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Redhill · Surrey

Herringbone Flooring in Redhill

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 Redhill roughly one home in 4 is a flat (26%), so sound through the floor matters alongside the base under it.

Herringbone in Redhill

Herringbone flooring in Redhill: what the housing says

The Reigate and Banstead district counts 59,849 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 30% of the homes in Reigate and Banstead, 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 73% in Reigate and Banstead, 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 Redhill now.

of households rent privately (12.9% in 2011)
15.7%
live in a flat or maisonette
25.9%
postcode districts we deliver to
RH1 to RH2
herringbone floors in our range
18

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Reigate and Banstead (E07000211) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

Compare the herringbone range

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

Redhill's homes, by the numbers

Reigate and Banstead in the 2021 census: 59,849 households, 74% houses, 26% flats.

Redhill covers RH1 and RH2 — Earlswood and Whitebushes, Hooley, Merstham and Netherne, Bletchingley and Nutfield, with Horley East and West nearby. It is part of Reigate and Banstead, a Surrey district. Ownership was 71.1% at the 2021 census with social renting at only 11.5%. Redhill exists because of the railway — it grew from a junction in the 1840s — and the Victorian and Edwardian housing built around the station is the stock most often being refitted. That means suspended timber at ground level, over a void, and rarely flat. Level it first. In a high-ownership market the floor is a long-term purchase, so the wear layer is where the budget belongs.

Reigate and Banstead reaches a long way past the junction: Bletchingley and Nutfield one side, Horley and Salfords the other. Most of what this page says is written for the RH1 streets round the station, so tell us the address and we will say which half of it applies.

Redhill ground floors breathe from underneath, through airbricks low in the wall — and a raised path or a planted border closes that off. Lay a sealed build-up over a void that has stopped venting, and the underside of the boards carries the moisture.

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

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Redhill

  • 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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Questions

Herringbone flooring in Redhill: questions, answered

Which rooms in a Redhill 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 Redhill address?

A sample tells you what a drawing cannot, so order one to any RH1 or RH2 address and hold it against the wall that is least square. A long plank shows every degree of that; a shorter format forgives it, and the difference is quantity.

Do you deliver herringbone flooring to Redhill?

Yes. We deliver across Redhill and Surrey from our UK warehouse, including the RH1 and RH2 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 Redhill?

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