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Colchester · Essex

LVT Vinyl Flooring in Colchester

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 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.

LVT Vinyl in Colchester

LVT Vinyl 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 lvt vinyl floor is specified here.

Semi-detached houses are 31% of the Colchester 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 Colchester: 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.

Detached houses are 31% of the homes in Colchester, and a detached kitchen is a larger room, often open to the garden, which is where the 228 mm wide SPC boards read best. A rigid floor floats, so a long open-plan run is planned with its expansion gap at the perimeter and broken at a doorway where the run gets long.

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
lvt vinyl floors in our range
36

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 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 Colchester, room by room

  • 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
  • Room

    University Rentals

    Colchester’s significant University of Essex student market demands durable, easy-clean flooring. Laminate handles tenant turnover cost-effectively; LVT is the premium waterproof alternative.
    Laminate 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.

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.

Colchester combines Roman heritage in the historic centre with substantial Victorian and Edwardian villas in Lexden, modern family developments around Highwoods and Mile End, garrison housing reflecting the town’s military history, and characterful coastal properties in nearby Wivenhoe and Mersea Island. The town’s recent city status and growing university drive consistent renovation demand.

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

  • 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.
  • Open plan needs its joints A floated rigid vinyl runs as far as the fitting instructions allow before an expansion joint. In a large open-plan ground floor, plan the joint at a threshold.

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Questions

LVT Vinyl flooring in Colchester: questions, answered

Is LVT the right floor for a Colchester kitchen?

For most kitchens in Colchester 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.

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 lvt vinyl 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 lvt vinyl 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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