Delivery to Hitchin
We deliver across Hitchin and Hertfordshire (SG postcodes) from our UK warehouse. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode.
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Hitchin · Hertfordshire
Herringbone Flooring in Hitchin
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 Hitchin 80% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (31%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.
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Herringbone in Hitchin
Herringbone flooring in Hitchin: what the housing says
The North Hertfordshire district counts 56,732 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 31% of the homes in North Hertfordshire, 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.
Owner-occupation is 66% in North Hertfordshire, 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 Hitchin now.
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All 18 herringbone floors- of households rent privately (13.1% in 2011)
- 15.4%
- live in a flat or maisonette
- 20.0%
- postcode districts we deliver to
- SG4 to SG5
- herringbone floors in our range
- 18
Source: ONS, Census 2021, North Hertfordshire (E07000099) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
The range
The herringbone range for Hitchin 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.
| 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 |
Local fact sheet
Hitchin's homes, by the numbers
North Hertfordshire in the 2021 census: 56,732 households, 79% houses, 20% flats.
Hitchin covers SG4 and SG5 — Hitchin Bearton, Highbury, Oughton and Priory, with Graveley, St Ippolyts and Wymondley, Codicote and Kimpton, and Cadwell around them. It sits in North Hertfordshire, a district. Ownership was 64.8% at the 2021 census and moved less than a point from 2011; social renting is relatively high for the county at 18.7%. Hitchin has a substantial older core, and that is where the flooring decision needs a check before it needs a choice: in a listed building or a conservation area, original boards are not simply yours to lift. Confirm the designation first. Elsewhere the usual question applies — timber or slab, and the answer sets the underlay.
Hitchin is a post town as well as a town, so an SG4 address in Graveley, St Ippolyts or Wymondley carries the name on the envelope without sitting inside the place. The ward says more about the house here than the line above the postcode does.
Above the ground floor of an SG5 block the slab underfoot has a heated home beneath it rather than earth: room temperature year round, and no ground damp for a meter to find.
Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
Guides
Before you choose
Before you order in Hitchin
- 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.
- 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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Oxford Herringbone Natural Brushed Oak 14 x 125 x 600 (mm)
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Oxford Herringbone Whitewashed Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 450 (mm)
£45.00 / m²Trade price available - log in or apply
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Oxford Herringbone Fumed Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 450 (mm)
£45.00 / m²Trade price available - log in or apply
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Oxford Herringbone Dark Brown Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 450 (mm)
£45.00 / m²Trade price available - log in or apply
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Oxford Herringbone Light Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 450 (mm)
£45.00 / m²Trade price available - log in or apply
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Oxford Herringbone Oak Lacquered Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 450 (mm)
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Oxford Herringbone Oak Brushed UV Oiled Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 450 (mm)
£45.00 / m²Trade price available - log in or apply
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Herringbone flooring in Hitchin: questions, answered
Which rooms in a Hitchin 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.
Do you deliver herringbone flooring to Hitchin?
Yes. We deliver across Hitchin and Hertfordshire from our UK warehouse, including the SG4 and SG5 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 Hitchin?
Yes: cut samples are £1.99 each, up to two per product, posted to your Hitchin 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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Every range and room for Hitchin, each on its own page with the same housing data read for that floor.
Engineered Woodin Hitchin33 floors
Solid Woodin Hitchin15 floors
Parquetin Hitchin15 floors
LVT Vinylin Hitchin36 floors
SPC Rigid Vinylin Hitchin36 floors
Laminatein Hitchin12 floors
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Kitchenin Hitchin
Bathroomin Hitchin
Living Roomin Hitchin
Bedroomin Hitchin- Hallwayin Hitchin
Conservatoryin Hitchin- Utility Roomin Hitchin
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