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Liverpool · Merseyside

Waterproof Flooring in Liverpool

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 Liverpool 77% of homes are houses, most of them terraced houses (38%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.

Waterproof in Liverpool

Waterproof flooring in Liverpool: what the housing says

The Liverpool district counts 207,491 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 38% of the homes in Liverpool, 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.

Social renting is 26% of households in Liverpool, and floors listed as waterproof are the kitchen and bathroom specification across that stock: click, floating, wiped clean, tolerant of a base that varies between units. A tenant in that stock needs the landlord's written consent before a hard floor goes in, and a floating floor that lifts again at the end of the tenancy is the easier request.

On the new developments in Liverpool the kitchens and bathrooms are on screed with underfloor heating, and a rigid-vinyl floor listed as waterproof is listed for that too. The screed must be dry, on a reading, and the heating commissioned, before the floor; a new screed holds water for weeks after it looks dry.

of households rent privately (23.4% in 2011)
26.1%
live in a flat or maisonette
23.2%
conservation areas
36
waterproof floors in our range
41

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Liverpool (E08000012) · Council conservation area register · Range: our product catalogue

Delivery to Liverpool

We deliver across Liverpool and Merseyside. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover the Wirral, Southport, St Helens and Warrington.

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 Liverpool, room by room

  • Room

    Kitchens

    LVT vinyl is the practical choice for Liverpool kitchens, waterproof, durable and realistic. For a premium look, porcelain tiles in stone effects work equally well.
    Kitchen flooring in Liverpool
  • Room

    Waterfront Apartments

    Large-format porcelain tiles and LVT suit the contemporary aesthetic of Liverpool’s Albert Dock and Baltic Triangle developments. Both handle moisture well.
    Bathroom flooring in Liverpool

Our Merseyside delivery covers: Liverpool city centre, Aigburth, Woolton, Allerton, Crosby, Formby, Sefton Park, Toxteth, Wavertree, Mossley Hill, Childwall, West Derby, Kirkdale, Wirral, Birkenhead, Southport, St Helens, Warrington, Widnes, Bootle and Huyton

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Local fact sheet

Liverpool's homes, by the numbers

Liverpool in the 2021 census: 207,491 households, 77% houses, 23% flats.

Liverpool is two fifths terraced, more than any other city on this list, and a quarter rent from a social landlord. Much of it is pre-war, with a suspended timber ground floor over a void that was built to breathe.

Liverpool offers an exciting mix of grand Victorian and Georgian properties in areas like Aigburth and Woolton, alongside modern waterfront developments on the Albert Dock and Baltic Triangle. The city’s strong buy-to-let market also drives demand for durable, cost-effective flooring in rental properties.

Later extensions and paved yards have closed a great many of those airbricks. The void then stops drying, the joist ends sitting in the wall are the first to suffer, and the tenant reports a floor that feels springy long before anything looks wrong from above.

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

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Liverpool

  • 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.
  • Consent and the slip test A tenancy agreement usually needs the landlord's consent for a hard floor; for a wet room a provider will ask for the pendulum slip figure.
  • Weeks, not days A new screed dries at roughly a day per millimetre for the first 50 mm. The reading, not the look, says when.

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Questions

Waterproof flooring in Liverpool: 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 Liverpool stays dry depends on the base and the edges.

Is a waterproof floor enough for a Liverpool 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.

Which flooring suits Liverpool waterfront apartments?

In a waterfront warehouse conversion the structural floor is usually concrete or heavy timber, the ceilings are high and the doors were hung to the conversion's own levels. Ask what build-up height is available and what the building requires for impact sound — those two answers narrow the choice before appearance does.

Do you deliver waterproof flooring to Liverpool?

Yes. We deliver across Liverpool and Merseyside from our UK warehouse, including the L1, L2, L3, L4, L5 and L6 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 Liverpool?

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