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Slough · Berkshire
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 Slough roughly one home in 3 is a flat (34%), so sound through the floor matters alongside the base under it.
Herringbone in Slough
The Slough district counts 52,422 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.
Flats are 34% of homes in the Slough district, and a flat is where the two herringbones in the range part company: the engineered blocks are glued to the slab and, where the lease asks for impact-sound performance, need an acoustic layer the adhesive is approved for; the rigid-vinyl herringbone floats on its own underlay and answers the clause more simply. The lease decides, so read it first.
With terraced houses at 26% of the Slough stock, the Slough hallway is a narrow one, and that is the room herringbone was made for: the diagonal pattern draws the eye along the length and the hall reads wider than it is. The smaller 90 x 450 mm block keeps the pattern in proportion. Over a suspended timber floor the blocks are glued to a ply overlay; the rigid-vinyl herringbone clicks together over an underlay and needs no glue.
Private renting is 31% of households in Slough, and a herringbone in a rented home is chosen where the floor is part of the rent. The engineered blocks are refinished in place between tenancies; the rigid-vinyl herringbone is the version that takes a change of tenant without needing to be. In Slough both are specified, for different ends of the market.
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All 18 herringbone floorsSource: ONS, Census 2021, Slough (E06000039) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
We deliver across Slough and the wider Thames Valley. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Windsor, Maidenhead, Reading, Bracknell, High Wycombe, Beaconsfield and surrounding South Buckinghamshire and Berkshire.
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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
Slough in the 2021 census: 52,422 households, 66% houses, 34% flats.
Purpose-built flats account for 29.6% of dwellings, level with semi-detached houses as the largest single category, and flats of every type together reach 33.6%. SL1, SL2, SL3 and SL4 bring in Chalvey, Britwell, Cippenham Village and Colnbrook & Poyle. When a home sits above someone else's ceiling, impact sound becomes the first constraint rather than a detail settled late: a lease normally sets a minimum acoustic rating, and the underlay specification decides whether a hard surface is permitted at all. Ownership in Slough has slipped to 48.5% from 52.7%, while private renting has climbed to 30.7%, so finishes that shrug off tenancy turnover tend to repay their cost better than deep-pile carpet does.
Fewer than half of Slough households own their home, the lowest share of any town we cover, and nearly a third rent privately. Nearly three in ten live in a purpose-built flat. Almost every floor specified here is specified by someone other than the person who will walk on it.
Ownership fell from just over half to under half in a decade while private renting rose from a quarter to nearly a third. In that market the figure that matters is not the price per square metre but the cost across several tenancies: purchase, plus every void period spent repairing, plus every deposit argument the floor causes.
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 apartment the floor is also the ceiling of the flat below, and the developer's specification usually names what may be laid over the screed. Read that first, then take a moisture reading — a new screed gives up water for months after handover.
Yes. We deliver across Slough and Berkshire from our UK warehouse, including the SL1, SL2, SL3 and SL4 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 Slough 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 Slough, each on its own page with the same housing data read for that floor.
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