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Walsall · West Midlands
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 Walsall 83% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (43%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.
Chevron in Walsall
The Walsall district counts 112,226 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 Walsall, 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.
Social renting is 24% of households in Walsall; 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 floorsSource: ONS, Census 2021, Walsall (E08000030) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
We deliver across Walsall and the West Midlands. Most in-stock orders reach Walsall within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Aldridge, Bloxwich, Willenhall, Wolverhampton, Birmingham and the surrounding Black Country towns.
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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
Walsall in the 2021 census: 112,226 households, 83% houses, 17% flats.
Semi-detached houses dominate at 42.9%, the sharpest feature of the local stock, with social renting close behind as the second at 23.7%. WS1, WS2, WS4 and WS5 reach Palfrey, Pleck, Birchills Leamore, Blakenall and Rushall-Shelfield. A semi of the common pattern often carries suspended timber at the front and a solid floor at the rear where the kitchen was extended, and how well the finished floor performs comes down to two things: levelling compound over the solid section, and airbricks left clear under the timber. Where a landlord is writing the specification, slip resistance and wear rating usually outrank appearance, and sheet vinyl or contract LVT meets those numbers at less cost than timber. Ownership has fallen to 59.3% from 62.4%.
Semi-detached houses hold four Walsall households in ten, and a quarter of the borough rents from a social landlord across Blakenall, Birchills Leamore, Bloxwich and Darlaston. The number on the price ticket is the part of a floor's cost that is easiest to compare and least useful on its own.
The installed cost is the material, the underlay, the trims and thresholds, the fitting, the removal of what is there now, and any levelling the subfloor turns out to need. Two floors at the same price per square metre can differ by half again once those are added.
Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
Guides
Before you order in Walsall
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.
In a terrace, ask for the full installed cost broken down before comparing materials. A cheaper board that needs a levelling compound, a new underlay and twelve metres of trim is not the cheaper floor, and that only shows on an itemised quotation.
Yes. We deliver across Walsall and West Midlands from our UK warehouse, including the WS1, WS2, WS4 and WS5 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 Walsall 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 Walsall, each on its own page with the same housing data read for that floor.
Engineered Woodin Walsall33 floors
Solid Woodin Walsall15 floors
Parquetin Walsall15 floors
LVT Vinylin Walsall36 floors
SPC Rigid Vinylin Walsall36 floorsLaminatein Walsall12 floors6 materials · scroll sideways to see all
Kitchenin Walsall
Bathroomin Walsall
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