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Nuneaton · Warwickshire
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 Nuneaton 88% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (38%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.
Chevron in Nuneaton
The Nuneaton and Bedworth district counts 56,587 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 38% of the homes in Nuneaton and Bedworth, 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 69% in Nuneaton and Bedworth, 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 floorsSource: ONS, Census 2021, Nuneaton and Bedworth (E07000219) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
We deliver across Nuneaton and north Warwickshire. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Bedworth, Bulkington, Hinckley, Atherstone, Coventry and the surrounding north Warwickshire and Leicestershire border areas.
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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
Nuneaton and Bedworth in the 2021 census: 56,587 households, 87% houses, 12% flats.
Arbury, Attleborough, Chilvers Coton, Camp Hill and Galley Common all sit inside CV10 and CV11, in Warwickshire. Figures come from Nuneaton and Bedworth, where 68.0% of homes are owned, down from 71.4% in 2011, and a quarter of dwellings, 25.0%, are detached. Larger owner-occupied houses get floored one room at a time as money allows, and that is where batch variation catches people out: dye lots and timber runs differ enough that a hall fitted two years after the sitting room rarely matches it. Ordering the ground floor in a single lot, or at minimum noting the batch number and storing a spare pack, heads off a mismatch that only shows once the doors stand open.
Home ownership runs near seven in ten across Nuneaton, mostly semis and detached houses across Arbury, Attleborough, Eastboro, Chilvers Coton, Galley Common and Camp Hill. A good proportion of those owners fit their own floors, and most of what goes wrong when they do is traceable to the same three points.
Three points account for most of what goes wrong when a floor is laid by its owner: the subfloor is not tested for moisture, the boards are laid the day they arrive, and the expansion gap gets closed at a doorway or behind a pipe where it cannot be seen.
Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
Guides
Before you order in Nuneaton
ParquetChevronRead guide 
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 Reviews
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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.
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.
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.
Yes. We deliver across Nuneaton and Warwickshire from our UK warehouse, including the CV10 and CV11 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.
Yes: cut samples are £1.99 each, up to two per product, posted to your Nuneaton 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
Every range and room for Nuneaton, each on its own page with the same housing data read for that floor.
Engineered Woodin Nuneaton33 floors
Solid Woodin Nuneaton15 floors
Parquetin Nuneaton15 floors
LVT Vinylin Nuneaton36 floors
SPC Rigid Vinylin Nuneaton36 floorsLaminatein Nuneaton12 floors6 materials · scroll sideways to see all
Kitchenin Nuneaton
Bathroomin Nuneaton
Living Roomin Nuneaton
Bedroomin NuneatonHallwayin Nuneaton
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