Delivery to Rochdale
We deliver across Rochdale and Greater Manchester (OL postcodes) from our UK warehouse. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode.
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Rochdale · Greater Manchester
Chevron Flooring in Rochdale
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 Rochdale 87% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (36%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.
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Chevron in Rochdale
Chevron flooring in Rochdale: what the housing says
The Rochdale district counts 90,223 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 36% of the homes in Rochdale, 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.
Terraced houses are 34% of the Rochdale 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 21% of households in Rochdale; 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.
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All 2 chevron floors- of households rent privately (13.2% in 2011)
- 18.3%
- live in a flat or maisonette
- 12.8%
- postcode districts we deliver to
- OL11, OL12, OL16
- chevron floors in our range
- 2
Source: ONS, Census 2021, Rochdale (E08000005) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
The range
The chevron range for Rochdale 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
Rochdale's homes, by the numbers
Rochdale in the 2021 census: 90,223 households, 87% houses, 13% flats.
“Check the joists before you settle on a plank thickness.”
Rochdale covers OL11, OL12 and OL16 — Central Rochdale, Balderstone and Kirkholt, Healey, Kingsway, Milkstone and Deeplish, Castleton, Bamford, and out to Milnrow and Newhey. It is a metropolitan borough of Greater Manchester. Private renting rose 5.1 points to 18.3% between the two censuses and social renting is 20.9%, so nearly two in five homes are rented, against ownership of 60.3%. Rochdale is a cotton town and the terraces are the stock: suspended timber over a cellar in many cases, joists notched by generations of plumbing, and a base that needs attention before anything decorative goes near it. Check the joists before you settle on a plank thickness.
Semis edge ahead of every other kind of home in OL11, OL12 and OL16, and detached houses are outnumbered by something like five to one. In practice that means a standard ground floor in an outer township – Milnrow and Newhey, Norden, Shaw – rather than the long open plan a showroom photograph assumes.
Where a terrace in Spotland and Falinge stands over an open cellar, the underside of the boards stays at outdoor humidity while the room above is heated. Acclimatise the packs in the room they will be laid in, and keep the cellar vents clear.
Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
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Before you order in Rochdale
- 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.
- 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.
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Chevron flooring in Rochdale: questions, answered
Herringbone or chevron for a Rochdale 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 Rochdale address?
Order samples to any address in the three outcodes – a Heywood or Milnrow doorstep is as ordinary for us as a central one. Landlords fitting out more than one property often take a set for the lot and settle on a single specification across them.
Do you deliver chevron flooring to Rochdale?
Yes. We deliver across Rochdale and Greater Manchester from our UK warehouse, including the OL11, OL12 and OL16 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 Rochdale?
Yes: cut samples are £1.99 each, up to two per product, posted to your Rochdale 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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Every range and room for Rochdale, each on its own page with the same housing data read for that floor.
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SPC Rigid Vinylin Rochdale36 floors
Laminatein Rochdale12 floors
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Kitchenin Rochdale
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Living Roomin Rochdale
Bedroomin Rochdale- Hallwayin Rochdale
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- Herringbonein RochdaleSuits hallways and long rooms
- Waterproofin RochdaleFloors listed as waterproof
- Greyin RochdaleCool in north light, warmer in south
- Underfloor Heatingin RochdaleThree numbers to check first
- Pet-Friendlyin RochdaleThe surface decides, not the material
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