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Camberley · Surrey

Parquet Flooring in Camberley

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 Camberley 82% of homes are houses, most of them detached houses (44%), so the questions are the subfloor and the underlay rather than impact sound.

Parquet in Camberley

Parquet flooring in Camberley: what the housing says

The Surrey Heath district counts 36,005 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 44% of the Surrey Heath 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 75% in Surrey Heath, 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 Camberley 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 (12.1% in 2011)
15.4%
live in a flat or maisonette
17.8%
postcode districts we deliver to
4
parquet floors in our range
15

Source: ONS, Census 2021, Surrey Heath (E07000214) · 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

Camberley's homes, by the numbers

Surrey Heath in the 2021 census: 36,005 households, 82% houses, 18% flats.

Camberley covers GU15, GU16, GU18 and GU19 — Frimley, Frimley Green, Heatherside, Mount Hermon, Bagshot, Lightwater, Bisley and West End, and Mytchett and Deepcut. It is part of Surrey Heath, a district of Surrey. Ownership here is the highest of any town on this list at 74.0%, with social renting at only 9.6%. That profile changes what the right advice is. Where three-quarters of households own, the floor is a fifteen-year decision rather than a five-year one, and the money is better spent on the wear layer than on the width of the plank: a 4 mm top layer can be sanded twice, a 2 mm one cannot be sanded at all, and the price difference is smaller than the lifespan difference.

Detached houses set the tone across Surrey Heath, from Heatherside and Frimley Green out to Bagshot, Lightwater and Bisley, with semis and a smaller run of purpose-built flats behind them. Most households here own rather than rent, which makes a floor a fifteen-year decision rather than a short-term one.

Heat is not spread evenly through a house that size: one room runs warm at Heatherside or Bagshot while the dining room barely gets touched, and a floor crossing both moves at different rates. Size the perimeter gap for the whole run, not for one room.

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

Guides

Before you choose

Before you order in Camberley

  • 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.

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Questions

Parquet flooring in Camberley: questions, answered

Which parquet pattern suits a Camberley 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 Camberley?

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 Camberley address?

Order as many samples as you need to a Surrey Heath address, and for a floor this size take more than one board of the same range: one piece shows the range, three show how much a production run varies before you commit to the quantity.

Do you deliver parquet flooring to Camberley?

Yes. We deliver across Camberley and Surrey from our UK warehouse, including the GU15, GU16, GU18 and GU19 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 Camberley?

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