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Taunton · Somerset
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 Taunton 84% of homes are houses, most of them detached houses (31%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.
Herringbone in Taunton
The pattern leads the eye along a room, which is why it suits hallways and long living rooms, and it needs a flatter base and a larger waste allowance than a plank.
The Somerset West and Taunton district counts 69,986 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 31% of the Somerset West and Taunton 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.
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All 18 herringbone floorsSource: ONS, Census 2021, Somerset (E06000066); accommodation type: Somerset West and Taunton · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue
We deliver across Taunton and Somerset. Most in-stock orders reach Taunton within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Wellington, Bridgwater, Wiveliscombe, Norton Fitzwarren, Wellington and the surrounding Somerset 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 |
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Our Somerset delivery covers: Taunton town centre, Wellington, Bishops Hull, Comeytrowe, Trull, Norton Fitzwarren, Staplegrove, Rockwell Green, Wilton, Galmington, Priorswood, Monkton Heathfield, Creech St Michael, Bishops Lydeard, Wiveliscombe, Bridgwater, North Petherton, Wellington, Taunton and surrounding Somerset and Vale of Taunton Deane
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Somerset West and Taunton in the 2021 census: 69,986 households, 84% houses, 16% flats.
The accommodation figures available here describe the former Somerset West and Taunton district: 31.3% detached, 29.7% semi-detached, 22.6% terraced and only 15.6% flats. No tenure figures are quoted, because the ones on file cover a different area. TA1 and TA2 run through Taunton East, Taunton North, Taunton South, Rowbarton & Staplegrove, Bishop's Hull & Taunton West and Comeytrowe & Trull, all within the Somerset unitary authority. A stock more than four-fifths houses means whole-property work, and ground floors divide between suspended timber, whose underfloor ventilation has to stay clear, and solid slabs, whose damp-proof membrane has to be verified before any moisture-sensitive finish goes down. Stairs and landings often decide the material as much as the rooms do.
Housing in Taunton leans large — close to a third of homes detached and nearly as many semi-detached — reaching from Rowbarton and Staplegrove round to Comeytrowe, Trull and Bishop's Hull, with the villages of Lydeard, Monkton, North Curry and North Petherton beyond. Houses of that size often carry furniture that smaller ones do not.
Weight concentrated on a small point is harder on a floor than weight spread wide. A piano leg, a loaded bookcase or a chair dragged back from the table each press into the surface at one spot, and softer materials take a permanent dent where they do.
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 period house with heavy furniture, ask about indentation resistance rather than only about scratching — they are different properties, and a floor can be strong against one and weak against the other. Wide felt pads and soft castors then protect whatever you choose.
Yes. We deliver across Taunton and Somerset from our UK warehouse, including the TA1 and TA2 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 Taunton 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 Taunton, each on its own page with the same housing data read for that floor.
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