Delivery to Dartford
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Chevron Flooring in Dartford
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 Dartford 76% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (32%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.
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Chevron in Dartford
Chevron flooring in Dartford: what the housing says
The Dartford district counts 45,696 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 32% of the homes in Dartford, 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 31% of the Dartford 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.
Owner-occupation is 68% in Dartford, 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 (15.9% in 2011)
- 18.1%
- live in a flat or maisonette
- 24.1%
- postcode districts we deliver to
- DA1, DA2, DA9
- chevron floors in our range
- 2
Source: ONS, Census 2021, Dartford (E07000107) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
The range
The chevron range for Dartford 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
Dartford's homes, by the numbers
Dartford in the 2021 census: 45,696 households, 76% houses, 24% flats.
We deliver to DA1, DA2 and DA9 — Bridge, Brent, Burnham, Heath, Darenth, Bean and Village Park, Greenhithe and Knockhall, and Crayford. Dartford is a Kent district. Ownership was 65.6% at the 2021 census and private renting 18.1%, both close to the national picture, but the local context is not: Ebbsfleet Garden City is being built on the doorstep, and new-build behaves differently from everything around it. New homes mean screed and frequently underfloor heating, and over a heat source engineered wood is the correct construction while solid timber is not — it moves too much. In the older Dartford and Crayford streets the question is the opposite one: suspended timber that wants levelling first.
Shared ownership in Dartford has all but doubled between the two censuses while ownership slipped back, which is the signature of a district being built on rather than handed down. Floors ordered to a DA9 address are often first fits over a builder's finish, with nothing to lift out.
Heating buried in the screed at Bean and Greenhithe makes every layer above it a thermal cost: underlay and board add together, and too thick a build-up insulates the room from the pipes warming it. Check what resistance the system will tolerate before choosing an underlay.
Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
Guides
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Before you order in Dartford
- 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.
- 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 Dartford: questions, answered
Herringbone or chevron for a Dartford 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 Dartford address?
A sample will come to any DA1, DA2 or DA9 address, Hextable and Longfield included, not only the streets that call themselves Dartford. In a new house, judge it once the walls are painted: a board seen against bare plaster reads colder than it will.
Do you deliver chevron flooring to Dartford?
Yes. We deliver across Dartford and Kent from our UK warehouse, including the DA1, DA2 and DA9 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 Dartford?
Yes: cut samples are £1.99 each, up to two per product, posted to your Dartford 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 Dartford
Every range and room for Dartford, each on its own page with the same housing data read for that floor.
Engineered Woodin Dartford33 floors
Solid Woodin Dartford15 floors
Parquetin Dartford15 floors
LVT Vinylin Dartford36 floors
SPC Rigid Vinylin Dartford36 floors
Laminatein Dartford12 floors
6 materials · scroll sideways to see all
Kitchenin Dartford
Bathroomin Dartford
Living Roomin Dartford
Bedroomin Dartford- Hallwayin Dartford
Conservatoryin Dartford- Utility Roomin Dartford
7 rooms · scroll sideways to see all
- Herringbonein DartfordSuits hallways and long rooms
- Waterproofin DartfordFloors listed as waterproof
- Greyin DartfordCool in north light, warmer in south
- Underfloor Heatingin DartfordThree numbers to check first
- Pet-Friendlyin DartfordThe surface decides, not the material
5 needs · scroll sideways to see all
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