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Chevron Flooring in Braintree
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 Braintree 87% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (35%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.
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Chevron in Braintree
Chevron flooring in Braintree: what the housing says
The Braintree district counts 64,986 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.
Semi-detached houses are 35% of the homes in Braintree, and the semi's living room, opened up front to back, is the room a chevron was drawn for: the point of the arrow runs from the bay to the garden. The two bases along that run, timber and concrete, are levelled to one another before the first block.
Detached houses are 29% of the Braintree stock in Braintree, 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.
Owner-occupation is 69% in Braintree, and a chevron is an owner's floor in the same way a herringbone is, only more so: it is planned to the room, mitred, glued, and kept. The 3 mm wear layer allows it to be sanded when the time comes.
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All 2 chevron floors- of households rent privately (13.2% in 2011)
- 15.1%
- live in a flat or maisonette
- 13.4%
- postcode districts we deliver to
- CM7, CM77
- chevron floors in our range
- 2
Source: ONS, Census 2021, Braintree (E07000067) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
The range
The chevron range for Braintree homes
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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
Braintree's homes, by the numbers
Braintree in the 2021 census: 64,986 households, 86% houses, 13% flats.
Braintree covers CM7 and CM77 — Bocking North, Bocking South, Bocking Blackwater, Braintree Central and Beckers Green, Braintree West and Braintree South. It is a district of Essex, so a two-tier authority. Ownership was 67.8% at the 2021 census and barely moved from 2011, down eight tenths of a point; private renting rose under two points to 15.1%. This is one of the steadiest markets on this list, and steady markets reward the floor you will not replace. Braintree's older centre around Bocking is period stock on suspended timber, needing levelling first; the estates towards Great Notley are later and solid. Which you have determines the underlay as much as the floor.
Braintree District is a two-tier authority, and this page reaches a good way past the town sign. Coggeshall, Silver End, Rayne and Felsted are separate villages with their own building histories rather than suburbs, so two readers ordering from one page may be specifying for houses a century and a half apart.
The layer under the board decides as much as the board does. A ventilated void beneath period floors wants an underlay with a vapour check; a solid CM77 base wants a membrane, and it takes up heat slowly, so warm it before laying.
Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
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Before you order in Braintree
- The axis of the room A chevron points. Decide which way before the drawing, because the drawing fixes the border and the border fixes the quantity.
- Flat enough for glue Mitred blocks show every hollow. A straightedge over the base, then a levelling compound if it fails.
- 15 to 20 percent over The pattern allowance on the manufacturers' guidance, ordered in one batch.
- Point it through the house A chevron running front to back through a knocked-through semi wants the axis decided for the whole run, and both bases at one level before the adhesive.
- Room for the pattern to read A chevron needs length to show its direction. A long reception room is where it reads best; the drawing fixes the border and the quantity.
- Refinished, not replaced A glued oak chevron is sanded and refinished in place. Keep the invoice, the batch number and the adhesive name with the house papers.
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Chevron flooring in Braintree: questions, answered
Herringbone or chevron for a Braintree home?
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.
Is the chevron range suitable for underfloor heating?
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.
Can I have chevron in a kitchen?
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.
Can I order flooring samples to my Braintree address?
Yes. Samples go to any CM7 or CM77 address. Carry one board from the hall into the back room and then the kitchen before you decide: north light, south light and a downlit worktop each make a different colour of the same plank.
Do you deliver chevron flooring to Braintree?
Yes. We deliver across Braintree and Essex from our UK warehouse, including the CM7 and CM77 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.
Can I see a chevron sample before ordering in Braintree?
Yes: cut samples are £1.99 each, up to two per product, posted to your Braintree 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.
All ranges
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Every range and room for Braintree, each on its own page with the same housing data read for that floor.
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