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Swansea · South Wales

Chevron Flooring in Swansea

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 Swansea 84% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (35%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.

Chevron in Swansea

Chevron flooring in Swansea: what the housing says

The arrow runs the length of a room and makes it read longer, and because the blocks are mitred the pattern asks for careful setting-out and a larger waste allowance than a plank.

The Swansea district counts 104,961 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 35% of the homes in Swansea, 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.

of households rent privately (14.7% in 2011)
18.0%
live in a flat or maisonette
15.9%
postcode districts we deliver to
6
chevron floors in our range
2

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Swansea (W06000011) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

Delivery to Swansea

We deliver across Swansea and the wider South West Wales area. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Mumbles, the Gower, Neath, Port Talbot, Llanelli, Carmarthen, Llandeilo and surrounding South West Wales.

Delivery details

Compare the chevron range

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.

ProductFormatWear layer / thicknessFittingUnderfloor heating
Knightsbridge Chevron Natural Brushed Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 51014mm x 90mm x 510mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Knightsbridge Chevron Raw Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 51014mm x 90mm x 510mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible

Room by room

Chevron in Swansea, room by room

  • Room

    Hallways

    Engineered oak in consistent warm tones creates inviting first impressions in Swansea family homes. For Uplands and Sketty period properties, herringbone parquet adds character.
    Hallway flooring in Swansea

Our South Wales delivery covers: Swansea city centre, Mumbles, Sketty, Uplands, Killay, Gowerton, Langland, Caswell Bay, Newton, West Cross, Oystermouth, Brynmill, St Thomas, Townhill, Mayhill, Morriston, Llansamlet, Penclawdd, Llanrhidian, Reynoldston, Rhossili, Port Eynon, Neath, Port Talbot, Llanelli, Carmarthen, Llandeilo and surrounding South West Wales

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Local fact sheet

Swansea's homes, by the numbers

Swansea in the 2021 census: 104,961 households, 84% houses, 16% flats.

Swansea sits within the Abertawe - Swansea unitary authority, and its round runs from SA1 and SA2 through SA5, SA6 and SA7, with the SA80 code besides; Landore, Cwmbwrla, Cockett, Bôn-y-maen, Llansamlet, Llangyfelach, Clydach, Gowerton, Dunvant and Killay, Fairwood and Gower fall inside it. Semi-detached housing leads on 34.5%, terraces follow at 25.4% and detached at 24.0%, with 62.3% of households owning. Hillside terraces of that vintage were frequently built without a membrane under the lowest floor, so a damp-proof layer and a self-levelling screed tend to come before any decision about the covering itself. Higher up, board gaps and movement are what ruin thin vinyl, and a plywood overlay is the cheap remedy.

Slopes running down to the bay shape the housing in Swansea: terraces at Cwmbwrla, Bôn-y-maen and Castle stepping down the hill, semis at Cockett and Clydach, and the villages of Gower beyond. A third of households are in a semi and a quarter in a terrace.

On a sloping plot the back of the house often opens straight onto the garden through wide glazed doors added later. That threshold is where rain gets in — not in quantity, but steadily, at the point where the floor stops.

Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Swansea

  • 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.

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Questions

Chevron flooring in Swansea: questions, answered

Herringbone or chevron for a Swansea 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.

Which flooring suits the wet Welsh climate?

Wet weather reaches a floor through doorways rather than through walls. Deep matting inside every external door, a surface that takes standing water without swelling, and a few minutes of through-ventilation on a wet day do more than any upgrade in the board itself.

Do you deliver chevron flooring to Swansea?

Yes. We deliver across Swansea and South Wales from our UK warehouse, including the SA1, SA2, SA5, SA6, SA7 and SA80 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 Swansea?

Yes: cut samples are £1.99 each, up to two per product, posted to your Swansea 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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