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Exeter · Devon

LVT Vinyl Flooring in Exeter

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 Exeter roughly one home in 4 is a flat (26%), so sound through the floor matters alongside the base under it.

LVT Vinyl in Exeter

LVT Vinyl flooring in Exeter: what the housing says

The Exeter district counts 52,551 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.

Terraced houses are 31% of the homes in Exeter, and the terrace is where the rigid-vinyl range does most of its work in Exeter: 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.

Flats are 26% of the homes in the Exeter district, and a rigid-vinyl floor in a flat goes over the slab on an acoustic underlay: it is thin enough to stay under the door thresholds and quiet enough, with the right underlay, to meet the impact-sound clause a lease carries. The kitchen and the bathroom of a flat are its two natural rooms.

Private renting is 25% of households in Exeter, and the rigid-vinyl range is the rental floor for the wet rooms in Exeter: 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 (21.0% in 2011)
24.9%
live in a flat or maisonette
26.0%
postcode districts we deliver to
EX1, EX2, EX4
lvt vinyl floors in our range
36

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Exeter (E07000041) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

Delivery to Exeter

We deliver across Exeter and the wider Devon area. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We cover Exmouth, Dawlish, Tiverton, Honiton, Crediton, Newton Abbot, Cullompton and the surrounding Devon countryside.

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 Exeter, room by room

  • Room

    Country Kitchens

    Exeter’s many country-style kitchens favour LVT vinyl in rustic wood designs, waterproof against muddy boots and country living, but warm and characterful underfoot.
    Kitchen flooring in Exeter
  • Room

    Conservatories

    Porcelain stone-effect tiles handle the temperature variations of Devon conservatories well. For a softer feel, LVT in slate or natural stone designs is an excellent alternative.
    Conservatory flooring in Exeter

Our Devon delivery covers: Exeter city centre, St Leonard’s, Heavitree, Pinhoe, Topsham, Pennsylvania, Exwick, St James, Newtown, Polsloe, Whipton, Cranbrook, Newcourt, Alphington, Exminster, Exmouth, Dawlish, Tiverton, Honiton, Crediton, Newton Abbot, Cullompton, Ottery St Mary and surrounding Devon

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Local fact sheet

Exeter's homes, by the numbers

Exeter in the 2021 census: 52,551 households, 73% houses, 26% flats.

Exeter has more households renting privately than most cathedral cities — a quarter, up from a fifth in a decade — and a third of the city lives in a terrace. Heavitree, Newtown and St Leonard's carry most of both, and the specification follows the tenancy rather than the taste.

Exeter combines elegant Georgian and Regency terraces in St Leonard’s and the Cathedral Close with characterful Victorian villas in Pennsylvania and Heavitree, riverside conversions in Topsham and modern family developments at Cranbrook and Newcourt. The cathedral city’s mix of heritage, university and growing tech economy drives consistent demand for quality renovations.

The city centre was rebuilt after the war and its ground floors are solid; Pennsylvania, Duryard and the older terraces are not. That split runs through the middle of Exeter and decides whether the first job is a levelling compound or a look at the joists.

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

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Exeter

  • 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 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.
  • Acoustic underlay Over a slab in a flat, the underlay is chosen on its tested impact-sound figure and kept on file for the lease.

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Questions

LVT Vinyl flooring in Exeter: questions, answered

Is LVT the right floor for a Exeter kitchen?

For most kitchens in Exeter 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.

Do you deliver lvt vinyl flooring to Exeter?

Yes. We deliver across Exeter and Devon from our UK warehouse, including the EX1, EX2 and EX4 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 Exeter?

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