Browse our editorial collections and find your perfect floor.
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Browse CollectionsConservatory flooring has to handle big temperature swings and bright sunlight without fading or moving. Waterproof LVT and tiles are the most stable, dependable choices for a room that heats up and cools down through the seasons.
Owner-occupation is the majority tenure across DA11 and DA12, which is the argument for spending on the subfloor as well as the surface. Engineered Oak Wide Plank rewards that order of work; laid over an unlevelled timber floor it will look no better than the base beneath it.
LVT stays comfortable underfoot year-round and resists fading, while tiles are hard-wearing and easy to clean, both cope with conservatory conditions beautifully. A Northfleet or Denton ground floor sits on joists above a void open to outside air, so warmth leaves downwards and the boards read cold underfoot. Underlay thickness and a properly closed perimeter are thermal decisions here, not only acoustic ones.
The terraced stock here dates from the years when Gravesend and Northfleet were cement and paper towns, and it comes with suspended timber ground floors above an open void, frequently not level. Semi-detached houses account for a similar share of the town. Preparation decides how the finished floor sits.
From the orders we deliver across Gravesend, this is where each floor tends to go:
The base under a Northfleet terrace: Terraces from the cement and paper years stand on timber over an open void, and floors of that sort are seldom true any longer. Levelling one means sheet ply screwed down rather than anything poured, and it belongs on the quote as its own line before engineered wood is priced.
Rented homes in DA11 and DA12: Renting privately in Gravesham sits above the national figure, and the shortcut in a let is to float something cheap over boards nobody straightened. It gives way at the joints first: LVT wants as flat a base as timber does, and reports every hollow under it.
Rooms with daylight down their length: Whether a floor here looks right is settled before a single board arrives. Light travelling along a room finds each dip left in the base, and no amount of grain on laminate or engineered oak covers a hollow once that light crosses it.
Kitchens and utility rooms over a void: A void beneath the floor hides a slow leak instead of showing it, so in a Gravesend kitchen the joints do the work of holding water on top. LVT takes up no water itself, yet an open seam hands whatever is spilt straight to the joists.
We deliver across Gravesend and Kent (DA postcodes) from our UK warehouse. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode.
We supply conservatory flooring across Northfleet, Istead Rise and Riverview Park and the DA postcode area. Not sure which finish suits your light and layout? Order two or three samples to your Gravesend address, from £1.99, and compare them at home before you commit.
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