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Lowestoft · Suffolk

Waterproof Flooring in Lowestoft

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 Lowestoft 90% of homes are houses, most of them detached houses (40%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.

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Waterproof in Lowestoft

Waterproof flooring in Lowestoft: what the housing says

The East Suffolk district counts 110,745 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.

Detached houses are 40% of the homes in East Suffolk, and they have more wet rooms than most: a kitchen, a utility, two or three bathrooms. The same range covers all of them, and the wall panels take the shower enclosure without grout. A large open kitchen is a long floating run, planned with its expansion gap.

Owner-occupation is 69% in East Suffolk, and an owner refitting a bathroom in Lowestoft is choosing between a porcelain tile and a rigid-vinyl floor listed as waterproof: the tile is colder and harder, the vinyl warmer and quieter, both need a dry base. The wall panels are the third decision, for the shower.

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All 41 waterproof floors
of households rent privately (14.2% in 2011)
17.6%
live in a flat or maisonette
10.0%
postcode districts we deliver to
NR32 to NR33
waterproof floors in our range
41

Source: ONS, Census 2021, East Suffolk (E07000244) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

Local conditions

Coastal air, not coastal water. Through the unheated months humidity in a Lowestoft room swings further than it would inland, and a moisture-sensitive core takes that up and moves. Let the boards come to the room's own humidity first, and leave the expansion gap full width.

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The range

The waterproof range for Lowestoft homes

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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.

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 Lowestoft, room by room

  • Room

    Ground floors where water has been in before

    Parts of Lowestoft lie inside the tidal flood zone, and a ground floor with flood history is not specified the way a dry ground floor elsewhere in NR32 would be. Check the zone before ordering rather than afterwards: a solid-core SPC board can be taken up, dried and put back, where a bonded board cannot.
    SPC Rigid Vinyl flooring in Lowestoft

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    Kitchens at Oulton Broad and Pakefield

    The kitchen is the room rising water reaches first and the room a household wants back soonest. Laid loose instead of bonded down, LVT comes up tile by tile and goes back the same day, and the material has nothing in it to swell.
    Kitchen flooring in Lowestoft

  • Room

    Living rooms inland at Carlton Colville

    Away from the water the argument changes and an ordinary house is an ordinary job again. Detached homes are the commonest type in the Lowestoft stock, and a front room in Carlton and Whitton is ready for engineered oak as soon as the base has been brought flat.
    Living Room flooring in Lowestoft
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Our Suffolk delivery covers: Oulton Broad, Pakefield and Carlton Colville and the NR postcode area

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Local fact sheet

Lowestoft's homes, by the numbers

East Suffolk in the 2021 census: 110,745 households, 89% houses, 10% flats.

A tenth of East Suffolk homes are flats, so an order from Lowestoft is usually for a whole house: no neighbour beneath the floor, no communal stair to carry the packs up, and no lease with an opinion about what goes down. The building itself sets the terms.

Detached houses outnumber semis in Lowestoft, and the stock spreads from Harbour and Normanston through Kirkley and Pakefield out to Carlton Colville and Oulton Broad. Most residents own, so floors get chosen for the long run – though on this coast the ground floor is worth a look before you specify.

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

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Lowestoft

  • 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.
  • Utility, boot room, porch A detached house has more wet thresholds: the utility, the back door, the porch. Each edge is sealed to the fitting instructions; the listing covers the board, not the joint.
  • Wear layer for the years A floor bought to keep in the kitchen or the hall takes the 0.55 mm wear layer; the listing as waterproof is the same on both wear layers.

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Questions

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

Is a waterproof floor enough for a Lowestoft 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 is best for Lowestoft homes?

Order one floor for the whole house and one batch of it: out at the eastern edge of the country a shortfall means a second delivery, not a quick trip to a shop. A click SPC will carry hall, kitchen and living room in one format.

Do you deliver waterproof flooring to Lowestoft?

Yes. We deliver across Lowestoft and Suffolk from our UK warehouse, including the NR32 and NR33 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 Lowestoft?

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