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Gravesend · Kent

LVT Vinyl Flooring in Gravesend

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 Gravesend 80% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (33%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.

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LVT Vinyl in Gravesend

LVT Vinyl flooring in Gravesend: what the housing says

The Gravesham district counts 41,724 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 33% of the Gravesham 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 Gravesend: 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 Gravesham, and the terrace is where the rigid-vinyl range does most of its work in Gravesend: 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.

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All 36 lvt vinyl floors
of households rent privately (16.1% in 2011)
19.1%
live in a flat or maisonette
20.2%
postcode districts we deliver to
DA11 to DA12
lvt vinyl floors in our range
36

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Gravesham (E07000109) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

Local conditions

A Northfleet or Denton ground floor sits on joists above a void open to outside air, so warmth leaves downwards and the boards read cold underfoot. Underlay thickness and a properly closed perimeter are thermal decisions here, not only acoustic ones.

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The range

The lvt vinyl range for Gravesend homes

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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 Gravesend, room by room

  • Room

    Rented homes in DA11 and DA12

    Renting privately in Gravesham sits above the national figure, and the shortcut in a let is to float something cheap over boards nobody straightened. It gives way at the joints first: LVT wants as flat a base as timber does, and reports every hollow under it.
    LVT Vinyl flooring in Gravesend

  • Room

    Kitchens and utility rooms over a void

    A void beneath the floor hides a slow leak instead of showing it, so in a Gravesend kitchen the joints do the work of holding water on top. LVT takes up no water itself, yet an open seam hands whatever is spilt straight to the joists.
    Kitchen flooring in Gravesend
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Our Kent delivery covers: Northfleet, Istead Rise and Riverview Park and the DA postcode area

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Local fact sheet

Gravesend's homes, by the numbers

Gravesham in the 2021 census: 41,724 households, 79% houses, 20% flats.

“Budget for the base as well as the boards.”

Better than one home in three across DA11 and DA12 has its floor chosen by a landlord or a housing association rather than by whoever walks on it, and social renting here sits where the previous census left it. That changes the brief: hard-wearing, and replaceable a plank at a time.

The terraced stock here dates from the years when Gravesend and Northfleet were cement and paper towns, and it comes with suspended timber ground floors above an open void, frequently not level. Semi-detached houses account for a similar share of the town. Preparation decides how the finished floor sits.

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

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Gravesend

  • 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 Gravesend: questions, answered

Is LVT the right floor for a Gravesend kitchen?

For most kitchens in Gravesend 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 Gravesend homes?

Settle what still has to be reachable under the boards. A terrace in Rosherville or the Town ward keeps its stopcock and pipe runs in the void, so the floor above wants a click joint: LVT, or engineered oak, rather than a board glued down.

Do you deliver lvt vinyl flooring to Gravesend?

Yes. We deliver across Gravesend and Kent from our UK warehouse, including the DA11 and DA12 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 Gravesend?

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