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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 Stevenage 78% of homes are houses, most of them terraced houses (46%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.
Herringbone in Stevenage
The Stevenage district counts 36,513 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.
With terraced houses at 46% of the Stevenage stock, the Stevenage 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.
Social renting is 26% of households in Stevenage, and a pattern floor appears in that stock through the rigid-vinyl herringbone rather than the glued oak: it clicks, it floats, it is listed as waterproof, and it can be laid across a refurbishment programme at the pace a programme needs.
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All 18 herringbone floorsSource: ONS, Census 2021, Stevenage (E07000243) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
We deliver across Stevenage and Hertfordshire. Most in-stock orders reach Stevenage within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Hitchin, Letchworth, Baldock, Knebworth, Welwyn Garden City and the surrounding North Herts area.
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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
Stevenage in the 2021 census: 36,513 households, 78% houses, 22% flats.
At 46.1%, terraced homes dominate Stevenage far more than the 19.5% semi-detached and 11.9% detached shares suggest, with purpose-built flats at 20.1%. SG1 and SG2 take in Bedwell, Chells, Shephall, Old Town, Martins Wood, Bandley Hill & Poplars and Great Ashby. Social renting covers 26.3% of households, easing from 28.4% in 2011, and a large managed portfolio of that kind is usually fitted to a repeatable specification: one underlay, one plank format, trims that match what is already on the landing. Terraces of a single build period tend to share a floor construction, which makes a survey of one house a reasonable guide to the next, though upper floors on joists still need plywood rather than compound.
Almost half of Stevenage lives in a terraced house, the highest share of any town we cover, and a further one household in five in a purpose-built flat. That is the New Town plan still showing in the figures, and it means most floors here go into a party-walled home.
Social renting runs at one household in four, well above the county, and private renting has risen from one in nine to nearly one in six. Between them that is four households in ten where the floor is specified by somebody who will not live with it — and where the fit has to survive a handover inspection.
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 terrace or a flat, impact sound is the first decision and the board is the second. A floating build-up over a rated resilient mat is the straightforward route, and in a purpose-built flat the lease usually sets a minimum you have to meet. Post-war estate floors are also rarely flat: allow for levelling.
Yes. We deliver across Stevenage and Hertfordshire from our UK warehouse, including the SG1 and SG2 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 Stevenage 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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Solid Woodin Stevenage15 floors
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LVT Vinylin Stevenage36 floors
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