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Newbury · Berkshire

Waterproof Flooring in Newbury

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 Newbury 84% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (33%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.

Waterproof in Newbury

Waterproof flooring in Newbury: what the housing says

The West Berkshire district counts 66,659 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 33% of the homes in West Berkshire, 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 West Berkshire, and an owner refitting a bathroom in Newbury 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.

of households rent privately (13.7% in 2011)
17.1%
live in a flat or maisonette
16.3%
postcode districts we deliver to
RG14, RG20
waterproof floors in our range
41

Source: ONS, Census 2021, West Berkshire (E06000037) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

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 Newbury, room by room

  • Room

    Kitchens on the newer estates

    Barely a mile out, around Clay Hill, Greenham and Speen, the ground floor changes to slab and screed. On a base that flat and that dry, porcelain tiles or SPC go straight down without the preparation the old centre demands.
    Kitchen flooring in Newbury

Our Berkshire delivery covers: Thatcham, Shaw and Wash Common and the RG postcode area

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Local fact sheet

Newbury's homes, by the numbers

West Berkshire in the 2021 census: 66,659 households, 83% houses, 16% flats.

Every figure on this page is West Berkshire's, and the authority counts Newbury alongside Thatcham, Hungerford and Kintbury. About one home in six in that count is a flat, and four in five of them purpose-built rather than divided out of houses. An RG14 order is settled by the building at the address, not by the average.

Newbury’s housing splits along the same line its map does. Detached and semi-detached homes together make up most of RG14 and RG20, with terraces in the older centre and owners well ahead of renters. That leaves two subfloors within a mile: timber joists in the historic core, screed out on the later development.

A Wash Common ground floor crossing four or five rooms is not heated evenly across them, and the room used least swings furthest. Let the packs settle where they will be laid, and leave expansion room at every wall and doorway along the run.

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

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Newbury

  • 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 Newbury: 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 Newbury stays dry depends on the base and the edges.

Is a waterproof floor enough for a Newbury 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.

Can I order flooring samples to my Newbury address?

We post samples to any RG14 or RG20 address, and with an order this size, take several. Lay them out along the whole run before you commit, because a board that looks right in the hall can go flat in a north-facing back room.

Do you deliver waterproof flooring to Newbury?

Yes. We deliver across Newbury and Berkshire from our UK warehouse, including the RG14 and RG20 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 Newbury?

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