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Torquay · Devon

Waterproof Flooring in Torquay

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 Torquay roughly one home in 3 is a flat (30%), so sound through the floor matters alongside the base under it.

Waterproof in Torquay

Waterproof flooring in Torquay: what the housing says

The Torbay district counts 62,995 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.

Flats are 30% of the homes in the Torbay 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 27% of households in Torbay, and a landlord in Torquay 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 (23.2% in 2011)
26.6%
live in a flat or maisonette
29.8%
postcode districts we deliver to
TQ1 to TQ2
waterproof floors in our range
41

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Torbay (E06000027) · 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 Torquay, room by room

  • Room

    Kitchens in a let

    A holiday flat kitchen meets more different people in one season than a family kitchen meets in a decade, and none of them are careful with it. SPC takes dragged chairs and case wheels without denting, and it can be cleaned hard between guests.
    Kitchen flooring in Torquay

Our Devon delivery covers: Babbacombe, St Marychurch and Cockington and the TQ postcode area

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Local fact sheet

Torquay's homes, by the numbers

Torbay in the 2021 census: 62,995 households, 70% houses, 30% flats.

Purpose-built blocks account for nearly twice as many Torquay homes as flats carved out of a villa, so the base under a TQ1 or TQ2 flat has to be established rather than assumed to be villa joists. Find out what the block was built on, then specify. Guessing that costs a floor.

Semi-detached, terraced and detached houses take roughly equal shares of Torquay’s stock, and private renting is unusually high on top of that. Much of the Victorian and Edwardian villa stock across TQ1 and TQ2 was subdivided long ago, so in a flat the floor you lay is the ceiling of the home below.

A divided villa in Ellacombe heats by the week: one flat warm, the one beneath it shut and cold. Across TQ1, treat that floor as a boundary rather than a surface.

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

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Torquay

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

Is a waterproof floor enough for a Torquay 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 Torquay address?

Samples reach any Torquay address, and the useful one is often not the flat itself: an owner living out of the bay, or an agent holding keys across TQ1. Put your own address on the sample request and the property's on what follows it.

Do you deliver waterproof flooring to Torquay?

Yes. We deliver across Torquay and Devon from our UK warehouse, including the TQ1 and TQ2 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 Torquay?

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