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Chevron Flooring in Sutton Coldfield
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 Sutton Coldfield 75% 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 Sutton Coldfield
Chevron flooring in Sutton Coldfield: what the housing says
The Birmingham district counts 423,455 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 Birmingham, 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 28% of the Birmingham 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 24% of households in Birmingham; 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 (17.9% in 2011)
- 22.6%
- live in a flat or maisonette
- 25.4%
- postcode districts we deliver to
- 7
- chevron floors in our range
- 2
Source: ONS, Census 2021, Birmingham (E08000025) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
The range
The chevron range for Sutton Coldfield 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
Sutton Coldfield's homes, by the numbers
Birmingham in the 2021 census: 423,455 households, 75% houses, 25% flats.
Sutton Coldfield covers B72, B73, B74, B75 and B76, with B23 and B44 on the Erdington and Kingstanding side. Administratively it is part of Birmingham, which is why the census figures here are the city's: ownership 52.7%, private renting 22.6%, social renting 23.5% — a profile that reflects Birmingham as a whole rather than Sutton Coldfield in particular, and we would rather say that than imply otherwise. Sutton has its own town council and a substantial stock of larger inter-war and Victorian houses around Four Oaks and Little Aston. In that kind of property the ground floor is usually suspended timber and the rooms are large enough that plank width becomes a real decision rather than a detail.
Two towns answer to this name: around Four Oaks, Mere Green and Little Aston the houses are large and old, while on the Erdington and Kingstanding edge in B23 and B44 the streets are tighter and the rooms smaller. Work out which of the two your own address belongs to before taking advice from this page.
The void under a Four Oaks or Streetly reception room is ventilated from the outside walls, so the centre of a floor that deep sits furthest from moving air. Clear the airbricks before anything is laid; a blocked one tells in the middle of the room.
Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
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Before you order in Sutton Coldfield
- 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 Sutton Coldfield: questions, answered
Herringbone or chevron for a Sutton Coldfield 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 Sutton Coldfield address?
Samples come to a Sutton address on request, and here you want several. A piece that convinces in the hand reads differently at the far end of a reception room in one of the older houses. Judge it on the floor, in that room's own light.
Do you deliver chevron flooring to Sutton Coldfield?
Yes. We deliver across Sutton Coldfield and West Midlands from our UK warehouse, including the B23, B44, B72, B73, B74 and B75 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 Sutton Coldfield?
Yes: cut samples are £1.99 each, up to two per product, posted to your Sutton Coldfield 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 Sutton Coldfield, each on its own page with the same housing data read for that floor.
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