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Gateshead · Tyne and Wear

Herringbone Flooring in Gateshead

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 Gateshead 80% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (43%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.

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Herringbone in Gateshead

Herringbone flooring in Gateshead: what the housing says

The Gateshead district counts 88,999 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 43% of the homes in Gateshead, 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.

Social renting is 25% of households in Gateshead, and a pattern floor appears in that stock through the rigid-vinyl herringbone rather than the glued oak: it clicks, it floats, it is listed as waterproof, and it can be laid across a refurbishment programme at the pace a programme needs.

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All 18 herringbone floors
of households rent privately (12.5% in 2011)
16.4%
live in a flat or maisonette
20.1%
postcode districts we deliver to
5
herringbone floors in our range
18

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Gateshead (E08000037) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

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The herringbone range for Gateshead homes

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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

Gateshead's homes, by the numbers

Gateshead in the 2021 census: 88,999 households, 80% houses, 20% flats.

Gateshead is NE8, NE9, NE10 and NE11 — Bridges, Deckham, High Fell, Chowdene, Felling, Dunston and Teams, and Dunston Hill and Whickham East. It is a metropolitan borough of Tyne and Wear. Social renting is 25.1%, a quarter of all households and among the highest shares we deliver to, with ownership at 58.0%. Where social and private renting together account for over 40% of homes, the specification that matters is resilience: an AC-rated laminate or a mid-wear-layer LVT will outlast a thin engineered board in a property that changes hands often. Gateshead also has Tyneside flats — upper and lower halves of the same building — where impact sound insulation is the first line of the specification.

Renting in Gateshead changed hands more than it grew. Across the borough, council and association letting fell back over the decade while private letting climbed by rather more, and the distance between the two has almost halved. Ownership barely moved, so what is being let is the stock that was already standing.

A relet at Deckham or Felling is often floored while it stands empty: heating off for weeks, then run hard the day the tenant arrives. Do not lay into that swing; the boards want the room's temperature first, and a perimeter gap that allows for it.

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 Gateshead

  • 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.
  • Both bases to one level A pattern crossing from the semi's timber front room to the concrete kitchen wants one flat plane. A ply overlay and a levelling compound bring the two together before the first block.
  • The click version for a tenancy Glued blocks are permanent; the rigid vinyl herringbone clicks and lifts. Tenancy agreements commonly need the landlord's consent for a hard floor either way.

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Questions

Herringbone flooring in Gateshead: questions, answered

Which rooms in a Gateshead 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 Gateshead address?

Yes. We post samples to any Gateshead address. Say which half of a Tyneside flat is being floored: the upper one takes impact insulation under the board because a household lives below, the lower one does not, and the shortlists differ.

Do you deliver herringbone flooring to Gateshead?

Yes. We deliver across Gateshead and Tyne and Wear from our UK warehouse, including the NE8, NE9, NE10, NE11 and NE85 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 Gateshead?

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