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Plymouth · Devon

Utility Room Flooring in Plymouth

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 Plymouth 75% of homes are houses, most of them terraced houses (33%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.

Utility Room in Plymouth

Utility Room flooring in Plymouth: what the housing says

A washing machine that leaks does so under itself; a floor listed as waterproof and a base that is dry are what make that a wipe-up rather than a claim.

The Plymouth district counts 114,558 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.

Terraced houses are 33% of the homes in Plymouth, and the utility of a terrace in Plymouth 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.

of households rent privately (20.2% in 2011)
22.6%
live in a flat or maisonette
25.4%
postcode districts we deliver to
7
utility room floors in our range
26

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Plymouth (E06000026) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

Delivery to Plymouth

We deliver across Plymouth and South Devon. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Saltash, Tavistock, Ivybridge, Looe, Liskeard and the surrounding South Devon and East Cornwall areas.

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Local conditions

Much of central Plymouth was rebuilt after the war on solid ground floors, while Stoke, Mutley and Peverell kept their Victorian timber. Which of the two you have decides the preparation, and the preparation is most of the work.

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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

Plymouth's homes, by the numbers

Plymouth in the 2021 census: 114,558 households, 74% houses, 25% flats.

Terraced housing accounts for 32.8% of the Plymouth stock, and another 25.4% of homes are flats, 16.2% of them purpose-built and 7.5% cut out of former houses. Deliveries run across PL1 to PL6 and PL9, taking in Devonport, Peverell, Eggbuckland, Honicknowle and Plymstock Dunstone. Terraces of that kind usually stand on suspended timber floors, so the order of work is a deflection check first, then levelling by ply overlay or compound, then the finish; the step that gets skipped is the one that telegraphs joist lines through vinyl a year later. Converted flats set a different constraint, since the floor is somebody else's ceiling and impact-sound underlay has to be settled before the wear layer is chosen. Private renting has climbed from 20.2% to 22.6% since 2011.

Plymouth was rebuilt more comprehensively than almost any English city, and the figures still show it: barely one household in nine is detached, while terraces and semi-detached houses together account for nearly two in three. The post-war plan is the housing stock.

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

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Plymouth

  • 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 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.

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Questions

Utility Room flooring in Plymouth: questions, answered

What floor should go in a utility room in Plymouth?

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.

Which flooring is best for Plymouth student HMOs?

In a shared student house the floor is walked on by more people than a family home and repaired between every tenancy. A click system whose planks can be lifted and swapped singly, in a range that will still exist in a few years, is worth more than a deeper wear layer.

Do you deliver utility room flooring to Plymouth?

Yes. We deliver across Plymouth and Devon from our UK warehouse, including the PL1, PL2, PL3, PL4, PL5 and PL6 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 Plymouth?

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