Delivery to Loughborough
We deliver across Loughborough and Leicestershire (LE postcodes) from our UK warehouse. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode.
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Chevron Flooring in Loughborough
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 Loughborough 89% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (39%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.
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Chevron in Loughborough
Chevron flooring in Loughborough: what the housing says
The Charnwood district counts 73,785 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 39% of the homes in Charnwood, 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 32% of the Charnwood stock in Loughborough, 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 71% in Charnwood, 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)
- 17.4%
- live in a flat or maisonette
- 10.7%
- postcode districts we deliver to
- LE11 to LE12
- chevron floors in our range
- 2
Source: ONS, Census 2021, Charnwood (E07000130) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
The range
The chevron range for Loughborough 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 |
Room by room
Chevron in Loughborough, room by room
Room
Living rooms in the wider Charnwood wards
Out at Barrow upon Soar, Hathern and Thorpe Acre the housing is semis and detached homes bought to stay in, and the brief has nothing to do with tenancies. A front room there carries engineered oak, or herringbone parquet where the proportions of the room can take a pattern.Living Room flooring in Loughborough
Our Leicestershire delivery covers: Shelthorpe, Hathern and Quorn and the LE postcode area
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Loughborough's homes, by the numbers
Charnwood in the 2021 census: 73,785 households, 89% houses, 11% flats.
Loughborough is LE11 and LE12 — Loughborough Ashby, Castle Rock, Dishley, Hathern and Thorpe Acre, Forest Bradgate, and out to Barrow upon Soar. It is part of Charnwood, a district of Leicestershire. Ownership was 69.8% at the 2021 census with private renting at 17.4%, but that figure is worth reading carefully: Loughborough is a university town, and a substantial part of the private rented stock is student housing concentrated in a few streets rather than spread evenly. A house let to students is a different brief from a family home — the floor needs to take furniture being dragged and survive a change of tenants every year, which points at a hard-wearing laminate rather than an oiled oak.
Loughborough on this page is LE11 and LE12, one footprint doing two jobs: a town centre you can cross on foot, and a rural rim that runs past Long Whatton and Diseworth to Gotham and Leake, over the county line into Nottinghamshire. Which of the two you are in changes the brief.
An LE11 student street keeps a different heating year: months of a cold, empty house, then full heat from the first week of term. Boards laid into that swing want days in the room before fixing, and an expansion gap the skirting covers rather than pinches.
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Before you order in Loughborough
- 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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Pattern guideHerringbone vs Chevron: Patterns, Costs and Which Suits Your RoomRead guide 
Fitting guideHerringbone Installation GuideRead guide 
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Buying guideBest Flooring for Underfloor Heating: What Works and What to AvoidRead guide
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Chevron flooring in Loughborough: questions, answered
Herringbone or chevron for a Loughborough 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 Loughborough address?
Yes, samples go to any LE11 or LE12 address, a tenanted house or the landlord's own alike. Order them in spring for a September let, and take enough to settle two or three properties in one sitting rather than deciding a floor during handover week.
Do you deliver chevron flooring to Loughborough?
Yes. We deliver across Loughborough and Leicestershire from our UK warehouse, including the LE11 and LE12 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 Loughborough?
Yes: cut samples are £1.99 each, up to two per product, posted to your Loughborough 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 Loughborough, each on its own page with the same housing data read for that floor.
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Solid Woodin Loughborough15 floors
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LVT Vinylin Loughborough36 floors
SPC Rigid Vinylin Loughborough36 floors
Laminatein Loughborough12 floors
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Bedroomin Loughborough- Hallwayin Loughborough
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- Herringbonein LoughboroughSuits hallways and long rooms
- Waterproofin LoughboroughFloors listed as waterproof
- Greyin LoughboroughCool in north light, warmer in south
- Underfloor Heatingin LoughboroughThree numbers to check first
- Pet-Friendlyin LoughboroughThe surface decides, not the material
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