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Blackpool · Lancashire

LVT Vinyl Flooring in Blackpool

The LVT in this range is rigid-core vinyl: a decor and wear layer of 0.3 or 0.55 mm on a solid polymer core, click-fitted, and listed as waterproof by the manufacturer. In Blackpool 79% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (39%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.

LVT Vinyl in Blackpool

LVT Vinyl flooring in Blackpool: what the housing says

The Blackpool district counts 64,791 households in the 2021 census, and the mix of houses and flats in that count is what decides how a lvt vinyl floor is specified here.

Semi-detached houses are 39% of the Blackpool stock, and the semi's kitchen-diner, timber at the front and concrete under the extension, is a rigid-vinyl floor more often than any other in Blackpool: one click floor across both bases, an underlay chosen per base, and no seam at the join. The wear layer decides the room: 0.55 mm for the kitchen and the hall, 0.3 mm where the traffic is lighter.

Terraced houses are 30% of the homes in Blackpool, and the terrace is where the rigid-vinyl range does most of its work in Blackpool: the kitchen at the back, often a concrete floor with a history of damp, and the hallway that takes the traffic. A rigid board floats over both on an underlay, and its stiff core bridges the small unevenness an old floor has. Over a slab the base is checked for moisture first; BS 8203 practice puts the limit at 75 percent relative humidity under a sealed hygrometer.

Private renting is 32% of households in Blackpool, and the rigid-vinyl range is the rental floor for the wet rooms in Blackpool: listed as waterproof, clicked and floated, wiped clean, and with a 0.55 mm wear layer rated by the manufacturer as commercial grade. It is the floor a landlord puts into a kitchen once and does not think about between tenancies.

of households rent privately (26.1% in 2011)
31.8%
live in a flat or maisonette
21.3%
postcode districts we deliver to
FY1 to FY4
lvt vinyl floors in our range
36

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Blackpool (E06000009) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

Delivery to Blackpool

We deliver across Blackpool and the wider Fylde Coast. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Cleveleys, Thornton, Fleetwood, Lytham St Annes, Poulton-le-Fylde, Garstang and surrounding Fylde and Wyre.

Delivery details

Local conditions

A property that stands empty and unheated between lettings is a difficult place for a wooden floor. Boards take up moisture from the air around them and should sit in the room, at its normal temperature, before they are fitted — a step often skipped here.

All flooring in Blackpool

Compare the lvt vinyl range

The range is BML rigid-core vinyl in four formats: the 5.2 mm click planks with a 0.3 mm wear layer, such as BML Natural Oak SPC Click Flooring; the 6.5 mm wide planks with a 0.55 mm wear layer, such as BML Grey Oak SPC Wide Flooring and BML Rustic Oak SPC Wide Flooring; the herringbone boards, such as BML Herringbone European Oak SPC; and the 305 x 610 mm click floor tiles in concrete and slate decors. All are listed as waterproof and listed for underfloor heating.

ProductFormatWear layer / thicknessFittingUnderfloor heating
BML Natural Oak SPC Click Flooring5.2mm x 181mm x 1220mm0.3mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible
BML Light Oak SPC Click Flooring5.2mm x 181mm x 1220mm0.3mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible
BML Misty Oak SPC Click Flooring5.2mm x 181mm x 1220mm0.3mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible
BML Herringbone American White Oak SPC Luxury Vinyl Flooring6.5mm x 126mm x 630mm0.55mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible
BML Herringbone Invisible Oak SPC Floor6.5mm x 126mm x 630mm0.55mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible
BML Concrete Grey SPC Click Floor Tile6.5mm x 305mm x 610mm0.55mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible
BML Smoked Limed Oak SPC Wide Flooring6.5mm x 228mm x 1524mm0.55mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible
BML White Oak SPC Wide Flooring6.5mm x 228mm x 1524mm0.55mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible

