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Maidstone · Kent
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 Maidstone 82% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (33%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.
Herringbone in Maidstone
The Maidstone district counts 71,207 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 33% of the homes in Maidstone, 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 69% in Maidstone, 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 Maidstone now.
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All 18 herringbone floorsSource: ONS, Census 2021, Maidstone (E07000110) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
We deliver across Maidstone and mid-Kent. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Bearsted, Aylesford, Larkfield, West Malling, Sittingbourne and the surrounding Medway valley and Weald areas.
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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 Kent delivery covers: Maidstone, Barming, Bearsted, Penenden Heath, Allington, Shepway, Loose, Aylesford, Larkfield, Ditton, Snodland, West Malling, Kings Hill, Coxheath, Boughton Monchelsea, Harrietsham, Lenham, Headcorn, Staplehurst, Marden and the surrounding Medway valley and mid-Kent area
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Maidstone in the 2021 census: 71,207 households, 81% houses, 18% flats.
Kent's Maidstone district spans ME14, ME15 and ME16, taking in High Street, Fant & Oakwood, Allington & Bridge, Grove Green & Vinters Park, Bearsted & Downswood, Coxheath & Farleigh, Loose & Linton, Boxley Downs and the rural wards of Marden & Yalding and Harrietsham, Lenham & North Downs. Owner occupation stands at 67.4%, down from 70.5% in 2011, and the stock divides 33.3% semi-detached to 25.9% detached. Outlying and village property is generally older and less regular underfoot: floors that slope, or step between rooms, are normal rather than a defect, and measuring levels before ordering prevents trims that will never sit flat. The 1.2% recorded as mobile or park homes need a lightweight build-up instead.
Maidstone is the most owner-occupied town in this part of Kent, at two households in three, and it is a house market — a third semi-detached, a quarter detached, with fewer flats than anywhere comparable. Floors here are usually bought by the people who will live on them, and specified for a longer horizon.
The borough runs from the town centre out onto the North Downs, and the housing goes with it: Grove Green and Vinters Park are modern estate, Fant and Oakwood older, and the villages beyond hold stock of every age. That spread means the subfloor question has no single county-wide answer.
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.
Yes. We deliver across Maidstone and Kent from our UK warehouse, including the ME14, ME15 and ME16 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 Maidstone 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 Maidstone, each on its own page with the same housing data read for that floor.
Engineered Woodin Maidstone33 floors
Solid Woodin Maidstone15 floors
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LVT Vinylin Maidstone36 floors
SPC Rigid Vinylin Maidstone36 floors
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