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Bournemouth · Dorset
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 Bournemouth roughly one home in 3 is a flat (37%), so sound through the floor matters alongside the base under it.
Chevron in Bournemouth
The Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district counts 173,842 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.
Flats are 37% of homes in the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole district, and a chevron in a flat is a glued floor over the slab; where the lease has an impact-sound clause, the acoustic layer has to be one the adhesive is approved for. The pattern suits the long, narrow living rooms of purpose-built blocks.
Detached houses are 36% of the Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole stock in Bournemouth, and a large room carries a chevron well, with the point set on the axis of the room and a border at the walls. The setting-out drawing is the order: it fixes the quantity and the border width, and it is done before the boxes arrive.
Private renting is 25% of households in Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole; a chevron is chosen for the let that trades on its interior, and it is refinished in place between tenancies rather than relaid. For the wider rental stock in Bournemouth a plank or the click herringbone is the usual specification.
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All 2 chevron floorsSource: ONS, Census 2021, Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole (E06000058) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
We deliver across Bournemouth, Poole and the wider Dorset coast. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We cover the full BCP (Bournemouth, Christchurch & Poole) area plus Ferndown, Wimborne, Ringwood and the New Forest fringe.
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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 |
Local fact sheet
Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole in the 2021 census: 173,842 households, 63% houses, 37% flats.
Flats carved out of older houses account for 7.6% of the housing across Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole, on top of 26.8% in purpose-built blocks, so 36.9% of homes overall sit above or below someone else. Delivery runs across BH1 to BH14, taking in Boscombe West, East Cliff & Springbourne, Moordown and Canford Cliffs. A subdivided house behaves differently from a modern block: the separating floor is usually timber joists rather than concrete, deflection is real, and a hard surface needs a resilient layer and perimeter isolation if the household below is not to hear every footfall. Detached stock at 35.6% is the counterweight, where solid ground floors and damp-proof membranes are the thing to confirm instead.
A third of Bournemouth households live in a flat, and one in thirteen of those is a conversion inside a larger house. Add more than a third detached, and you have a town with two housing markets that barely overlap — the villa plots up the hill and the flats carved out of them.
A flat converted out of a Victorian or Edwardian villa sits on a timber floor that separates two households and was built to separate none. In Boscombe, Springbourne and behind the East Cliff, agreeing the build-up with the freeholder first saves the argument afterwards.
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.
Close to the front, wind carries salt and sand indoors and both behave like fine grit underfoot. A textured or matt surface hides that; a high-gloss one records every bit of it. Further inland the question returns to traffic and wear.
Yes. We deliver across Bournemouth and Dorset from our UK warehouse, including the BH1, BH2, BH3, BH4, BH5 and BH6 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 Bournemouth 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 Bournemouth, each on its own page with the same housing data read for that floor.
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