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Dartford · Kent

LVT Vinyl Flooring in Dartford

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 Dartford 76% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (32%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.

LVT Vinyl in Dartford

LVT Vinyl flooring in Dartford: what the housing says

The Dartford district counts 45,696 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 32% of the Dartford 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 Dartford: 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 31% of the homes in Dartford, and the terrace is where the rigid-vinyl range does most of its work in Dartford: 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.

Owner-occupation is 68% in Dartford, and an owner fitting rigid vinyl is usually re-flooring a kitchen, a bathroom or a utility room where a tile felt cold and a laminate would not survive. The herringbone SPC boards give the pattern floor in a kitchen, listed as waterproof, which the oak blocks are not.

of households rent privately (15.9% in 2011)
18.1%
live in a flat or maisonette
24.1%
postcode districts we deliver to
DA1, DA2, DA9
lvt vinyl floors in our range
36

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Dartford (E07000107) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

Local conditions

Heating buried in the screed at Bean and Greenhithe makes every layer above it a thermal cost: underlay and board add together, and too thick a build-up insulates the room from the pipes warming it. Check what resistance the system will tolerate before choosing an underlay.

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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 Dartford, room by room

  • Room

    Terraced kitchens

    Terraced housing is a large slice of the Dartford stock, and in a terrace the kitchen usually sits at the back with one route through it to the garden. LVT run lengthways along that route wears evenly and stretches a narrow room.
    Kitchen flooring in Dartford

Our Kent delivery covers: Stone, Greenhithe and Wilmington and the DA postcode area

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Local fact sheet

Dartford's homes, by the numbers

Dartford in the 2021 census: 45,696 households, 76% houses, 24% flats.

Shared ownership in Dartford has all but doubled between the two censuses while ownership slipped back, which is the signature of a district being built on rather than handed down. Floors ordered to a DA9 address are often first fits over a builder's finish, with nothing to lift out.

Semi-detached and terraced houses come out level in Dartford, with purpose-built flats close behind, and out at DA9 the Greenhithe and Knockhall streets now sit alongside Ebbsfleet Garden City. Two jobs, then: screed and often underfloor heating in the new-build, suspended timber wanting levelling in the older Dartford and Crayford streets.

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

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Dartford

  • 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.
  • The 0.55 mm wear layer For a floor to keep, the commercial-grade 0.55 mm wear layer. Keep the invoice with the batch number.

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Questions

LVT Vinyl flooring in Dartford: questions, answered

Is LVT the right floor for a Dartford kitchen?

For most kitchens in Dartford 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 Dartford homes?

For a first fit at Bean, Village Park or Greenhithe, click-fitted LVT or an engineered board goes straight onto what the builder left. In a Crayford or Barnehurst terrace the engineered board is still the one worth paying for, because it can be sanded back once.

Do you deliver lvt vinyl flooring to Dartford?

Yes. We deliver across Dartford and Kent from our UK warehouse, including the DA1, DA2 and DA9 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 Dartford?

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