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Aberdeen · Scotland

Parquet Flooring in Aberdeen

Parquet is a floor built from short blocks laid to a pattern: herringbone, chevron or a Versailles panel, in engineered oak with a 3 to 4 mm wear layer in this range.

Parquet in Aberdeen

Parquet flooring in Aberdeen: what the housing says

A pattern floor is glued down rather than floated, needs a flat base and a larger waste allowance, and turns the floor into the feature of the room.

A pattern floor in Aberdeen is a glued floor, and the base decides it: a ply overlay on timber, a levelled slab, a dry screed. Get that right and herringbone, chevron or a panel goes into any room that is seen. The waste allowance is higher than for a plank, because every perimeter cut on a pattern produces an offcut, and the manufacturers' guidance puts it at 15 to 20 percent.

Granite is not only how Aberdeen looks. Across Rosemount, Ferryhill, Torry, Woodside, Mannofield and out to Cults and Bridge of Don, a great many homes are built from stone thick enough to hold the temperature of the season rather than the temperature of the room.

Delivery to Aberdeen

We deliver across Aberdeen and Aberdeenshire. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode due to distance. We also cover Westhill, Inverurie, Stonehaven, Banchory, Ellon, Peterhead and surrounding Aberdeenshire.

Delivery details

Compare the parquet range

The Oxford Herringbone blocks come in two sizes, 90 x 450 mm and 125 x 600 mm, in natural, light, dark brown, fumed and whitewashed oak; Oxford Herringbone Light Oak is the one most often chosen for a hallway. The Knightsbridge Chevron Natural Brushed Oak cuts the block at an angle for the arrow pattern, and the Montpellier Oak Versailles Panel is the 800 x 800 mm panel for a dining room. All are engineered, tongue and groove, and listed for underfloor heating.

ProductFormatWear layer / thicknessFittingUnderfloor heating
Oxford Herringbone Oak Brushed UV Oiled Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 45014mm x 90mm x 450mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Oxford Herringbone Oak Lacquered Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 45014mm x 90mm x 450mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Oxford Herringbone Dark Brown Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 45014mm x 90mm x 450mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Oxford Herringbone Whitewashed Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 45014mm x 90mm x 450mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Oxford Herringbone White Oiled 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
Bordeaux Oak Versailles Panel 20 x 800 x 80020mm x 800mm x 800mm4mmTongue & GrooveCompatible
Knightsbridge Chevron Natural Brushed Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 51014mm x 90mm x 510mm3mmTongue & GrooveCompatible

Room by room

Parquet in Aberdeen, room by room

  • Room

    Hallways

    Herringbone parquet creates a striking first impression in Aberdeen’s premium West End and Cults properties. For modern Bridge of Don and Westhill family homes, engineered oak keeps the same board running through open-plan rooms.
    Hallway flooring in Aberdeen

Our Scotland delivery covers: Aberdeen city centre, West End, Cults, Bridge of Don, Mannofield, Bieldside, Milltimber, Mile End, Ferryhill, Rosemount, Old Aberdeen, Pittodrie, Seaton, Tillydrone, Hilton, Mastrick, Garthdee, Kingswells, Peterculter, Westhill, Inverurie, Stonehaven, Banchory, Ellon, Peterhead and surrounding Aberdeenshire

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Local fact sheet

Aberdeen's homes, by the numbers

Aberdeen by postcode district: AB10, AB11, AB12, AB15, AB16 and AB22 and 3 more.

Aberdeen City is a unitary authority, and the area served stretches across AB10, AB11, AB12, AB15, AB16, AB22, AB23, AB24 and AB25 — from George St/Harbour and Midstocket/Rosemount out to Bridge of Don, Dyce/Bucksburn/Danestone and Kincorth/Nigg/Cove. Because the 2021 census ran in England and Wales only, no tenure or dwelling-type percentages are given for Scotland on this page, and none have been carried over from a neighbouring country to fill the gap. A survey therefore earns its keep: what the subfloor is made of, how far levels drop between rooms, and whether another household lives below all set the specification long before a surface is chosen. Where one does, acoustic performance leads and everything else follows from it.

Aberdeen combines distinctive granite Victorian and Edwardian townhouses across the West End and Mannofield with substantial detached homes in the affluent Cults, Bieldside and Milltimber corridor along the River Dee, plus modern apartment developments around the harbour and Bridge of Don suburbs. The Granite City’s oil-and-gas heritage, growing renewable energy sector and two universities drive a varied property market.

In a stone-walled flat or house the floor is part of how warm the place feels. Stone and ceramic stay cold underfoot; wood and resilient floors with an insulating backing take the chill off within moments of standing on them.

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

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Aberdeen

  • Flat enough for glue A pattern floor is glued and every hollow in the base shows as a rocking block. A straightedge over the base is the first check; a levelling compound is often the second.
  • Set out from the centre The pattern is laid from a centre line so that the border cuts are equal at both walls. The drawing comes before the order, because it decides the quantity.
  • The pattern allowance Order 15 to 20 percent over the room area, the figure the manufacturers give for a herringbone or chevron, and order it in one batch.

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Questions

Parquet flooring in Aberdeen: questions, answered

Which parquet pattern suits a Aberdeen house?

Herringbone in the 90 x 450 mm block suits the hallways and front rooms of terraces and semis; the larger 125 x 600 mm block and the chevron suit longer rooms; a Versailles panel wants a square room with the space to show it. The guide on herringbone against chevron sets out the difference in fitting as well as in look.

Can a herringbone floor be floated?

The engineered blocks in this range are glued down. A pattern floor holds its geometry through the adhesive; floated, the blocks drift. The rigid-vinyl herringbone is the click-together alternative where a glued floor is not wanted.

How much extra should I order for a pattern floor in Aberdeen?

Manufacturers' guidance puts the waste allowance for herringbone or chevron at 15 to 20 percent, against 8 to 12 for a straight plank, because every cut at the perimeter produces an unusable offcut. The calculator on the site works with the real pack sizes.

What flooring suits Aberdeen granite townhouses?

In a granite townhouse of that period, ask how warm the surface feels as well as how it wears. Where the floor is not heated from below, an underlay chosen for insulation rather than for sound changes a cold room more than moving up a grade of board would.

Do you deliver parquet flooring to Aberdeen?

Yes. We deliver across Aberdeen and Scotland from our UK warehouse, including the AB10, AB11, AB12, AB15, AB16 and AB22 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 parquet sample before ordering in Aberdeen?

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