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Taunton · Somerset
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 Taunton 84% of homes are houses, most of them detached houses (31%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.
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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 Somerset West and Taunton district counts 69,986 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.
Detached houses are 31% of the homes in Somerset West and Taunton, and a detached utility in Taunton is a proper room with a sink, appliances and a door to the garden: the boot room. A porcelain tile with a matt face takes it, and so does the rigid vinyl with the 0.55 mm wear layer; the door to the garden gets the mat.
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All 26 utility room floorsSource: ONS, Census 2021, Somerset (E06000066); accommodation type: Somerset West and Taunton · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
We deliver across Taunton and Somerset. Most in-stock orders reach Taunton within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Wellington, Bridgwater, Wiveliscombe, Norton Fitzwarren, Wellington and the surrounding Somerset area.
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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.
| Product | Format | Wear layer / thickness | Fitting | Underfloor heating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BML Herringbone European Oak SPC Luxury Vinyl Flooring | 6.5mm x 126mm x 630mm | 0.55mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
| BML Herringbone Vintage Fumed 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 Dark Grey SPC Click Floor Tile | 6.5mm x 305mm x 610mm | 0.55mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
| BML Rustic Grey Oak SPC Wide Flooring | 6.5mm x 228mm x 1524mm | 0.55mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
| BML Grey 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 |
| BML Grey-beige Oak SPC Wide Flooring | 6.5mm x 228mm x 1524mm | 0.55mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
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Our Somerset delivery covers: Taunton town centre, Wellington, Bishops Hull, Comeytrowe, Trull, Norton Fitzwarren, Staplegrove, Rockwell Green, Wilton, Galmington, Priorswood, Monkton Heathfield, Creech St Michael, Bishops Lydeard, Wiveliscombe, Bridgwater, North Petherton, Wellington, Taunton and surrounding Somerset and Vale of Taunton Deane
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Somerset West and Taunton in the 2021 census: 69,986 households, 84% houses, 16% flats.
The accommodation figures available here describe the former Somerset West and Taunton district: 31.3% detached, 29.7% semi-detached, 22.6% terraced and only 15.6% flats. No tenure figures are quoted, because the ones on file cover a different area. TA1 and TA2 run through Taunton East, Taunton North, Taunton South, Rowbarton & Staplegrove, Bishop's Hull & Taunton West and Comeytrowe & Trull, all within the Somerset unitary authority. A stock more than four-fifths houses means whole-property work, and ground floors divide between suspended timber, whose underfloor ventilation has to stay clear, and solid slabs, whose damp-proof membrane has to be verified before any moisture-sensitive finish goes down. Stairs and landings often decide the material as much as the rooms do.
Housing in Taunton leans large — close to a third of homes detached and nearly as many semi-detached — reaching from Rowbarton and Staplegrove round to Comeytrowe, Trull and Bishop's Hull, with the villages of Lydeard, Monkton, North Curry and North Petherton beyond. Houses of that size often carry furniture that smaller ones do not.
Weight concentrated on a small point is harder on a floor than weight spread wide. A piano leg, a loaded bookcase or a chair dragged back from the table each press into the surface at one spot, and softer materials take a permanent dent where they do.
Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
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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.
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.
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.
In a period house with heavy furniture, ask about indentation resistance rather than only about scratching — they are different properties, and a floor can be strong against one and weak against the other. Wide felt pads and soft castors then protect whatever you choose.
Yes. We deliver across Taunton and Somerset from our UK warehouse, including the TA1 and TA2 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 Taunton 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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