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Hull · East Yorkshire

Living Room Flooring in Hull

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 Hull 85% of homes are houses, most of them terraced houses (47%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.

Living Room in Hull

Living Room flooring in Hull: what the housing says

The City of Kingston upon Hull district counts 115,471 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.

Terraced houses are 47% of the homes in City of Kingston upon Hull, and the terraced front room in Hull is a small, well-proportioned room that a narrow board flatters: the 125 mm Ascot boards or the 90 x 450 mm Oxford herringbone, over a suspended timber floor that is screwed down and levelled first. A wide plank in a small room reads as three boards and a cut; the narrow one reads as a floor.

Social renting is 27% of households in City of Kingston upon Hull, and the living room in that stock is usually laminate across a programme, AC4 and E1, laid fast and floated; where a provider specifies timber, it is an engineered board to one specification across the units.

of households rent privately (20.4% in 2011)
23.9%
live in a flat or maisonette
15.4%
postcode districts we deliver to
HU1 to HU9
living room floors in our range
48

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Kingston upon Hull, City of (E06000010) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

Delivery to Hull

We deliver across Hull and the wider East Yorkshire area. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Beverley, Cottingham, Anlaby, Kirk Ella, Hessle, Brough, Hedon, Withernsea and surrounding East Riding.

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 Hull, room by room

  • Room

    Living Rooms

    Engineered oak in warm tones suits Hull’s Avenues villas and Cottingham family homes. For first-time buyer terraces and rentals, LVT in realistic wood designs offers similar style at a lower price point.
    Living Room flooring in Hull
  • Room

    Kitchens

    LVT vinyl is the standard kitchen choice across Hull, waterproof, easy to clean and realistic enough to flow into adjoining living areas.
    Kitchen flooring in Hull

Our East Yorkshire delivery covers: Hull city centre, Avenues, Newland, Cottingham, Anlaby, Kirk Ella, Beverley, Pearson Park, Princes Avenue, Spring Bank, Sutton-on-Hull, North Ferriby, Hessle, Brough, Willerby, Hedon, Bilton, Walkington, Cherry Burton, Withernsea, Hornsea, Driffield and surrounding East Riding

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Local fact sheet

Hull's homes, by the numbers

City of Kingston upon Hull in the 2021 census: 115,471 households, 85% houses, 15% flats.

Terraced houses account for 46.7% of homes in Kingston upon Hull, well ahead of the 29.4% semi-detached and 8.4% detached. That shape of stock sets the work: narrow rooms, chimney-breast alcoves and doorways at either end, so careful templating counts for more than raw area, and waste should be worked out from the room shapes instead of a flat percentage. Ownership is 48.3% against social renting of 27.0%, the sort of split where the specification often runs through a housing provider rather than a household. HU1 through HU9 bring in Avenue, Bricknell, Derringham, Drypool, Ings, Marfleet, Boothferry and Longhill & Bilton Grange.

Terraced housing covers almost half of Hull, and its layout barely varies across Newland, Avenue, Derringham, Boothferry and Holderness: front room, back room, kitchen, one behind the other down the length of the plot. That plan decides more about a floor than the choice of board does.

That layout makes the direction a floor is laid a real decision rather than a detail. Boards along the length draw the eye through and make a narrow plan feel longer; across it, each room reads wider. Both are defensible — changing direction mid-house is not.

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

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Hull

  • 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.
  • Level the old boards Screw down what moves and overlay with ply where it is uneven. The new floor shows the old one otherwise.
  • Consent, then a click floor A tenancy agreement usually needs the landlord's consent for a hard floor. The click laminate and vinyl lift again at the end of the tenancy.

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Questions

Living Room flooring in Hull: questions, answered

What flooring suits a living room in Hull?

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

What flooring works best for Hull’s Avenues properties?

The Avenues houses are deep, with rooms off a long hall, so settle the direction before the material. Running along the hall carries the eye through and suits an opened-up plan; running across stops the eye at each doorway and suits a house whose rooms have been kept.

Do you deliver living room flooring to Hull?

Yes. We deliver across Hull and East Yorkshire from our UK warehouse, including the HU1, HU2, HU3, HU4, HU5 and HU6 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 Hull?

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