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Bath · Somerset

Utility Room Flooring in Bath

A utility room takes a washing machine, a dryer, muddy boots and the dog, and its floor is chosen the way a kitchen's is, only harder: rigid vinyl listed as waterproof, or porcelain tile. In Bath 79% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (29%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.

Utility Room in Bath

Utility Room flooring in Bath: what the housing says

The Bath and North East Somerset district counts 79,250 households in the 2021 census, and the mix of houses and flats in that count is what decides how a utility room floor is specified here.

Semi-detached houses are 29% of the Bath and North East Somerset stock, and the semi's utility is usually the old garage or a slice of the extension, on a slab that was not laid for a living room. A rigid-vinyl floor bridges small unevenness in it; a tile needs it levelled first. The 305 x 610 mm SPC click tiles are the stone look without the levelling job.

Terraced houses are 27% of the homes in Bath and North East Somerset, and the utility of a terrace in Bath is the old scullery or a lean-to behind the kitchen, on the oldest and dampest slab in the house. The reading comes first: Approved Document C asks the floor to resist moisture from below and an old slab often has no membrane. Over a dry reading the rigid vinyl floats and the tile is bedded.

Owner-occupation is 66% in Bath and North East Somerset, and an owner fitting out a utility in Bath is choosing between a tile that matches the kitchen and a vinyl that is warmer to stand on while the machine runs; both are listed for the underfloor heating a new utility often has.

of households rent privately (16.9% in 2011)
19.3%
live in a flat or maisonette
21.4%
postcode districts we deliver to
BA1 to BA2
utility room floors in our range
26

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Bath and North East Somerset (E06000022) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

Delivery to Bath

We deliver across Bath and Somerset. Most in-stock orders reach Bath within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Bristol, Frome, Wells, Trowbridge, Bradford-on-Avon and the surrounding Mendip and West Wiltshire areas.

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Local conditions

A Georgian floor is suspended timber over a void ventilated by airbricks that later work has often closed up. Before anything goes over it, the question is whether air still moves under there — Lansdown, Bathwick and the streets off Kingsmead all hold houses where it does not.

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The SPC click floor tiles, BML Black Slate SPC Click Floor Tile, BML Concrete Dark Grey SPC Click Floor Tile and BML Cement Light SPC Click Floor Tile, are made for this room: a stone look, 0.55 mm wear layer, listed as waterproof, no grout. The wide planks such as BML Misty Oak SPC Wide Flooring run the kitchen floor through. In porcelain, the matt Night Lux and Luna Blanca tiles.

ProductFormatWear layer / thicknessFittingUnderfloor heating
BML Herringbone European Oak SPC Luxury Vinyl Flooring6.5mm x 126mm x 630mm0.55mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible
BML Herringbone Vintage Fumed 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 Dark Grey SPC Click Floor Tile6.5mm x 305mm x 610mm0.55mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible
BML Rustic Grey Oak SPC Wide Flooring6.5mm x 228mm x 1524mm0.55mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible
BML Grey 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
BML Grey-beige Oak SPC Wide Flooring6.5mm x 228mm x 1524mm0.55mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible

Local fact sheet

Bath's homes, by the numbers

Bath and North East Somerset in the 2021 census: 79,250 households, 78% houses, 21% flats.

Bathwick, Lambridge and Combe Down sit inside the BA1 and BA2 delivery area, together with Kingsmead, Lansdown, Newbridge and the Bathavon North and Bathavon South wards of Bath and North East Somerset. What stands out in the 2021 accommodation figures is conversion: 5.9% of homes are flats inside former houses, on top of 13.5% purpose-built, so 21.4% of the stock is flatted. An upper floor carved out of an older house rests on joists never designed to be split between two households, and deflection plus sound transfer governs the build-up, which usually means a floating layer over a resilient mat and door heights checked before any underlay is ordered. Ownership stands at 65.3%, a little below the 66.7% recorded in 2011.

More than a quarter of Bath lives in a terrace, and a further one household in eighteen in a flat carved out of a larger house. Much of that stock is Georgian, much of it is listed or in a conservation area, and both of those change what can be done to a floor before anything is chosen.

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

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Before you choose

Before you order in Bath

  • The oldest slab in the house A utility is often on it. A hygrometer reading, dry to BS 8203 practice, before any floor.
  • Edges sealed, appliances on a tray A floor listed as waterproof keeps a leak on the surface; a sealed edge keeps it off the wall.
  • Matt over polished A utility floor is wet more often than a kitchen's. A matt tile or a textured vinyl for the footing.
  • The old scullery slab A semi's utility is often the old scullery, on the oldest slab in the house. The hygrometer reading first.
  • The scullery slab In a terrace the utility is usually the old scullery on the oldest slab in the house, with no membrane. The hygrometer reading first; a floor listed as waterproof over it, sealed at the edges.
  • Wear layer for the wet end A utility floor kept for years takes the 0.55 mm vinyl or the matt porcelain; both are cleaned with low moisture and no standing water.

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Questions

Utility Room flooring in Bath: questions, answered

What floor should go in a utility room in Bath?

Rigid vinyl listed as waterproof, in the plank or the click-tile format, or a matt porcelain tile. Both cope with a leak and a wet mop; the vinyl floats over an old slab, the tile needs it levelled. The base has to be dry under either.

Can a washing machine sit on a click vinyl floor?

A floating floor carries an appliance; what it should not do is be pinned by it at one point and expected to move elsewhere. A tray under the machine and the expansion gap kept at the walls are the two details.

Is laminate all right in a utility room?

Laminate is kept out of the rooms that get wet in this range, and a utility is one of them. The rigid vinyl gives the same look with the waterproof listing.

What flooring suits Bath’s Georgian townhouses?

In a Georgian townhouse what goes under the floor is more constrained than what goes on it, and the constraint is depth: the finished level cannot rise past a threshold or a stair nosing that is part of the fabric. A thin build-up matters more here than in anything built since.

Do you deliver utility room flooring to Bath?

Yes. We deliver across Bath and Somerset from our UK warehouse, including the BA1 and BA2 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 utility room sample before ordering in Bath?

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