Is Herringbone Flooring Right for Your Home?
Herringbone is the most requested pattern we sell and the one people most often underestimate. What it costs in practice, and which rooms it flatters.
Waste allowance
15% to 20%
Fitting
Full glue down
Fitter
Professional advised
Underfloor heating
Suitable
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Why people want it
Herringbone gives a floor movement and depth that straight planks cannot. The pattern draws the eye along the room and catches light from two directions at once, which is why the same oak looks richer laid this way.
It also reads as considered. A herringbone floor is visibly a decision, and in a period property or a large open room it carries the space in a way a plain floor does not.
Not the same as chevron: Herringbone blocks are cut square and meet at a right angle. Chevron blocks are cut at an angle so the rows form a continuous point. They are ordered and fitted differently.
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See a herringbone block in your room
Pattern floors read very differently at home than in a photograph. A sample on your own floor settles it in a week.
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A real cut from a real board. Samples £1.99 each, up to 10 per order.
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