Delivery to Hitchin
We deliver across Hitchin and Hertfordshire (SG postcodes) from our UK warehouse. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode.
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Hitchin · Hertfordshire
Chevron Flooring in Hitchin
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 Hitchin 80% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (31%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.
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Chevron in Hitchin
Chevron flooring in Hitchin: what the housing says
The North Hertfordshire district counts 56,732 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 31% of the homes in North Hertfordshire, 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 66% in North Hertfordshire, 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 (13.1% in 2011)
- 15.4%
- live in a flat or maisonette
- 20.0%
- postcode districts we deliver to
- SG4 to SG5
- chevron floors in our range
- 2
Source: ONS, Census 2021, North Hertfordshire (E07000099) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
The range
The chevron range for Hitchin 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
Hitchin's homes, by the numbers
North Hertfordshire in the 2021 census: 56,732 households, 79% houses, 20% flats.
Hitchin covers SG4 and SG5 — Hitchin Bearton, Highbury, Oughton and Priory, with Graveley, St Ippolyts and Wymondley, Codicote and Kimpton, and Cadwell around them. It sits in North Hertfordshire, a district. Ownership was 64.8% at the 2021 census and moved less than a point from 2011; social renting is relatively high for the county at 18.7%. Hitchin has a substantial older core, and that is where the flooring decision needs a check before it needs a choice: in a listed building or a conservation area, original boards are not simply yours to lift. Confirm the designation first. Elsewhere the usual question applies — timber or slab, and the answer sets the underlay.
Hitchin is a post town as well as a town, so an SG4 address in Graveley, St Ippolyts or Wymondley carries the name on the envelope without sitting inside the place. The ward says more about the house here than the line above the postcode does.
Above the ground floor of an SG5 block the slab underfoot has a heated home beneath it rather than earth: room temperature year round, and no ground damp for a meter to find.
Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
Guides
Before you choose
Before you order in Hitchin
- 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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Pattern guideHerringbone vs Chevron: Patterns, Costs and Which Suits Your RoomRead guide 
Fitting guideHerringbone Installation GuideRead guide 
Cost guideHerringbone and Parquet Flooring CostRead guide 
Buying guideBest Flooring for Underfloor Heating: What Works and What to AvoidRead guide
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Chevron flooring in Hitchin: questions, answered
Herringbone or chevron for a Hitchin 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.
Do you deliver chevron flooring to Hitchin?
Yes. We deliver across Hitchin and Hertfordshire from our UK warehouse, including the SG4 and SG5 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 Hitchin?
Yes: cut samples are £1.99 each, up to two per product, posted to your Hitchin 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 Hitchin, each on its own page with the same housing data read for that floor.
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Solid Woodin Hitchin15 floors
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SPC Rigid Vinylin Hitchin36 floors
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