areas without a change of floor. Standard in most Quedgeley and Kingsway new-builds.
    Kitchen flooring in Gloucester

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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Local fact sheet

Gloucester's homes, by the numbers

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.

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Gloucester

  • 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.

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Questions

Living Room flooring in Gloucester: questions, answered

What flooring suits a living room in Gloucester?

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

Which flooring is best for Gloucester rental properties?

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.

Do you deliver living room flooring to Gloucester?

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.

Can I see a living room sample before ordering in Gloucester?

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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