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 Hull 85% of homes are houses, most of them terraced houses (47%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.
The City of Kingston upon Hull district counts 115,471 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.
Terraced houses are 47% of the City of Kingston upon Hull 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.
Social renting is 27% of households in City of Kingston upon Hull; 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.
Source: ONS, Census 2021, Kingston upon Hull, City of (E06000010) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
Delivery to Hull
We deliver across Hull and the wider East Yorkshire area. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Beverley, Cottingham, Anlaby, Kirk Ella, Hessle, Brough, Hedon, Withernsea and surrounding East Riding.
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.
The Avenues’ substantial Victorian villas suit engineered oak in characterful tones or herringbone parquet for hallways, matching the period detail these premium Hull properties were built with.
Our East Yorkshire delivery covers: Hull city centre, Avenues, Newland, Cottingham, Anlaby, Kirk Ella, Beverley, Pearson Park, Princes Avenue, Spring Bank, Sutton-on-Hull, North Ferriby, Hessle, Brough, Willerby, Hedon, Bilton, Walkington, Cherry Burton, Withernsea, Hornsea, Driffield and surrounding East Riding
City of Kingston upon Hull in the 2021 census: 115,471 households, 85% houses, 15% flats.
Terraced houses account for 46.7% of homes in Kingston upon Hull, well ahead of the 29.4% semi-detached and 8.4% detached. That shape of stock sets the work: narrow rooms, chimney-breast alcoves and doorways at either end, so careful templating counts for more than raw area, and waste should be worked out from the room shapes instead of a flat percentage. Ownership is 48.3% against social renting of 27.0%, the sort of split where the specification often runs through a housing provider rather than a household. HU1 through HU9 bring in Avenue, Bricknell, Derringham, Drypool, Ings, Marfleet, Boothferry and Longhill & Bilton Grange.
Terraced housing covers almost half of Hull, and its layout barely varies across Newland, Avenue, Derringham, Boothferry and Holderness: front room, back room, kitchen, one behind the other down the length of the plot. That plan decides more about a floor than the choice of board does.
That layout makes the direction a floor is laid a real decision rather than a detail. Boards along the length draw the eye through and make a narrow plan feel longer; across it, each room reads wider. Both are defensible — changing direction mid-house is not.
Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
Guides
Before you choose
Before you order in Hull
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.
Ply over the boards A glued chevron goes onto a screwed-down ply overlay, not onto old boards.
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.
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.
What flooring works best for Hull’s Avenues properties?
The Avenues houses are deep, with rooms off a long hall, so settle the direction before the material. Running along the hall carries the eye through and suits an opened-up plan; running across stops the eye at each doorway and suits a house whose rooms have been kept.
Do you deliver chevron flooring to Hull?
Yes. We deliver across Hull and East Yorkshire from our UK warehouse, including the HU1, HU2, HU3, HU4, HU5 and HU6 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 Hull?
Yes: cut samples are £1.99 each, up to two per product, posted to your Hull 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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