
Delivery to Dartford
We deliver across Dartford and Kent (DA postcodes) from our UK warehouse. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode.
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Dartford · Kent
SPC stands for solid polymer core: a rigid mineral-filled core under a vinyl decor and wear layer, which is what makes the board stiff enough to click together and bridge a base that is not perfectly flat. 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.
SPC Rigid Vinyl in Dartford
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 spc rigid vinyl floor is specified here.
Semi-detached houses are 32% of the homes in Dartford, and the two bases of a semi, timber front and concrete back, are the case for SPC over flexible LVT: the rigid board runs across the join without telegraphing the step. The underlay differs per base, with a vapour barrier over the slab.
Terraced houses are 31% of the Dartford stock, and the rigid core is exactly what an old terrace floor needs: over boards that have moved, or a concrete kitchen floor with a few millimetres of unevenness, a flexible vinyl would show every ridge and an SPC board bridges it. The board floats on an underlay; the base is checked for moisture, especially the kitchen slab, before anything is laid.
Owner-occupation is 68% in Dartford, and an owner-occupier chooses SPC over flexible LVT for the base rather than the look: the rigid core goes over an old floor without a full levelling job, and the herringbone SPC gives a pattern floor in a kitchen, which oak cannot.

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All 36 spc rigid vinyl floorsSource: ONS, Census 2021, Dartford (E07000107) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

We deliver across Dartford and Kent (DA postcodes) from our UK warehouse. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode.
Delivery detailsHeating 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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Every vinyl in the range is SPC. The 5.2 mm click planks carry a 0.3 mm wear layer, such as BML Light Oak SPC Click Flooring; the 6.5 mm wide planks a 0.55 mm layer, such as BML Natural Oak SPC Wide Flooring and BML Dark Oak SPC Wide Flooring; the herringbone boards and the 305 x 610 mm click tiles, such as BML Concrete Grey SPC Click Floor Tile, complete it. All listed as waterproof, all listed for underfloor heating.
| Product | Format | Wear layer / thickness | Fitting | Underfloor heating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BML Natural Oak SPC Click Flooring | 5.2mm x 181mm x 1220mm | 0.3mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
| BML Light Oak SPC Click Flooring | 5.2mm x 181mm x 1220mm | 0.3mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
| BML Misty Oak SPC Click Flooring | 5.2mm x 181mm x 1220mm | 0.3mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
| BML Herringbone American White Oak SPC Luxury Vinyl Flooring | 6.5mm x 126mm x 630mm | 0.55mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
| BML Herringbone Invisible Oak SPC Floor | 6.5mm x 126mm x 630mm | 0.55mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
| BML Concrete Grey SPC Click Floor Tile | 6.5mm x 305mm x 610mm | 0.55mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
| BML Smoked Limed Oak SPC Wide Flooring | 6.5mm x 228mm x 1524mm | 0.55mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
| BML White Oak SPC Wide Flooring | 6.5mm x 228mm x 1524mm | 0.55mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
Local fact sheet
Dartford in the 2021 census: 45,696 households, 76% houses, 24% flats.
We deliver to DA1, DA2 and DA9 — Bridge, Brent, Burnham, Heath, Darenth, Bean and Village Park, Greenhithe and Knockhall, and Crayford. Dartford is a Kent district. Ownership was 65.6% at the 2021 census and private renting 18.1%, both close to the national picture, but the local context is not: Ebbsfleet Garden City is being built on the doorstep, and new-build behaves differently from everything around it. New homes mean screed and frequently underfloor heating, and over a heat source engineered wood is the correct construction while solid timber is not — it moves too much. In the older Dartford and Crayford streets the question is the opposite one: suspended timber that wants levelling first.
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.
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The rigid core. Over the older floors in Dartford, timber that has moved or a slab that is not quite flat, a flexible vinyl shows the base and a rigid board bridges it. It also stays flat over underfloor heating. Every LVT in the range is SPC.
The range is listed as waterproof by the manufacturer. The listing applies to the board; the base still has to be dry, and standing water is wiped up rather than left, as the MMFA cleaning guidance says.
The 0.55 mm wide planks for the kitchen, the hall and anywhere with pets; the 0.3 mm click planks for a bedroom or a lightly used bathroom; the herringbone for a kitchen that wants a pattern; the click tiles for a utility room or a bathroom that wants a stone look.
A sample will come to any DA1, DA2 or DA9 address, Hextable and Longfield included, not only the streets that call themselves Dartford. In a new house, judge it once the walls are painted: a board seen against bare plaster reads colder than it will.
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.
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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