Flooring & Tiles Across Greater Manchester

Eight boroughs share this page, and the distance between them is wider than in any northern region we cover. Owner-occupation runs from a minority position in the inner boroughs to a comfortable majority out at the southern edge, and flats climb from a slim presence in the mill towns to a third of everything inside the city. One specification cannot cover both ends.

Three subfloors recur across the conurbation. Mill-town terraces carry suspended timber over a void – boards that want fixing down and flattening before a rigid plank sits on them. Purpose-built flats stand on concrete separating floors, and the lease usually specifies the impact sound layer that goes under a hard finish. The regeneration phases are screed, often heated.