West Wickham Victorian house floors — done sympathetically
In a West Wickham Victorian we almost always ply overlay before LVT (6mm marine ply, screwed on 200mm centres) so the plank joins don't telegraph through the original board line.
What victorian property flooring in West Wickham actually involves
In a West Wickham Victorian we almost always ply overlay before LVT (6mm marine ply, screwed on 200mm centres) so the plank joins don't telegraph through the original board line.
1930s detached homes here often have herringbone parquet under the carpet — inspected first.
- Original floorboards protected, screwed down where squeaky
- 6mm ply overlay before LVT so plank joins don't telegraph
- Stripe runners and brass rods on Victorian stair flights
- Sympathetic transitions where flooring meets tiled hallways
Before we quote a lvt job in West Wickham
- Subfloor flatness
LVT shows every bump — 1930s detached homes subfloors in West Wickham almost always need ply or self-levelling screed first.
- Door undercut
We trim doors on the day so they swing cleanly over glue-down LVT — no scraping, no callbacks.
- Pattern direction
Plank run follows the longest sightline; in narrow West Wickham hallways that means front-door to kitchen.
"Victorian terrace in Coney Hall — stair runner with brass rods, and the original boards are still there underneath." — West Wickham customer
In short — Victorian flooring in West Wickham: ply first, then LVT or carpet, with stair runners on period flights.
Postcodes: BR4 · Routes: the A232 · Common build: 1930s detached homes.
Covering Coney Hall, Wickham Court, Langley Park.
Victorian Property Flooring jobs we've finished nearby
Victorian Property Flooring in West Wickham — common questions
Ply overlay (6mm marine ply, screwed) hides most subfloor variation. If a joist is failing we'll flag it — we don't hide structural issues under a new floor.
Regularly. Standard is a 27" wool runner with brass rods; we also do fully bound edges if you want a bolder line.
Yes — we cut a bespoke oak or brass threshold to sit flush with the tile edge. It looks intentional, not patched.
No — we screw squeaky boards, we don't remove them. If you ever want to expose them again, everything we lay comes back up without harming the pine.