Delivery to Chester-le-Street
We deliver across Chester-le-Street and County Durham (DH postcodes) from our UK warehouse. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode.
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Chester-le-Street · County Durham
Chevron Flooring in Chester-le-Street
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 Chester-le-Street 95% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (38%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.
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Chevron in Chester-le-Street
Chevron flooring in Chester-le-Street: what the housing says
The County Durham district counts 234,761 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 38% of the homes in County Durham, 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.
Terraced houses are 35% of the County Durham 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.
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All 2 chevron floors- of households rent privately (12.6% in 2011)
- 17.1%
- live in a flat or maisonette
- 5.4%
- postcode districts we deliver to
- DH2 to DH3
- chevron floors in our range
- 2
Source: ONS, Census 2021, County Durham (E06000047) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
The range
The chevron range for Chester-le-Street 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
Chester-le-Street's homes, by the numbers
County Durham in the 2021 census: 234,761 households, 94% houses, 5% flats.
Chester-le-Street is DH2 and DH3 — Chester-le-Street North and South, North Lodge, Pelton, Birtley, Lumley and West Rainton, and Sacriston and Witton Gilbert. It sits within County Durham, a unitary authority since 2009. Social renting is high at 20.0% and private renting rose 4.5 points to 17.1% between the two censuses, while ownership fell to 62.5%. Nearly two in five homes are rented, which puts durability ahead of finish for a large share of the work here. The other local factor is the housing itself: much of the stock is former colliery and post-war housing on solid ground floors, so the first check is the damp-proof membrane rather than the level of the boards.
Housing here went up a street at a time rather than a house at a time, colliery rows first and post-war estates after, out through Pelton, Ouston and Great Lumley. That means a neighbour's floor is better evidence than a showroom sample: what one hallway turned up, the whole row will repeat.
A ground floor sitting on the earth is a cold mass: slow to warm, slower to give the heat back once the boiler drops off. Across DH2 and DH3, where nearly everything is a whole house, an insulating underlay buys more comfort than board thickness does.
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Before you order in Chester-le-Street
- 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.
- Ply over the boards A glued chevron goes onto a screwed-down ply overlay, not onto old boards.
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Chevron flooring in Chester-le-Street: questions, answered
Herringbone or chevron for a Chester-le-Street 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 Chester-le-Street address?
Yes, and they need not go to the property being fitted. Post them to a landlord's own address, an agent's office or wherever the decision is actually made in DH2 or DH3 – put that address on the order and the fitting address on the quote.
Do you deliver chevron flooring to Chester-le-Street?
Yes. We deliver across Chester-le-Street and County Durham from our UK warehouse, including the DH2 and DH3 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 Chester-le-Street?
Yes: cut samples are £1.99 each, up to two per product, posted to your Chester-le-Street 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
More flooring pages for Chester-le-Street
Every range and room for Chester-le-Street, each on its own page with the same housing data read for that floor.
Engineered Woodin Chester-le-Street33 floors
Solid Woodin Chester-le-Street15 floors
Parquetin Chester-le-Street15 floors
LVT Vinylin Chester-le-Street36 floors
SPC Rigid Vinylin Chester-le-Street36 floors
Laminatein Chester-le-Street12 floors
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Kitchenin Chester-le-Street
Bathroomin Chester-le-Street
Living Roomin Chester-le-Street
Bedroomin Chester-le-Street- Hallwayin Chester-le-Street
Conservatoryin Chester-le-Street- Utility Roomin Chester-le-Street
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- Herringbonein Chester-le-StreetSuits hallways and long rooms
- Waterproofin Chester-le-StreetFloors listed as waterproof
- Greyin Chester-le-StreetCool in north light, warmer in south
- Underfloor Heatingin Chester-le-StreetThree numbers to check first
- Pet-Friendlyin Chester-le-StreetThe surface decides, not the material
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