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Birmingham · West Midlands
The Jewellery Quarter and Edgbaston have the room proportions parquet was designed for, and a hall laid in blocks sets the tone of a whole house from the front door in. It is a floor that reads as architecture rather than as a surface choice.
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On the inter-war slabs further out it works too, provided the damp-proof membrane checks out and the base is genuinely flat before the first block goes down.
The Jewellery Quarter conversions and the Edgbaston villas have the rooms parquet was made for, and Birmingham adds a base most cities cannot offer: the inter-war semis of Hall Green, Weoley Castle and Kingstanding sit on a solid slab, which once the damp-proof membrane checks out is the easiest surface a block floor can be glued to.
Over a slab the solid Marlow block is glued straight down after the surface is ground flat; over the suspended timber of a B12 or B18 terrace the joists are levelled and decked in plywood first; over the heated screed at Smithfield and Perry Barr the block is the engineered Oxford construction. A Versailles panel belongs in an Edgbaston drawing room broad enough to show whole panels, and nowhere much else in the city.
Semi-detached houses are 36% of the homes in Birmingham, and the semi's knocked-through living room is the room most often floored in herringbone across Birmingham: a pattern floor gives a long room a centre. Set out from the middle of the room, not from a wall, and where the room crosses from timber onto the concrete of an extension the two bases are levelled to each other first, because a glued pattern shows every step in the base.
Terraced houses are 28% of the Birmingham stock, and a terraced hallway is where a herringbone floor earns its reputation: the pattern leads the eye down a narrow space and makes it read longer. The base is the work. A pattern floor is glued, so the old suspended boards are overlaid with ply, screwed down and levelled; the 90 x 450 mm Oxford blocks suit the proportions of a terrace better than the 125 x 600 mm ones.
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All 15 parquet floorsSource: ONS, Census 2021, Birmingham (E08000025) · Council conservation area register · Range: our product catalogue
We deliver across Birmingham and the wider West Midlands. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode, covering Solihull, Sutton Coldfield, Dudley, Wolverhampton and surrounding areas.
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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.
| 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 Oak Lacquered Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 450 | 14mm x 90mm x 450mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Oxford Herringbone Dark Brown Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 450 | 14mm x 90mm x 450mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Oxford Herringbone Whitewashed Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 450 | 14mm x 90mm x 450mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Oxford Herringbone White Oiled 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 |
| Bordeaux Oak Versailles Panel 20 x 800 x 800 | 20mm x 800mm x 800mm | 4mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
| Knightsbridge Chevron Natural Brushed Oak Wood Flooring 14 x 90 x 510 | 14mm x 90mm x 510mm | 3mm | Tongue & Groove | Compatible |
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Our West Midlands delivery covers: Birmingham city centre, Edgbaston, Harborne, Moseley, Solihull, Sutton Coldfield, Jewellery Quarter, Kings Heath, Selly Oak, Bournville, Erdington, Handsworth, Dudley, Wolverhampton, Walsall, West Bromwich, Stourbridge, Halesowen and Tamworth
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Birmingham in the 2021 census: 423,455 households, 75% houses, 25% flats.
Birmingham's housing is comparatively old — large parts of the city were laid out in the Victorian, Edwardian and inter-war periods, so most homes are seventy years or more. In practice you meet one of two ground floors: suspended timber with boards in the older terraces, or a solid concrete slab in the inter-war semis of Hall Green, Kingstanding and Weoley Castle. The first needs levelling; the second needs the damp-proof membrane checked before anything goes down. In the 29 conservation areas — the Jewellery Quarter, Edgbaston, Moseley, Bournville Village among them — original boards cannot simply be lifted and skipped without consent. The new quarters are the opposite case: Smithfield, Perry Barr and Icknield Port Loop are screed with underfloor heating, where engineered wood is the right call and solid is not.
Birmingham’s property landscape ranges from grand Edwardian villas in Edgbaston and Harborne to modern apartments in the regenerated city centre and Jewellery Quarter. The city’s ongoing transformation means both heritage renovations and new-build projects drive strong demand for quality flooring.
A modern estate house usually has a beam-and-block ground floor: concrete beams with blocks between them, insulation over, then a screed. It is flat, dry and predictable, and it behaves nothing like the suspended timber in the older wards — the same house type, two different jobs.
Delivery times and options depend on the delivery postcode. See Delivery & Returns for the applicable estimate.
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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.
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.
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.
It depends on the range and the area you are covering. We carry options across every budget — from value laminate to premium engineered oak and parquet. Order a sample first so you can compare quality before you commit to a full Birmingham floor.
Yes. We deliver across Birmingham and West Midlands from our UK warehouse, including the B1, B2, B3, B4, B5 and B6 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 Birmingham 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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