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Epsom · Surrey

Utility Room Flooring in Epsom

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 Epsom 75% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (35%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.

Utility Room in Epsom

Utility Room flooring in Epsom: what the housing says

The Epsom and Ewell district counts 31,321 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 35% of the Epsom and Ewell 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.

Owner-occupation is 75% in Epsom and Ewell, and an owner fitting out a utility in Epsom 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 (13.3% in 2011)
16.1%
live in a flat or maisonette
25.4%
postcode districts we deliver to
KT17 to KT19
utility room floors in our range
26

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Epsom and Ewell (E07000208) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

Local conditions

Two households rarely keep the same temperature or hours. An Ewell Court floor between them is warmed unevenly from beneath, so timber going down there should be layered, not solid.

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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

Epsom's homes, by the numbers

Epsom and Ewell in the 2021 census: 31,321 households, 75% houses, 25% flats.

One in four Epsom households — 25.4% — lives in a flat, maisonette or apartment, and only 26.4% in a detached house; the largest single group, at 34.9%, is the semi-detached. The town runs across KT17, KT18 and KT19, taking in Court, College, Auriol, Cuddington, Ewell Village, Ewell Court, Horton and Nonsuch, within the Epsom and Ewell district of Surrey. That mix asks for two different specifications on the same street. In a purpose-built flat you are laying over a neighbour's ceiling and the lease usually says so, which puts impact sound insulation first and the plank width second. In the inter-war semis the ground floor is more often solid, so the check is the damp-proof membrane before anything else is decided.

Not every Epsom flat sits in a purpose-built block: a steady minority are conversions, a house divided or a shop turned into homes, and there the floor between one household and the next is timber joists rather than a concrete deck. That is a third specification for KT17 and KT19.

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

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Before you order in Epsom

  • 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.
  • 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 Epsom: questions, answered

What floor should go in a utility room in Epsom?

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.

Can I order flooring samples to my Epsom address?

Yes, and the address needs care: a converted house at Court or Ewell Village can hold three homes behind one front door, so give the flat letter with the number. A posted sample has no driver at the kerb to ask which bell is yours.

Do you deliver utility room flooring to Epsom?

Yes. We deliver across Epsom and Surrey from our UK warehouse, including the KT17, KT18 and KT19 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 Epsom?

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