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We deliver across Corby and Northamptonshire (NN postcodes) from our UK warehouse. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode.
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Corby · Northamptonshire
Chevron Flooring in Corby
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 Corby 89% 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 Corby
Chevron flooring in Corby: what the housing says
The North Northamptonshire district counts 148,918 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 North Northamptonshire, 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 30% of the North Northamptonshire stock in Corby, 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 66% in North Northamptonshire, 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 (14.1% in 2011)
- 18.4%
- live in a flat or maisonette
- 11.2%
- postcode districts we deliver to
- NN17 to NN18
- chevron floors in our range
- 2
Source: ONS, Census 2021, North Northamptonshire (E06000061) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
The range
The chevron range for Corby 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
Corby's homes, by the numbers
North Northamptonshire in the 2021 census: 148,918 households, 88% houses, 11% flats.
Corby is NN17 and NN18 — Corby West, Kingswood, Lloyds and Corby Village, Oakley, and out to Gretton and Weldon and Geddington and Stanion. It sits in North Northamptonshire, a unitary authority created in 2021. Ownership across the authority was 65.0% at the 2021 census, down 3.1 points, with private renting up 4.3 points to 18.4%. Corby's own housing story is distinctive: it was designated a new town in 1950 to house steelworkers, and most of what was built then and since sits on a concrete ground floor rather than joists. That simplifies levelling and complicates moisture — the damp-proof membrane is the check that matters, and a floating floor over a good underlay is usually the straightforward answer.
Oakley, Danesholme, Great Oakley and Kingswood were drawn as whole estates rather than grown street by street, so a house on one road in NN18 asks much the same question of a floor as its neighbour on the next does. One specification, worked out once, carries across most Corby addresses.
A concrete ground floor keeps still through the heating year, so seasonal gapping between boards is not the Corby problem; the movement to allow for belongs to the floating floor. The slab holds cold instead, and the underlay decides whether a room feels warm underfoot.
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Before you order in Corby
- 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 Corby: questions, answered
Herringbone or chevron for a Corby 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.
Which flooring is best for Corby homes?
Settle where the floor stops before you settle what it is. Nothing under a Danesholme or Kingswood slab forces a break, so put the changeover in a door that closes, give the wetter room the harder surface, and let one board run through everything beyond it.
Do you deliver chevron flooring to Corby?
Yes. We deliver across Corby and Northamptonshire from our UK warehouse, including the NN17 and NN18 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 Corby?
Yes: cut samples are £1.99 each, up to two per product, posted to your Corby 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 Corby, each on its own page with the same housing data read for that floor.
Engineered Woodin Corby33 floors
Solid Woodin Corby15 floors
Parquetin Corby15 floors
LVT Vinylin Corby36 floors
SPC Rigid Vinylin Corby36 floors
Laminatein Corby12 floors
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Kitchenin Corby
Bathroomin Corby
Living Roomin Corby
Bedroomin Corby- Hallwayin Corby
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