Room by room · Sittingbourne, ME10
Hallway flooring fitted in Sittingbourne to cope with muddy shoes, pushchairs and constant foot traffic every day.
A hallway carries more footfall per square metre than almost any other room, plus grit and moisture tracked in from outside, so the flooring here needs a harder wear rating than the rooms it leads to, not the same specification.
Sittingbourne property stock leans towards modern estates at quinton and iwade, so room sizes and door positions rarely match the estate-agent floorplan. We measure on site, in Kemsley as much as central Sittingbourne, before anything gets ordered.
A hallway typically sees more repeated foot traffic in one narrow strip than a whole living room, so a thicker wear layer on LVT or a higher-grade commercial-style vinyl often outperforms a domestic-grade product chosen for looks alone.
Sittingbourne property stock leans towards modern estates at quinton and iwade, so room sizes and door positions rarely match the estate-agent floorplan. We measure on site, in Kemsley as much as central Sittingbourne, before anything gets ordered.
Sittingbourne property stock leans towards modern estates at quinton and iwade, so room sizes and door positions rarely match the estate-agent floorplan. We measure on site, in Kemsley as much as central Sittingbourne, before anything gets ordered.
We reach Sittingbourne via the M2 Junction 5, and cover the wider ME10 district as part of our normal round.
A hallway often meets several different room floors along its length, each needing its own threshold transition, and getting the height and trim right at each one avoids trip hazards and gaps opening up over time.
Doorway count, traffic level and adjoining floor types are checked before recommending a product.
Existing hallway flooring is lifted and disposed of, and the subfloor is checked.
Levelling addresses dips common in older hallway subfloors before the new covering goes down.
Rigid-core LVT with a thicker wear layer, or a commercial-grade sheet vinyl, generally copes best with the repeated grit and foot traffic a hallway sees compared with standard domestic products.
It often does for a consistent look through an open-plan ground floor, but a hallway usually benefits from a slightly harder-wearing spec even if the colour and style match.
Each doorway gets its own threshold trim sized to the height difference between the hallway floor and whatever is fitted in the room beyond it.
Yes, a tighter, denser pile carpet can work well in a hallway, though it will show wear faster than the same carpet in a bedroom and benefits from a darker colour to hide grit.
These are our own installations in the county. They illustrate the type of work covered on this page rather than a particular job.
Postcode district ME10, Swale Borough Council.
A hallway in Sittingbourne takes more daily traffic than any other room, so it's worth speccing above the minimum you'd use elsewhere.
Free survey and measure, matched to how much traffic your hallway actually takes.