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Blackpool · Lancashire

Parquet Flooring in Blackpool

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 Blackpool 79% of homes are houses, most of them semi-detached houses (39%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.

Parquet in Blackpool

Parquet flooring in Blackpool: what the housing says

The Blackpool district counts 64,791 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.

Semi-detached houses are 39% of the homes in Blackpool, and the semi's knocked-through living room is the room most often floored in herringbone across Blackpool: 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 30% of the Blackpool 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.

Private renting is 32% of households in Blackpool, and parquet in a rented home is a decision about the void between tenancies: a glued pattern floor is not lifted and relaid, it is refinished in place, which a 3 mm wear layer allows. In Blackpool it is chosen for the flats and houses that let at the upper end, where the floor is part of the rent.

of households rent privately (26.1% in 2011)
31.8%
live in a flat or maisonette
21.3%
postcode districts we deliver to
FY1 to FY4
parquet floors in our range
15

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Blackpool (E06000009) · Postcode districts: postcodes.io (ONS geography) · Range: our product catalogue

Delivery to Blackpool

We deliver across Blackpool and the wider Fylde Coast. Most in-stock orders arrive within a timeframe that depends on the delivery postcode. We also cover Cleveleys, Thornton, Fleetwood, Lytham St Annes, Poulton-le-Fylde, Garstang and surrounding Fylde and Wyre.

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

Local fact sheet

Blackpool's homes, by the numbers

Blackpool in the 2021 census: 64,791 households, 79% houses, 21% flats.

Private renting stands at 31.8% in Blackpool, up from 26.1% a decade earlier, while ownership has slipped to 57.5%. FY1, FY2, FY3 and FY4 reach Bispham, Layton, Marton, Bloomfield, Claremont and Hawes Side. Detached properties are scarce at 9.6%, and 5.6% of homes are flats formed inside existing houses — a high share pointing to older buildings subdivided over time. Both facts push one way: rapid tenancy turnover favours hard-wearing coverings that can be replaced in sections, and converted upper floors need the joist build-up and sound insulation assessed before anything rigid is fixed down. Terraced stock at 29.5% often hides patched, uneven bases that call for levelling compound first.

Blackpool combines Victorian seafront terraces and characterful properties around the Tower with extensive holiday-let stock in North Shore and Central, family homes in Bispham, Stanley Park and Marton, and the substantial neighbouring Cleveleys and Thornton properties. The seaside resort economy, holiday lets and value-driven family market shape almost every flooring decision.

A property that stands empty and unheated between lettings is a difficult place for a wooden floor. Boards take up moisture from the air around them and should sit in the room, at its normal temperature, before they are fitted — a step often skipped here.

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

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Blackpool

  • 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.
  • One pattern over two bases A herringbone running from the timber front room onto the concrete kitchen needs both bases brought to one level and one flatness before the adhesive; the join is where it fails.
  • Ply over the old boards Old suspended boards are not a base for glue. A screwed-down ply overlay is, once the void beneath is ventilated.

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Questions

Parquet flooring in Blackpool: questions, answered

Which parquet pattern suits a Blackpool 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 Blackpool?

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 works best for Blackpool holiday lets?

For a holiday let, choose something indifferent to the humidity around it and fit the same range throughout so a repair between bookings is quick. Allow the boards their settling time before fitting, even when the changeover is tight — that hour saved is the one that costs later.

Do you deliver parquet flooring to Blackpool?

Yes. We deliver across Blackpool and Lancashire from our UK warehouse, including the FY1, FY2, FY3 and FY4 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 Blackpool?

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