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Basildon · Essex
Chevron cuts each block at an angle so the boards meet in a continuous point, an arrow rather than a zig-zag; in this range it is engineered oak, 14 mm thick, glued down. In Basildon 81% of homes are houses, most of them terraced houses (33%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.
Chevron in Basildon
The Basildon district counts 76,362 households in the 2021 census, and the mix of houses and flats in that count is what decides how a chevron floor is specified here.
Terraced houses are 33% of the Basildon stock, and in a terrace the chevron goes into the room with the length to carry it, the through-lounge or a long hallway, rather than a square front room. The arrow needs a run. The base is a screwed-down ply overlay on the old boards, and the blocks are glued.
Social renting is 21% of households in Basildon; a mitred, glued pattern floor is not a refurbishment-programme specification, and where a pattern is wanted at that scale it is the click herringbone in rigid vinyl. A tenant who wants a chevron in a social tenancy needs the landlord's written consent before a glued floor goes in, and the click version is the easier request.
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All 2 chevron floorsSource: ONS, Census 2021, Basildon (E07000066) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
We deliver across Basildon and Essex. Most in-stock orders reach Basildon within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Wickford, Billericay, Pitsea, Laindon, Rayleigh and the surrounding south Essex area.
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The Knightsbridge Chevron comes in two faces, Knightsbridge Chevron Natural Brushed Oak and Knightsbridge Chevron Raw Oak, both 14 x 90 x 510 mm, tongue and groove, engineered, with a 3 mm wear layer and listed for underfloor heating. For the same pattern in a kitchen, the herringbone rigid-vinyl range is the click alternative; there is no chevron in vinyl in the range.
| Product | Format | Wear layer / thickness | Fitting | Underfloor heating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knightsbridge Chevron Natural Brushed Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 510 | 14mm x 90mm x 510mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Knightsbridge Chevron Raw Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 510 | 14mm x 90mm x 510mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
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Our Essex delivery covers: Basildon town centre, Laindon, Pitsea, Vange, Wickford, Billericay, Fryerns, Langdon Hills, Lee Chapel, Kingswood, Barstable, Nevendon, Noak Bridge, Steeple View, Rayleigh, Wickford, South Benfleet, Hockley, Ramsden Bellhouse and surrounding south Essex
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Basildon in the 2021 census: 76,362 households, 81% houses, 19% flats.
Private renting in Basildon has risen from 10.2% in 2011 to 14.2%, while social renting remains high at 21.2% and ownership has eased to 63.2%. A large social-rented share usually means repeat specification — one product across many properties, picked for durability and for the ability to patch a single room without an obvious join. Terraces lead the built stock at 32.6%, ahead of semi-detached at 26.5% and detached at 21.8%, so the typical job is a house with a party wall on one or both sides. SS13, SS14, SS15 and SS16 bring in Fryerns, Nethermayne, Laindon Park, Langdon Hills, Lee Chapel North, Pitsea North West, Pitsea South East, Burstead and St Martin's.
Basildon splits cleanly in two. Fryerns, Lee Chapel North and Nethermayne are New Town, built to a plan, with a third of the borough in terraces. Pitsea, Laindon and Langdon Hills are older and hold most of the detached stock, which runs to one home in five. The two halves ask for different things.
Ownership at nearly two in three is higher than the Essex New Towns nearby, and social renting sits at one household in five. Where a floor is bought by the household that will live on it, the wear layer is worth more than the decor — it decides whether the floor is refinished once or replaced once.
Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
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Herringbone is the traditional zig-zag and forgives a squarer room; chevron is the continuous arrow and wants a room with length. Chevron blocks are mitred, so the setting-out is less forgiving and the border matters more. The comparison guide takes it further.
Both Knightsbridge Chevron boards are engineered, 14 mm thick, and listed for underfloor heating, on a screed that is dry and a system that has been commissioned first.
The oak chevron is for dry rooms. For a patterned floor in a kitchen the rigid-vinyl herringbone, listed as waterproof, is the range to look at; there is no vinyl chevron in the range.
Yes. We deliver across Basildon and Essex from our UK warehouse, including the SS13, SS14, SS15 and SS16 postcode districts. Delivery cost and timing depend on the delivery postcode and are shown at checkout, and samples come by post first so the floor can be seen in the room before the full order.
Yes: cut samples are £1.99 each, up to two per product, posted to your Basildon address. Two or three side by side on the floor, in the room's own light morning and evening, settle the colour faster than any photograph.
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Every range and room for Basildon, each on its own page with the same housing data read for that floor.
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