Skip to main content
Samples available UK-wide delivery

Your Basket

0

Your basket is empty

Browse our editorial collections and find your perfect floor.

Browse Collections
Subtotal £0.00
Shipping & discounts calculated at checkout
SSL encrypted — safe and secure

Aylesbury · Buckinghamshire

Parquet Flooring in Aylesbury

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. In Aylesbury 83% of homes are houses, most of them detached houses (34%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.

Parquet in Aylesbury

Parquet flooring in Aylesbury: what the housing says

The Buckinghamshire district counts 220,328 households in the 2021 census, and the mix of houses and flats in that count is what decides how a parquet floor is specified here.

Detached houses are 34% of the Buckinghamshire stock, and their larger rooms are where the bigger formats belong: the 125 x 600 mm Oxford blocks, the Knightsbridge chevron, or a Versailles panel in a dining room. A large pattern floor is also a large glue-down job with a border to plan, so the setting-out drawing is worth doing before the order, not on the day.

Owner-occupation is 71% in Buckinghamshire, and a pattern floor is an owner's floor: it costs more to fit than a plank, it is planned around the room, and it stays. The Oxford herringbone and the Knightsbridge chevron in Aylesbury go into the rooms that are lived in and shown, the hallway and the living room, and the 3 mm wear layer keeps a refinishing cycle in reserve.

of households rent privately (12.9% in 2011)
15.7%
live in a flat or maisonette
17.2%
postcode districts we deliver to
HP19 to HP22
parquet floors in our range
15

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Buckinghamshire (E06000060) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

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

Local fact sheet

Aylesbury's homes, by the numbers

Buckinghamshire in the 2021 census: 220,328 households, 82% houses, 17% flats.

Aylesbury covers HP19, HP20, HP21 and HP22 — from Aylesbury North West and Berryfields through Buckingham Park and Watermead out to Bierton, Kingsbrook and Wing. Buckinghamshire became a single unitary authority in 2020, so building control and planning now run through one office rather than two, which is worth knowing before a project that touches structure. Ownership across the county was 70.0% at the 2021 census, one of the higher figures in the South East, and private renting only 15.7%. This is an owner-occupier market, and owner-occupiers buy floors they intend to live with. The Kingsbrook and Berryfields estates are recent enough that underfloor heating is common — over a heat source, engineered wood rather than solid.

Across HP19, HP20, HP21 and HP22 the balance tips to detached houses, with semis close behind and terraces trailing. Ownership across Buckinghamshire ranks high for the South East, so the buyer and the person walking on the floor are usually the same. Kingsbrook and Berryfields are new enough for underfloor heating to be common.

A new screed keeps giving up its mixing water after the house is finished, and in the Bierton, Kingsbrook and Wing ward that is what a floor lands on. Meter it dry, then run the heating up and back down before anything is bonded to it.

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

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Aylesbury

  • 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.
  • The border in a big room A large room takes a border and a centred field comfortably. The drawing decides both, and the quantity follows from the drawing, not from the room area.
  • A floor for the long term A glued oak parquet is sanded and refinished in place for decades. Keep the batch number and the adhesive name with the invoice; a repair years later starts there.

Reviews

Trusted by homeowners across the UK

★★★★★4.6/5Trustpilot
★★★★★4.9/5Google

Questions

Parquet flooring in Aylesbury: questions, answered

Which parquet pattern suits a Aylesbury 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 Aylesbury?

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.

Can I order flooring samples to my Aylesbury address?

Samples go out to any HP19, HP20, HP21 or HP22 address, Quainton and Waddesdon included. Then stop looking at the piece and start walking on it: leave it down by the back door and let a wet boot and a chair leg settle the decision.

Do you deliver parquet flooring to Aylesbury?

Yes. We deliver across Aylesbury and Buckinghamshire from our UK warehouse, including the HP19, HP20, HP21 and HP22 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 Aylesbury?

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

The same range nearby

Parquet flooring nearby

Distances are straight-line miles from Aylesbury. Each link opens the parquet page for that town.

DunstableHigh WycombeHemel HempsteadMilton KeynesLutonOxfordSt AlbansAylesbury

United KingdomBuckinghamshireAylesburyParquet

151 towns and cities, 24 county guides, one map.

Order samples£1.99 each · up to 10 per order

Order
Newsletter

New ranges and offers. Hear it first.

Unsubscribe anytime