Delivery to South Shields
We deliver across South Shields and Tyne and Wear (NE 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 South Shields
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 South Shields 80% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (43%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.
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Chevron in South Shields
Chevron flooring in South Shields: what the housing says
The South Tyneside district counts 68,286 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 43% of the homes in South Tyneside, 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 27% of the South Tyneside 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 30% of households in South Tyneside; 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 (10.1% in 2011)
- 13.2%
- live in a flat or maisonette
- 20.3%
- postcode districts we deliver to
- NE33 to NE34
- chevron floors in our range
- 2
Source: ONS, Census 2021, South Tyneside (E08000023) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
The range
The chevron range for South Shields 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
South Shields's homes, by the numbers
South Tyneside in the 2021 census: 68,286 households, 80% houses, 20% flats.
South Shields is NE33 and NE34 — Beacon and Bents, Bede, Harton, Horsley Hill, Cleadon Park, Simonside and Rekendyke, West Park. It sits in South Tyneside, a metropolitan borough. Social renting here is 29.6%, the highest share of any town we deliver to — close to three homes in ten — with ownership at 56.6% and private renting only 13.2%. That profile points firmly at durability over finish: a well-specified laminate or LVT will serve a property that changes tenants better than a thin engineered board. South Shields also has Tyneside flats, the two-door houses split into an upper and a lower dwelling, where impact sound insulation is the first thing on the specification and not the last.
For every home a private landlord lets across NE33 and NE34, a social landlord lets more than two. The private let is the exception in this town, and whatever a floor here is asked to do, it is more often an association or the council asking than an individual landlord.
Houses at Beacon and Bents stand in air off the river mouth, a fact about the address and not about the forecast. Open the packs where the floor is going, let them settle, and specify for a hall that runs colder than its rooms.
Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
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Before you order in South Shields
- 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 South Shields: questions, answered
Herringbone or chevron for a South Shields 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 South Shields address?
Samples reach both districts, and the room they are judged in matters. An upper dwelling in a split pair sits higher into the daylight than the one beneath it, so a shade chosen on a lower hall floor can read differently upstairs.
Do you deliver chevron flooring to South Shields?
Yes. We deliver across South Shields and Tyne and Wear from our UK warehouse, including the NE33 and NE34 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 South Shields?
Yes: cut samples are £1.99 each, up to two per product, posted to your South Shields 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
More flooring pages for South Shields
Every range and room for South Shields, each on its own page with the same housing data read for that floor.
Engineered Woodin South Shields33 floors
Solid Woodin South Shields15 floors
Parquetin South Shields15 floors
LVT Vinylin South Shields36 floors
SPC Rigid Vinylin South Shields36 floors
Laminatein South Shields12 floors
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Kitchenin South Shields
Bathroomin South Shields
Living Roomin South Shields
Bedroomin South Shields- Hallwayin South Shields
Conservatoryin South Shields- Utility Roomin South Shields
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- Herringbonein South ShieldsSuits hallways and long rooms
- Waterproofin South ShieldsFloors listed as waterproof
- Greyin South ShieldsCool in north light, warmer in south
- Underfloor Heatingin South ShieldsThree numbers to check first
- Pet-Friendlyin South ShieldsThe surface decides, not the material
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