
Delivery to Leicester
We deliver across Leicester and Leicestershire. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Loughborough, Market Harborough, Melton Mowbray and Hinckley.
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Leicester · Leicestershire
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 Leicester 77% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (36%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.
Waterproof in Leicester
The Leicester district counts 127,388 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.
Semi-detached houses are 36% of the Leicester stock, and the semi's kitchen extension and utility room are concrete floors that get wet from above and, when the damp-proof membrane has failed, from below. A rigid-vinyl floor listed as waterproof goes over them once a hygrometer reading says the slab is dry to BS 8203 practice, 75 percent relative humidity or below.
Terraced houses are 29% of the homes in Leicester, 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.
Private renting is 29% of households in Leicester, and a landlord in Leicester 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.

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All 41 waterproof floorsSource: ONS, Census 2021, Leicester (E06000016) · Council conservation area register · Range: our product catalogue

We deliver across Leicester and Leicestershire. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Loughborough, Market Harborough, Melton Mowbray and Hinckley.
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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.
| Product | Format | Wear layer / thickness | Fitting | Underfloor heating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BML Natural Oak SPC Click Flooring | 5.2mm x 181mm x 1220mm | 0.3mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
| BML Grey-brown Oak SPC Click Flooring | 5.2mm x 181mm x 1220mm | 0.3mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
| BML Chocolate Oak SPC Click Flooring | 5.2mm x 181mm x 1220mm | 0.3mm | 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 Black Slate 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 Dark Oak SPC Wide Flooring | 6.5mm x 228mm x 1524mm | 0.55mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
| BML European Oak SPC Wide Flooring | 6.5mm x 228mm x 1524mm | 0.55mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
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Our Leicestershire delivery covers: Leicester city centre, Stoneygate, Oadby, Clarendon Park, Knighton, Wigston, Evington, Humberstone, Beaumont Leys, Braunstone, Loughborough, Market Harborough, Melton Mowbray, Hinckley, Coalville, Lutterworth, Blaby and Narborough
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Leicester in the 2021 census: 127,388 households, 77% houses, 23% flats.
Close to three households in ten in Leicester rent privately, up by nearly seven points in a decade, and more than a third of its households live in a semi. The Victorian terraces of Highfields, Belgrave and Clarendon Park carry most of the rented stock, and most of them have had a damp-proof course injected at some point.
Leicester’s property market includes elegant Victorian homes in Stoneygate and Clarendon Park, modern developments in the Waterside area, and substantial family houses in Oadby and surrounding villages. The mix of architectural styles creates varied demand for flooring, from traditional oak finishes to contemporary tile designs.
That retrofit usually stops at the wall. Where a chemical course was put into the brickwork but the solid floor beside it was left as it was, moisture takes the remaining route and appears at the junction between the two — which is why a skirting can be damp in a house whose walls read dry.
Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
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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 Leicester stays dry depends on the base and the edges.
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.
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.
Think about the room, the foot traffic and your style. Engineered wood in a variety of oak finishes leads the market across Leicester. Porcelain tiles are a growing choice for larger homes in Oadby and Stoneygate, particularly in kitchen-diners. LVT remains the go-to option for rental properties and student accommodation near the universities. The easiest way to decide is to order a few samples and see them in your own Leicester light before you buy.
Yes. We deliver across Leicester and Leicestershire from our UK warehouse, including the LE1, LE2, LE3, LE4, LE5 and LE7 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 Leicester 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.
All ranges
Every range and room for Leicester, each on its own page with the same housing data read for that floor.
Engineered Woodin Leicester33 floors
Solid Woodin Leicester15 floors
Parquetin Leicester15 floors
LVT Vinylin Leicester36 floors
SPC Rigid Vinylin Leicester36 floors
Laminatein Leicester12 floors6 materials · scroll sideways to see all
Kitchenin Leicester
Bathroomin Leicester
Living Roomin Leicester
Bedroomin Leicester
Hallwayin Leicester
Conservatoryin Leicester
Utility Roomin Leicester7 rooms · scroll sideways to see all
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