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Tamworth · Staffordshire

Herringbone Flooring in Tamworth

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 Tamworth 87% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (39%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.

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Herringbone in Tamworth

Herringbone flooring in Tamworth: what the housing says

The Tamworth district counts 32,895 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 39% of the homes in Tamworth, 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 68% in Tamworth, 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 Tamworth now.

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All 18 herringbone floors
of households rent privately (11.0% in 2011)
14.1%
live in a flat or maisonette
13.0%
postcode districts we deliver to
B77 to B79
herringbone floors in our range
18

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Tamworth (E07000199) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

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The herringbone range for Tamworth homes

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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.

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

Tamworth's homes, by the numbers

Tamworth in the 2021 census: 32,895 households, 87% houses, 13% flats.

Tamworth is B77, B78 and B79 — Castle, Bolehall, Belgrave, Amington, Dordon, and out to Baddesley and Grendon. It is a district of Staffordshire, and like Redditch it shares the B postcode with Birmingham while belonging to a different county entirely. Ownership was 67.0% at the 2021 census with social renting at 18.0%. Tamworth expanded substantially under a town development agreement from the 1960s, taking overspill population from Birmingham, so much of the housing is of that period and sits on a concrete ground floor. The medieval core around the castle is the exception. Which side of that divide your property falls on decides whether you are checking a membrane or levelling boards.

Houses take close to nine in ten of the stock across B77, B78 and B79, so a floor going into Bolehall or Wilnecote answers to the building and to the household, and to nothing else. No ceiling below it, no lease clause above it, no acoustic layer somebody else has specified.

Heating finds the difference between the two Tamworths. Concrete warms slowly and lets go slowly, holding an even temperature through the day; the boarded floors of the old town by the castle follow the room instead, warm by evening and cold again by morning.

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

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Before you choose

Before you order in Tamworth

  • 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 Tamworth: questions, answered

Which rooms in a Tamworth 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 Tamworth address?

A sample will reach any B77, B78 or B79 address. Lift a corner of the carpet before it arrives: the divide that runs through this town is invisible from the street and plain underneath, and which side you are on changes what a sample can settle.

Do you deliver herringbone flooring to Tamworth?

Yes. We deliver across Tamworth and Staffordshire from our UK warehouse, including the B77, B78 and B79 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 Tamworth?

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