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Exeter · Devon

Waterproof Flooring in Exeter

The floors on this page are the ones the manufacturer lists as waterproof: the rigid-core vinyl range, in plank, herringbone and tile formats, and the Berry Alloc wall panels for the walls of a shower. In Exeter roughly one home in 4 is a flat (26%), so sound through the floor matters alongside the base under it.

Waterproof in Exeter

Waterproof flooring in Exeter: what the housing says

The Exeter district counts 52,551 households in the 2021 census, and the mix of houses and flats in that count is what decides how a waterproof floor is specified here.

Terraced houses are 31% of the homes in Exeter, and in a terrace the wet rooms are the back kitchen and a bathroom that was often added later, sometimes on the ground floor. Both are the rooms for a floor listed as waterproof, and both are the rooms where the base has a history: Approved Document C asks a ground floor to resist moisture from below, and an old slab may not. The base is tested before the floor is laid.

Flats are 26% of the homes in the Exeter district, and the bathroom of a flat is the room where a floor listed as waterproof matters to the neighbour below as well: a leak that gets under a floor travels. The rigid-vinyl floor floats over the slab on an acoustic underlay and stays under the thresholds; the wall panels go up in a shower without a wet trade.

Private renting is 25% of households in Exeter, and a landlord in Exeter puts a floor listed as waterproof into every kitchen and bathroom for the plain reason that the alternative is replacing a swollen laminate at the next inspection. The 0.55 mm wear layer on the wide planks is rated by the manufacturer as commercial grade.

of households rent privately (21.0% in 2011)
24.9%
live in a flat or maisonette
26.0%
postcode districts we deliver to
EX1, EX2, EX4
waterproof floors in our range
41

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Exeter (E07000041) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

Delivery to Exeter

We deliver across Exeter and the wider Devon area. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We cover Exmouth, Dawlish, Tiverton, Honiton, Crediton, Newton Abbot, Cullompton and the surrounding Devon countryside.

Delivery details

Compare the waterproof range

The floors listed as waterproof are the 36 BML rigid-core vinyl products, from BML Natural Oak SPC Click Flooring to the BML Herringbone Light Oak SPC and the BML Black Slate SPC Click Floor Tile. For the walls of a shower, the five Berry Alloc Wall & Water Shower Panels, 600 x 2400 mm and listed as waterproof; the panel guide sets out what that listing covers. Porcelain tiles are not listed with the attribute and are covered on their own pages.

ProductFormatWear layer / thicknessFittingUnderfloor heating
BML Natural Oak SPC Click Flooring5.2mm x 181mm x 1220mm0.3mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible
BML Grey-brown Oak SPC Click Flooring5.2mm x 181mm x 1220mm0.3mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible
BML Chocolate Oak SPC Click Flooring5.2mm x 181mm x 1220mm0.3mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible
BML Herringbone Vintage Fumed Oak SPC Luxury Vinyl Flooring6.5mm x 126mm x 630mm0.55mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible
BML Black Slate 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 Dark Oak SPC Wide Flooring6.5mm x 228mm x 1524mm0.55mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible
BML European Oak SPC Wide Flooring6.5mm x 228mm x 1524mm0.55mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible

Room by room

Waterproof in Exeter, room by room

  • Room

    Country Kitchens

    Exeter’s many country-style kitchens favour LVT vinyl in rustic wood designs, waterproof against muddy boots and country living, but warm and characterful underfoot.
    Kitchen flooring in Exeter

Our Devon delivery covers: Exeter city centre, St Leonard’s, Heavitree, Pinhoe, Topsham, Pennsylvania, Exwick, St James, Newtown, Polsloe, Whipton, Cranbrook, Newcourt, Alphington, Exminster, Exmouth, Dawlish, Tiverton, Honiton, Crediton, Newton Abbot, Cullompton, Ottery St Mary and surrounding Devon

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Local fact sheet

Exeter's homes, by the numbers

Exeter in the 2021 census: 52,551 households, 73% houses, 26% flats.

Exeter has more households renting privately than most cathedral cities — a quarter, up from a fifth in a decade — and a third of the city lives in a terrace. Heavitree, Newtown and St Leonard's carry most of both, and the specification follows the tenancy rather than the taste.

Exeter combines elegant Georgian and Regency terraces in St Leonard’s and the Cathedral Close with characterful Victorian villas in Pennsylvania and Heavitree, riverside conversions in Topsham and modern family developments at Cranbrook and Newcourt. The cathedral city’s mix of heritage, university and growing tech economy drives consistent demand for quality renovations.

The city centre was rebuilt after the war and its ground floors are solid; Pennsylvania, Duryard and the older terraces are not. That split runs through the middle of Exeter and decides whether the first job is a levelling compound or a look at the joists.

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

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Exeter

  • The listing is the product's A floor listed as waterproof does not make a room waterproof. The base under it and the sealing at the edges do.
  • Test the slab A hygrometer under a sealed box, dry at 75 percent relative humidity or below in BS 8203 practice, before any floor is laid over concrete.
  • Pooling water is wiped The MMFA cleaning guidance for multilayer floors: low-moisture cleaning, no standing water left on the surface.
  • The old membrane An old ground-floor slab may have no damp-proof membrane. The reading tells you; the floor above it will not fix it.
  • The flat below A leak under a floor travels. In a flat the edges and the thresholds are sealed to the fitting instructions.

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Questions

Waterproof flooring in Exeter: questions, answered

Which floors are actually listed as waterproof?

The rigid-core vinyl range, all 36 products, and the Berry Alloc wall panels. The listing is the manufacturer's and refers to the product; how well a room in Exeter stays dry depends on the base and the edges.

Is a waterproof floor enough for a Exeter bathroom?

It is the right floor, and it is not the whole answer. The base has to be dry, the edges at the bath and the door threshold sealed as the fitting instructions say, and the walls of a shower dealt with separately, which is what the panels are for.

Are porcelain tiles waterproof?

Porcelain is fired dense enough that water does not soak in, and the tile guides explain the water-absorption figures the manufacturers publish. In this range the attribute "waterproof" is listed on the vinyl and the wall panels, so the tiles sit on their own pages.

Is solid wood suitable for Topsham riverside homes?

Near the water the ground stays damper for longer and a solid plank moves with it, so engineered board is the safer wood in a Topsham house. Where the ground floor is solid, ask for a moisture reading before ordering rather than after.

Do you deliver waterproof flooring to Exeter?

Yes. We deliver across Exeter and Devon from our UK warehouse, including the EX1, EX2 and EX4 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 waterproof sample before ordering in Exeter?

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