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Doncaster · South Yorkshire
Herringbone is laid from rectangular blocks with square-cut ends, set at right angles and staggered so the end of one block meets the side of the next; in this range it comes in engineered oak, which is glued, and in rigid vinyl, which clicks. In Doncaster 91% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (46%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.
Herringbone in Doncaster
The pattern leads the eye along a room, which is why it suits hallways and long living rooms, and it needs a flatter base and a larger waste allowance than a plank.
The Doncaster district counts 133,480 households in the 2021 census, and the mix of houses and flats in that count is what decides how a herringbone floor is specified here.
Semi-detached houses are 46% of the homes in Doncaster, and in a semi the herringbone usually goes into the living room, often a knocked-through one. A pattern gives a long room a centre; set it out from the middle, and where the timber front floor meets the concrete extension the two are levelled to each other before the first block, because a glued pattern records every step in the base.
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All 18 herringbone floorsSource: ONS, Census 2021, Doncaster (E08000017) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
We deliver across Doncaster and the wider South Yorkshire area. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Rotherham, Mexborough, Conisbrough, Thorne, Goole, Bawtry and surrounding South Yorkshire and Lincolnshire borders.
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In oak, the Oxford Herringbone blocks in 90 x 450 mm and 125 x 600 mm, in natural, light, dark brown, fumed and whitewashed faces: Oxford Herringbone Dark Brown Oak and Oxford Herringbone Light Oak are the two most often set against each other. In rigid vinyl, the BML Herringbone European Oak SPC and BML Herringbone Grey Oak SPC click floors, listed as waterproof, with a 0.55 mm wear layer.
| Product | Format | Wear layer / thickness | Fitting | Underfloor heating |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford Herringbone Oak Brushed UV Oiled Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 450 | 14mm x 90mm x 450mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Oxford Herringbone Light Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 450 | 14mm x 90mm x 450mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Oxford Herringbone Fumed Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 450 | 14mm x 90mm x 450mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Oxford Herringbone Natural Brushed Oak 14 x 125 x 600 | 14mm x 125mm x 600mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Oxford Herringbone Light Brushed Oak 14 x 125 x 600 | 14mm x 125mm x 600mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| BML Herringbone American White Oak SPC Luxury Vinyl Flooring | 6.5mm x 126mm x 630mm | 0.55mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
| BML Herringbone Vintage Fumed Oak SPC Luxury Vinyl Flooring | 6.5mm x 126mm x 630mm | 0.55mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
| BML Herringbone Smoked Limed Oak SPC Luxury Vinyl Flooring | 6.5mm x 126mm x 630mm | 0.55mm | Click · listed as waterproof | Compatible |
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Our South Yorkshire delivery covers: Doncaster city centre, Bessacarr, Bawtry, Tickhill, Sprotbrough, Cantley, Wheatley Hills, Balby, Belle Vue, Hexthorpe, Edenthorpe, Armthorpe, Kirk Sandall, Hatfield, Stainforth, Adwick le Street, Mexborough, Conisbrough, Rotherham, Thorne, Goole, Tickhill, Bawtry and surrounding South Yorkshire
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Doncaster in the 2021 census: 133,480 households, 91% houses, 9% flats.
Flats are scarce across this metropolitan district at 8.6% of the stock, against 45.5% semi-detached and 24.1% detached, which leaves 90.7% of homes as houses. That removes most of the shared-ceiling problem and shifts attention elsewhere: solid ground floors where a damp-proof membrane has to be confirmed, and chipboard first floors on joists that creak unless they are screwed down before anything soft goes over the top. Social renting takes 17.0% and ownership 62.8%. Orders travel through DN1, DN2, DN4 and DN5, reaching Bessacarr, Bentley, Balby South, Hexthorpe & Balby North, Edlington & Warmsworth, Sprotbrough, Roman Ridge, Adwick le Street & Carcroft, Norton & Askern, Edenthorpe & Kirk Sandall, Rossington & Bawtry and Tickhill & Wadsworth.
From the colliery villages at Bentley, Edlington and Askern to newer estates at Bessacarr, Edenthorpe, Kirk Sandall and Finningley, close to half of Doncaster's households live in a semi-detached house and very few flats anywhere in the borough.
Fitting instructions set conditions on how a floor is laid: a subfloor moisture test, a settling period, an expansion gap, sometimes a named underlay. Read them before the first board goes down, not after.
Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
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The hallway and the living room above all: the pattern reads best along a length. In a kitchen the rigid-vinyl herringbone is the version to use, because it is listed as waterproof and the oak blocks are not.
A glued pattern floor takes longer to lay than a floating plank and uses more material, 15 to 20 percent waste against 8 to 12. The cost guide linked below cites the published fitting figures rather than guessing them.
The engineered Oxford blocks and the rigid-vinyl herringbone are both listed for underfloor heating. The screed has to be dry and the system commissioned before either goes down.
For a let, keep the product name and batch number on file and a spare pack in the property. A floor that cannot be matched later has to be replaced as a whole room when one plank fails.
Yes. We deliver across Doncaster and South Yorkshire from our UK warehouse, including the DN1, DN2, DN4 and DN5 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 Doncaster 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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