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Eastleigh · Hampshire

Herringbone Flooring in Eastleigh

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 Eastleigh 84% of homes are houses, most of them detached houses (33%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.

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Herringbone in Eastleigh

Herringbone flooring in Eastleigh: what the housing says

The Eastleigh district counts 56,922 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.

Detached houses are 33% of the Eastleigh stock, and their larger rooms carry the bigger 125 x 600 mm block without the pattern going busy. A large herringbone is planned around a border, and the setting-out drawing decides the quantity, so it comes before the order. The larger the room, the more the batch matters, and the whole floor is ordered at once.

Owner-occupation is 73% in Eastleigh, and herringbone is a floor people put into a house they intend to stay in: it is planned around the room, glued, and refinished rather than replaced. The 3 mm wear layer on the Oxford blocks keeps that refinishing cycle in reserve for a floor laid in Eastleigh now.

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All 18 herringbone floors
of households rent privately (12.3% in 2011)
13.9%
live in a flat or maisonette
16.2%
postcode districts we deliver to
SO50, SO53, SO97
herringbone floors in our range
18

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Eastleigh (E07000086) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

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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.

ProductFormatWear layer / thicknessFittingUnderfloor heating
Oxford Herringbone Oak Brushed UV Oiled Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 45014mm x 90mm x 450mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Oxford Herringbone Light Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 45014mm x 90mm x 450mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Oxford Herringbone Fumed Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 45014mm x 90mm x 450mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Oxford Herringbone Natural Brushed Oak 14 x 125 x 60014mm x 125mm x 600mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Oxford Herringbone Light Brushed Oak 14 x 125 x 60014mm x 125mm x 600mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
BML Herringbone American White Oak SPC Luxury Vinyl Flooring6.5mm x 126mm x 630mm0.55mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible
BML Herringbone Vintage Fumed Oak SPC Luxury Vinyl Flooring6.5mm x 126mm x 630mm0.55mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible
BML Herringbone Smoked Limed Oak SPC Luxury Vinyl Flooring6.5mm x 126mm x 630mm0.55mmClick · listed as waterproofCompatible

Local fact sheet

Eastleigh's homes, by the numbers

Eastleigh in the 2021 census: 56,922 households, 83% houses, 16% flats.

Eastleigh covers SO50 and SO53 — Eastleigh Central, North and South, Bishopstoke, Chandler's Ford, Colden Common and Twyford, and Ampfield and Braishfield. It is a district of Hampshire. Ownership was 71.0% at the 2021 census with private renting at just 13.9%, up only 1.6 points in a decade — one of the smallest shifts we see. Eastleigh, like Darlington, grew as a railway town, and the terraces built for the works are suspended timber; Chandler's Ford is largely later and solid. Two different jobs, half a mile apart. The one thing both share is that a floor bought in a high-ownership market gets lived on for a long time, so the wear layer is where the money goes.

Not every Eastleigh household owns all of the home it lives in: shared ownership means a share bought and rent paid on the rest. That puts some SO50 and SO53 houses on a lease, so at Fair Oak or Eastleigh South a floor covering can be somebody else's business even with no flat above.

A room heated through winter dries the boards in it, and summer puts the moisture back. Cut the expansion gap in a Bishopstoke floor for every one of those cycles.

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

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Before you choose

Before you order in Eastleigh

  • Oak or rigid vinyl Oak is glued, sandable and for dry rooms; rigid vinyl clicks, floats and is listed as waterproof. The room decides.
  • The setting-out drawing A herringbone is laid from a centre line with a planned border. The drawing decides the quantity, so it comes before the order.
  • 15 to 20 percent over The waste allowance for a pattern floor, on the manufacturers' guidance. Order it in one batch.
  • A border for the big room A large room takes a full border and a centred field. The setting-out drawing decides the border, and the border decides the order.
  • Glued oak keeps, click vinyl lifts For a floor to keep, the glued oak herringbone can be refinished in place. Keep the invoice, batch number and adhesive name with the house papers.

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Questions

Herringbone flooring in Eastleigh: questions, answered

Which rooms in a Eastleigh home suit herringbone?

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.

Does herringbone cost more to fit than a plank?

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.

Can I lay herringbone over underfloor heating?

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.

Can I order flooring samples to my Eastleigh address?

Yes. Order to an Eastleigh North or Nursling and Rownhams address, then put the piece down on the floor and look at it from standing height rather than holding it up: a board at arm's length reads a shade lighter than the same board underfoot.

Do you deliver herringbone flooring to Eastleigh?

Yes. We deliver across Eastleigh and Hampshire from our UK warehouse, including the SO50, SO53 and SO97 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 herringbone sample before ordering in Eastleigh?

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