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Northampton · Northamptonshire
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 Northampton 87% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (32%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.
Herringbone in Northampton
The West Northamptonshire district counts 172,638 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 32% of the West Northamptonshire 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 66% in West Northamptonshire, 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 Northampton now.
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All 18 herringbone floorsSource: ONS, Census 2021, West Northamptonshire (E06000062) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
We deliver across Northampton and the wider Northamptonshire area. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Wellingborough, Kettering, Corby, Daventry, Towcester, Brackley, Rushden and surrounding Northamptonshire countryside.
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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
West Northamptonshire in the 2021 census: 172,638 households, 86% houses, 13% flats.
West Northamptonshire is a unitary authority, and its 2021 return puts 86.4% of dwellings in house form: 31.7% detached, 31.6% semi-detached and 23.1% terraced, leaving flats at 13.2%. Most work therefore involves a staircase, two storeys of continuous covering and a hallway carrying the whole household, so wear rating and a consistent run of colour between rooms matter more than acoustic layers do. Solid ground floors deserve a moisture reading before anything impermeable is laid over them. NN1 to NN5 and NN7 take in Castle, Abington & Phippsville, Headlands, Duston, Hunsbury, Billing, Campion, Dallington Spencer and Blackthorn & Rectory Farm, with Earls Barton, Irchester, Cogenhoe & The Houghtons and Hackleton & Roade beyond. Owner occupation is 64.8%.
Northampton splits almost evenly between detached and semi-detached houses, with terraces from the boot and shoe trade concentrated around Abington, Phippsville, Far Cotton and Castle. Those older houses have high ceilings and generous room proportions, and a hard floor behaves differently in a tall room than in a low one.
A tall room with hard walls and a hard floor returns more of what is said in it, and the effect is strongest in a through room opened front to back. Rugs, curtains and soft furniture manage it easily — but it is worth knowing beforehand.
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.
In a new house there is usually a floor down already, and the first decision is whether to lift it or lay over it. Laying over saves the removal but raises the finished level; lifting it lets you see the slab and test it. Decide that before choosing a range.
Yes. We deliver across Northampton and Northamptonshire from our UK warehouse, including the NN1, NN2, NN3, NN4, NN5 and NN7 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 Northampton 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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