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Torquay · Devon

Living Room Flooring in Torquay

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 Torquay roughly one home in 3 is a flat (30%), so sound through the floor matters alongside the base under it.

Living Room in Torquay

Living Room flooring in Torquay: what the housing says

The Torbay district counts 62,995 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.

Flats are 30% of the homes in the Torbay 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.

Private renting is 27% of households in Torbay, and a rented living room in Torquay gets a floor that takes a tenancy and is made good rather than replaced: a brushed, oiled engineered oak that can be re-oiled in the traffic lane, or an AC4 laminate where the budget decides. A gloss lacquer shows every chair leg and is left out.

of households rent privately (23.2% in 2011)
26.6%
live in a flat or maisonette
29.8%
postcode districts we deliver to
TQ1 to TQ2
living room floors in our range
48

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Torbay (E06000027) · 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

Local fact sheet

Torquay's homes, by the numbers

Torbay in the 2021 census: 62,995 households, 70% houses, 30% flats.

Torquay is TQ1 and TQ2 — Tormohun, Ellacombe, Wellswood, St Marychurch, Shiphay, Barton with Watcombe, and Cockington with Chelston. It sits in Torbay, a unitary authority. Two figures stand out: private renting is 26.6%, the second highest we deliver to, while social renting is only 8.3%, the lowest on this list. Torquay is a resort town and a large part of the housing is Victorian and Edwardian villas subdivided into flats and holiday lets. In a converted flat the floor is the ceiling below, so impact sound insulation comes first; and in a property that turns over frequently, the wear layer matters more than the species.

Purpose-built blocks account for nearly twice as many Torquay homes as flats carved out of a villa, so the base under a TQ1 or TQ2 flat has to be established rather than assumed to be villa joists. Find out what the block was built on, then specify. Guessing that costs a floor.

A divided villa in Ellacombe heats by the week: one flat warm, the one beneath it shut and cold. Across TQ1, treat that floor as a boundary rather than a surface.

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

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Torquay

  • 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.
  • 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 Torquay: questions, answered

What flooring suits a living room in Torquay?

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

Can I order flooring samples to my Torquay address?

Samples reach any Torquay address, and the useful one is often not the flat itself: an owner living out of the bay, or an agent holding keys across TQ1. Put your own address on the sample request and the property's on what follows it.

Do you deliver living room flooring to Torquay?

Yes. We deliver across Torquay and Devon from our UK warehouse, including the TQ1 and TQ2 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 Torquay?

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