Delivery to Chesterfield
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Chevron Flooring in Chesterfield
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 Chesterfield 88% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (45%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.
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Chevron in Chesterfield
Chevron flooring in Chesterfield: what the housing says
The Chesterfield district counts 48,057 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 45% of the homes in Chesterfield, 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.
Social renting is 21% of households in Chesterfield; 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 floors- of households rent privately (12.4% in 2011)
- 16.2%
- live in a flat or maisonette
- 12.3%
- postcode districts we deliver to
- 4
- chevron floors in our range
- 2
Source: ONS, Census 2021, Chesterfield (E07000034) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
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The chevron range for Chesterfield 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
Chesterfield's homes, by the numbers
Chesterfield in the 2021 census: 48,057 households, 88% houses, 12% flats.
“Lift a corner before you order, because the answer changes the underlay, the height and the door clearances.”
Chesterfield covers S40, S41, S42 and S49 — Brampton and Walton, Brampton East and Boythorpe, Brampton West and Loundsley Green, Brockwell, Brimington North and South. It is a district of Derbyshire. Chesterfield has the smallest change in ownership of any English town on this list: 62.6% at the 2021 census against 63.1% in 2011, half a point in ten years. Social renting is high at 20.7%. A market that stable is renovating rather than moving, and the relevant question is what is already down. Chesterfield's terraces are suspended timber and often uneven; the post-war estates are slab. Lift a corner before you order, because the answer changes the underlay, the height and the door clearances.
Something like an eighth of Chesterfield lives in a flat, most of it purpose-built blocks across S40 and S41, and there the subfloor is not the question – the neighbour below is. Finished height, the acoustic layer that goes under the boards, and what the lease permits come first.
Under a Dunston terrace the floor void sits at outdoor humidity, so the boards shrink through a heating season and swell back in summer: leave the perimeter gap. A slab does not cycle like that, but an older one earns a damp check before laying.
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Before you order in Chesterfield
- 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.
- Consent for a glued floor A chevron is glued down and stays. A tenancy agreement usually needs the landlord's written consent before a hard floor goes in; ask first.
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Pattern guideHerringbone vs Chevron: Patterns, Costs and Which Suits Your RoomRead guide 
Fitting guideHerringbone Installation GuideRead guide 
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Buying guideBest Flooring for Underfloor Heating: What Works and What to AvoidRead guide
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Chevron flooring in Chesterfield: questions, answered
Herringbone or chevron for a Chesterfield 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 Chesterfield address?
Samples post to any address in S40, S41, S42 or S49, and out to Clay Cross North, Grassmoor and Ashover – an outlying ward is not a second tier on this page. Order the ones you are weighing against each other, rather than one at a time.
Do you deliver chevron flooring to Chesterfield?
Yes. We deliver across Chesterfield and Derbyshire from our UK warehouse, including the S40, S41, S42 and S49 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 Chesterfield?
Yes: cut samples are £1.99 each, up to two per product, posted to your Chesterfield 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 Chesterfield
Every range and room for Chesterfield, each on its own page with the same housing data read for that floor.
Engineered Woodin Chesterfield33 floors
Solid Woodin Chesterfield15 floors
Parquetin Chesterfield15 floors
LVT Vinylin Chesterfield36 floors
SPC Rigid Vinylin Chesterfield36 floors
Laminatein Chesterfield12 floors
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Kitchenin Chesterfield
Bathroomin Chesterfield
Living Roomin Chesterfield
Bedroomin Chesterfield- Hallwayin Chesterfield
Conservatoryin Chesterfield- Utility Roomin Chesterfield
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- Herringbonein ChesterfieldSuits hallways and long rooms
- Waterproofin ChesterfieldFloors listed as waterproof
- Greyin ChesterfieldCool in north light, warmer in south
- Underfloor Heatingin ChesterfieldThree numbers to check first
- Pet-Friendlyin ChesterfieldThe surface decides, not the material
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