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Chevron Flooring in Epsom
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 Epsom 75% 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 Epsom
Chevron flooring in Epsom: what the housing says
The Epsom and Ewell district counts 31,321 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 Epsom and Ewell, 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.
Owner-occupation is 75% in Epsom and Ewell, 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 (13.3% in 2011)
- 16.1%
- live in a flat or maisonette
- 25.4%
- postcode districts we deliver to
- KT17 to KT19
- chevron floors in our range
- 2
Source: ONS, Census 2021, Epsom and Ewell (E07000208) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
The range
The chevron range for Epsom 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
Epsom's homes, by the numbers
Epsom and Ewell in the 2021 census: 31,321 households, 75% houses, 25% flats.
One in four Epsom households — 25.4% — lives in a flat, maisonette or apartment, and only 26.4% in a detached house; the largest single group, at 34.9%, is the semi-detached. The town runs across KT17, KT18 and KT19, taking in Court, College, Auriol, Cuddington, Ewell Village, Ewell Court, Horton and Nonsuch, within the Epsom and Ewell district of Surrey. That mix asks for two different specifications on the same street. In a purpose-built flat you are laying over a neighbour's ceiling and the lease usually says so, which puts impact sound insulation first and the plank width second. In the inter-war semis the ground floor is more often solid, so the check is the damp-proof membrane before anything else is decided.
Not every Epsom flat sits in a purpose-built block: a steady minority are conversions, a house divided or a shop turned into homes, and there the floor between one household and the next is timber joists rather than a concrete deck. That is a third specification for KT17 and KT19.
Two households rarely keep the same temperature or hours. An Ewell Court floor between them is warmed unevenly from beneath, so timber going down there should be layered, not solid.
Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
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Before you order in Epsom
- 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.
- 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 Epsom: questions, answered
Herringbone or chevron for a Epsom 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 Epsom address?
Yes, and the address needs care: a converted house at Court or Ewell Village can hold three homes behind one front door, so give the flat letter with the number. A posted sample has no driver at the kerb to ask which bell is yours.
Do you deliver chevron flooring to Epsom?
Yes. We deliver across Epsom and Surrey from our UK warehouse, including the KT17, KT18 and KT19 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 Epsom?
Yes: cut samples are £1.99 each, up to two per product, posted to your Epsom 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 Epsom, each on its own page with the same housing data read for that floor.
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