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Winchester · Hampshire
Chevron Flooring in Winchester
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 Winchester 83% of homes are houses, most of them detached houses (36%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.
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Chevron in Winchester
Chevron flooring in Winchester: what the housing says
The Winchester district counts 51,715 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.
Detached houses are 36% of the Winchester stock in Winchester, and a large room carries a chevron well, with the point set on the axis of the room and a border at the walls. The setting-out drawing is the order: it fixes the quantity and the border width, and it is done before the boxes arrive.
Owner-occupation is 67% in Winchester, and a chevron is an owner's floor in the same way a herringbone is, only more so: it is planned to the room, mitred, glued, and kept. The 3 mm wear layer allows it to be sanded when the time comes.
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All 2 chevron floors- of households rent privately (14.1% in 2011)
- 17.6%
- live in a flat or maisonette
- 16.7%
- postcode districts we deliver to
- 4
- chevron floors in our range
- 2
Source: ONS, Census 2021, Winchester (E07000094) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
The range
The chevron range for Winchester 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
Winchester's homes, by the numbers
Winchester in the 2021 census: 51,715 households, 82% houses, 17% flats.
Winchester covers SO21, SO22 and SO23 — St Barnabas, St Bartholomew, Harewood, Badger Farm and Oliver's Battery, Alresford and Itchen Valley, and Oakley and the Candovers. It is a district of Hampshire. Ownership was 65.6% at the 2021 census and private renting 17.6%. Winchester is the one place on this list where the first flooring question is almost always a legal one rather than a technical one: the city has an exceptionally large historic core, and in a listed building or a conservation area original boards cannot be lifted without consent. Establish the designation before you plan the floor. Where consent is not an issue, the subfloor beneath is usually suspended timber and wants levelling.
Purpose-built flats take a smaller share of the Winchester district than of any Hampshire town on our list, so an order in SO22 or SO23 is almost invariably a whole house: one front door, one household, and nobody else with a say in what goes down. No lease, no communal stair, no neighbour's ceiling.
A Winchester house has one heating system and one household deciding when it runs, so the building cools and warms as a single object. That makes the first heating season the test: bring an SO22 or SO23 house back up gradually rather than in one go.
Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
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Before you order in Winchester
- 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.
- Room for the pattern to read A chevron needs length to show its direction. A long reception room is where it reads best; the drawing fixes the border and the quantity.
- Refinished, not replaced A glued oak chevron is sanded and refinished in place. Keep the invoice, the batch number and the adhesive name with the house papers.
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Questions
Chevron flooring in Winchester: questions, answered
Herringbone or chevron for a Winchester 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 Winchester address?
Yes, to a St Barnabas or Harewood address. Ask for the finish you would actually order rather than the range: oiled and lacquered oak photograph alike and behave nothing alike underfoot, and in a house kept for years that difference is the maintenance.
Do you deliver chevron flooring to Winchester?
Yes. We deliver across Winchester and Hampshire from our UK warehouse, including the SO21, SO22, SO23 and SO25 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 Winchester?
Yes: cut samples are £1.99 each, up to two per product, posted to your Winchester 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 Winchester
Every range and room for Winchester, each on its own page with the same housing data read for that floor.
Engineered Woodin Winchester33 floors
Solid Woodin Winchester15 floors
Parquetin Winchester15 floors
LVT Vinylin Winchester36 floors
SPC Rigid Vinylin Winchester36 floors
Laminatein Winchester12 floors
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Kitchenin Winchester
Bathroomin Winchester
Living Roomin Winchester
Bedroomin Winchester- Hallwayin Winchester
Conservatoryin Winchester- Utility Roomin Winchester
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- Herringbonein WinchesterSuits hallways and long rooms
- Waterproofin WinchesterFloors listed as waterproof
- Greyin WinchesterCool in north light, warmer in south
- Underfloor Heatingin WinchesterThree numbers to check first
- Pet-Friendlyin WinchesterThe surface decides, not the material
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Chevron flooring nearby
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- Newbury23 mi
- Bournemouth34 mi
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