Room by room

LVT Vinyl in Blackpool, room by room

  • Room

    Holiday Lets

    Blackpool’s extensive holiday let sector demands waterproof, durable, easy-clean flooring. LVT vinyl stands up to back-to-back lets, sand, salt and spills wipe away without damaging the surface.
    LVT Vinyl flooring in Blackpool
  • Room

    Seafront Apartments

    North Shore and South Shore seafront flats suit LVT for its full waterproof performance against salt-laden coastal humidity. Solid wood is generally not recommended in seafront Blackpool properties.
    LVT Vinyl flooring in Blackpool
  • Room

    Coastal Bathrooms

    Porcelain tiles are the natural choice for Blackpool bathrooms. For en-suites in apartments, LVT in stone designs offers similar performance with warmer feel underfoot.
    Bathroom flooring in Blackpool

Our Lancashire delivery covers: Blackpool town centre, North Shore, South Shore, Bispham, Stanley Park, Marton, Cleveleys, Thornton, Fleetwood, Anchorsholme, Layton, Great Marton, Mereside, Squires Gate, Norbreck, Anchorsholme, Carleton, Poulton-le-Fylde, Lytham St Annes, Knott End, Pilling, Garstang and surrounding Fylde and Wyre

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Local fact sheet

Blackpool's homes, by the numbers

Blackpool in the 2021 census: 64,791 households, 79% houses, 21% flats.

Private renting reaches close to a third of all Blackpool households, and the town has an unusually large number of flats converted out of bigger buildings. Bloomfield, Brunswick and Claremont carry most of that, and much of it is let, furnished, and turned over more often than family housing is.

Blackpool combines Victorian seafront terraces and characterful properties around the Tower with extensive holiday-let stock in North Shore and Central, family homes in Bispham, Stanley Park and Marton, and the substantial neighbouring Cleveleys and Thornton properties. The seaside resort economy, holiday lets and value-driven family market shape almost every flooring decision.

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

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Blackpool

  • Wear layer for the room 0.55 mm for the kitchen, the hall and anywhere with a dog; 0.3 mm for a bedroom or a bathroom with light traffic.
  • Dry base, even under a waterproof floor The floor is listed as waterproof; the base is not. A slab is checked with a hygrometer before the underlay goes down.
  • Acclimatise for 48 hours The MMFA's requirement for a multilayer modular floor: in the room, at the room's temperature, before it is laid.
  • The join between the two floors A semi's timber front room and its concrete kitchen meet at a step or a hump more often than not. A levelling compound at the join, and the threshold strip planned there.
  • The old kitchen floor A concrete kitchen floor in a terrace has often been wet. It is tested, not assumed, before a floor is laid over it.

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Questions

LVT Vinyl flooring in Blackpool: questions, answered

Is LVT the right floor for a Blackpool kitchen?

For most kitchens in Blackpool it is the floor that fits: listed as waterproof, warm and quiet compared with a tile, click-fitted over timber or slab, and with a 0.55 mm wear layer rated for the traffic. The base under it still has to be dry, which is checked rather than assumed.

What is the difference between LVT and SPC?

SPC is a type of LVT with a rigid solid polymer core rather than a flexible one. Every LVT in this range is SPC. The rigid core is what lets the board bridge small unevenness in an old floor and stay flat over underfloor heating.

Which wear layer do I need?

The range carries 0.3 and 0.55 mm. The thicker layer is the one for a kitchen, a hallway or a home with pets; the thinner one suits a bedroom or a lightly used bathroom. EN ISO 10582 does not tie a class to a thickness, so the choice is the manufacturer's guidance and the room.

Is solid wood suitable for Blackpool seafront properties?

It is the hardest wood to keep stable on that seafront: damp salt air, a property often unheated out of season, and wide seasonal swings. Engineered oak holds its shape far better in those conditions, and a good LVT does not react to them at all.

Do you deliver lvt vinyl flooring to Blackpool?

Yes. We deliver across Blackpool and Lancashire from our UK warehouse, including the FY1, FY2, FY3 and FY4 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 lvt vinyl sample before ordering in Blackpool?

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