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Eastleigh · Hampshire

SPC Rigid Vinyl Flooring in Eastleigh

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 Eastleigh 84% of homes are houses, most of them detached houses (33%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.

SPC Rigid Vinyl in Eastleigh

SPC Rigid Vinyl flooring in Eastleigh: what the housing says

The Eastleigh district counts 56,922 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.

Detached houses are 33% of the Eastleigh stock, and their larger open-plan kitchens are where the 6.5 mm wide SPC boards with the 0.55 mm wear layer are specified: a long floating run over a level slab, an expansion gap at the perimeter, and a break at a doorway where the run gets long.

Owner-occupation is 73% in Eastleigh, 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.

of households rent privately (12.3% in 2011)
13.9%
live in a flat or maisonette
16.2%
postcode districts we deliver to
SO50, SO53, SO97
spc rigid vinyl floors in our range
36

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Eastleigh (E07000086) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

Local conditions

A room heated through winter dries the boards in it, and summer puts the moisture back. Cut the expansion gap in a Bishopstoke floor for every one of those cycles.

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Compare the spc rigid vinyl range

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.

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

SPC Rigid Vinyl in Eastleigh, room by room

  • Room

    Kitchens

    In a house held for the long term the kitchen is expected to look the same long after the chairs and boots have worked on it. The hardest surface here is porcelain tiles, which take heat from below without complaint, while SPC is the warmer answer when a whole ground floor goes down in one material.
    Kitchen flooring in Eastleigh

Our Hampshire delivery covers: Chandlers Ford, Bishopstoke and Fair Oak and the SO postcode area

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Local fact sheet

Eastleigh's homes, by the numbers

Eastleigh in the 2021 census: 56,922 households, 83% houses, 16% flats.

Eastleigh covers SO50 and SO53 — Eastleigh Central, North and South, Bishopstoke, Chandler's Ford, Colden Common and Twyford, and Ampfield and Braishfield. It is a district of Hampshire. Ownership was 71.0% at the 2021 census with private renting at just 13.9%, up only 1.6 points in a decade — one of the smallest shifts we see. Eastleigh, like Darlington, grew as a railway town, and the terraces built for the works are suspended timber; Chandler's Ford is largely later and solid. Two different jobs, half a mile apart. The one thing both share is that a floor bought in a high-ownership market gets lived on for a long time, so the wear layer is where the money goes.

Detached houses lead in Eastleigh, semis and terraces behind them, and the split is geographic as much as anything: the older streets that grew up with the railway sit on suspended timber, while Chandler’s Ford came later and is largely solid. Two subfloors, half a mile apart, across SO50 and SO53.

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

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Eastleigh

  • Rigid does not mean any base SPC bridges small unevenness, not a step or a hollow. A straightedge over the base first.
  • Dry base under a waterproof floor The board is listed as waterproof; the slab is tested with a hygrometer.
  • 48 hours in the room The MMFA's acclimatisation requirement, at the room's in-service temperature.
  • Expansion joints in a long run SPC moves less than laminate but still has a maximum run in the fitting instructions. Plan the joint at a doorway in an open-plan ground floor.
  • 0.55 mm and the commercial grade The thicker wear layer and the commercial-grade rating for a floor bought to keep. Keep the invoice and the batch number.

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Questions

SPC Rigid Vinyl flooring in Eastleigh: questions, answered

Why SPC rather than ordinary LVT for a Eastleigh home?

The rigid core. Over the older floors in Eastleigh, 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.

Is SPC waterproof?

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.

Which SPC format for which room?

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.

Which flooring is best for Eastleigh homes?

Work outward from the back door. A house at Bishopstoke or Hiltingbury takes garden traffic straight into the hall, so SPC or porcelain belongs there; the front rooms, which see none of that, are where an engineered oak board is worth its price.

Do you deliver spc rigid vinyl flooring to Eastleigh?

Yes. We deliver across Eastleigh and Hampshire from our UK warehouse, including the SO50, SO53 and SO97 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 spc rigid vinyl sample before ordering in Eastleigh?

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