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Browse CollectionsBathroom flooring has to live with water and stay safe underfoot. Waterproof LVT and porcelain tiles are the go-to choices, giving you a beautiful wood or stone look that handles steam, splashes and humidity without warping.
Once the designation is settled and a new floor is allowed, Engineered Oak Wide Plank sits comfortably in the detached and semi-detached houses at Badger Farm and Oliver’s Battery, though suspended timber wants levelling first and clearance under the doors is worth checking.
LVT is warm, quiet and slip-resistant, while porcelain tiles are dense, non-porous and effortless to clean, ideal for family bathrooms and en-suites. A Winchester house has one heating system and one household deciding when it runs, so the building cools and warms as a single object. That makes the first heating season the test: bring an SO22 or SO23 house back up gradually rather than in one go.
In Winchester the first flooring question is often legal rather than technical: the historic core is exceptionally large, and in a listed building or conservation area original boards cannot be lifted without consent. Detached houses outnumber semis and terraces, ownership is high, and the subfloor beneath is usually suspended timber.
From the orders we deliver across Winchester, this is where each floor tends to go:
Where consent comes before specification: Winchester has an exceptionally large historic core, so the opening question about a floor here is far more often legal than technical. Find out whether the address is listed or sits inside a conservation area, because that decides whether original boards may be lifted for engineered oak at all.
Living rooms once that is settled: With the designation known, what remains is ordinary work: the ground floor under most of the old city is suspended timber and it has moved over the years. Bring the boards true, or a new engineered oak floor will telegraph every dip in the old.
What the added height does to a door: Laying over an existing floor raises the finished level, and in an older SO23 house the doors, the thresholds and the bottom stair were all set to the height that is there now. Add up underlay and laminate together before ordering, not on delivery day.
Village kitchens at Alresford and Twyford: Out towards Colden Common, Itchen Valley and the Candovers no designation stands in the way and the job is purely technical. A kitchen there takes porcelain tiles where the base is solid, or SPC where the ground floor is still timber and wants levelling.
We deliver across Winchester and Hampshire (SO postcodes) from our UK warehouse. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode.
Customers order our bathroom flooring from Weeke, Stanmore and Badger Farm and the SO postcode area. Not sure which finish suits your light and layout? Order two or three samples to your Winchester address, from £1.99, and compare them at home before you commit.
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